Example sentences of "as if she [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bernard smiled at Jenna and looked even then as if her wanted her to refuse to go with Alain . |
| 2 | She had a way of looking slightly obliquely at me , as if she knew something I did not — not anything to do with the role she was playing , but about life in general ; as if she too had been taking lessons from the stone head . |
| 3 | ‘ Do n't pull corks , Nico , ’ Lal spoke as if she knew something . |
| 4 | She experienced a strong feeling of déjà vu , as if she 'd seen him before , as if she knew him . |
| 5 | But , as if she knew her life depended on it , Bunny had attached herself to her . |
| 6 | as if she knew what Carrie was thinking and found it mildly amusing . |
| 7 | Nan looked at him thoughtfully , as if she knew he was in her power now . |
| 8 | She nodded , as if she knew he was right but doubted whether forgiveness was possible . |
| 9 | She threw away the explanation , as if she knew he did n't really need it . |
| 10 | as if she knew she was the topic of conversation Blossom turned her head and looked at him . |
| 11 | We 'd been discussing something else , and I said it out of the blue , but in my mind it was as if we 'd just been talking about Oliver , and the way she answered , as if she thought we 'd just been talking about Oliver too and there was n't any break in that conversation even though we 'd been through lots of different subjects in the meantime , made me feel very cheerful . |
| 12 | Looking around her as if she thought someone was going to run out of the field behind her and save her , she saw that the man was much nearer . |
| 13 | It 's as if she made it herself , ’ he said , munching happily on the fish ball . |
| 14 | Mum pushed the door open wide and marched up the room as if she owned it . |
| 15 | ‘ Only the other day I was at the vicarage , seeing Mrs Ainger about my stall at the bazaar-I 'm doing the fancy work this year , you know — and there was pussy , bold as brass , if you please , walking into the lounge as if she owned it . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Sounds as if she killed herself then ’ Maxim deduced . |
| 17 | Sue sat quietly and smiled while this was happening as if she had nothing to do with the incident . |
| 18 | Madame Gebrec 's face became serious ; she took a sip of water , put down her glass and fiddled with the stem as if she had something on her mind . |
| 19 | Nor did she dare ask for privacy , because to do so would look as if she had something to hide — which in fact she did . |
| 20 | Her presence in the workhouse in itself seems an odd occurrence ; it was hardly as if she had no-one to turn to — any one of her brothers must have been in a position to help when help was needed . |
| 21 | Edouard , moved by her words , lifted his hand gently to touch her arm and , to his horror , she flinched as if she expected him to hit her . |
| 22 | She said nothing , but hungrily returned to the carrion to take what more she could , as if she expected him to take the rest from her . |
| 23 | She realised she was gripping the gun with two hands and had trained it on his chest , as if she expected him to leap up at any moment and lunge at her . |
| 24 | No one spoke to her , but she did not look as if she expected anyone to do so . |
| 25 | She 'd offered to lend him the money to have the bike fixed , and when he accepted she said , ‘ I 've broken something precious , have n't I ? ’ and knelt in the street among the bits of glass , looking up at him as if she understood it was more than a lamp she had smashed . |
| 26 | The woman refused to sit in his presence ; she kept looking over her shoulder as if she feared her husband would come in . |
| 27 | The cross she spoke of with hatred , as if she feared it . |
| 28 | Looking back on that moment now , she felt it tremble before her , round and perfect as an overfull drip , and she caught her breath at the thought of its transitoriness , its shimmering beauty , and suddenly whispered to herself , ‘ I am happy , ’ as if she feared it might not last forever . |
| 29 | She snatched her hand away from his as if she feared he might contaminate her and stalked ahead of him , not trusting herself to speak until they were inside her apartment . |
| 30 | Then to me , as if she heard my brain going click-whirr . |