Example sentences of "as if [prep] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It looks as if over there stuck on the wall they 've got a rechargeable for hoover for taking crumbs off the tables . |
| 2 | He breathed the air deeply , hauling it into his broad chest as if this particular air on this exact spot could be stored up and carried around as a reserve and reminder : for minutes on end he stood there , resisting any move which would lift the spell , gazing into the hidden valley as if in there lay the treasure he wanted . |
| 3 | But 44-year-old Antony Burgmans ( below ) has appeared as if from nowhere to take charge of the group 's star personal products division . |
| 4 | He surfaces in different places from time to time : there he is at St Mary 's church in Finchley , North London , witnessing the marriage of sister Bessie and Alf Davidge in 1907 , then appearing as if from nowhere to perform the same function for Gertie and Frederick Foxwell in Norwich in 1911 . |
| 5 | The thick hempen cords were slung round our necks ; a dusty-robed priest appeared as if from nowhere to recite in a precise voice the last prayer for the dying . |
| 6 | The daily , reassuring visit from the patrolling doctor was no more — as if by merely walking the rounds he or she had some magic formula that made us safe . |