Example sentences of "as [conj] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She sat as if on a throne : her dark eyes glowed . |
| 2 | It grew a little clearer , as if on a gust of wind — but there was no wind ; swelling , then fading away . |
| 3 | As soon as I see that a patient 's breathing pattern is changing dramatically or that the eye movement behind the closed lids is altering , I instruct him to be aware of and to understand all that is happening but to see it as if on a film or television screen , so that he is completely detached and feels no physical or mental distress whatsoever . |
| 4 | He hummed softly ‘ There 'll always be an England ’ and joked as he shifted the weight of his rucksack ‘ as if on a walking holiday ’ . |
| 5 | The way that had been made through the fallen rock was very narrow and uneven and to take John out he was laid on a board and pushed along as if on a sledge . |
| 6 | It was two in the morning and she walked the short distance to her home as if on a cushion of air . |
| 7 | That way , by walking between the long tables as if on a tour of inspection , they could view the prospects without embarrassment . |
| 8 | ‘ He gave me six points for this country so clearly that I saw them as if on a black-board and could simply copy them down . ’ |
| 9 | They drew up with a rasp of gravel just behind the trailer , and Sergeant Allen 's head popped out as if on a string . |
| 10 | One alternative Chinese perspective is shen yuan , in which the viewer is placed as if on a hill , and the horizon line is thus high up , almost a bird 's eye view . |
| 11 | It spun as it went , and at once the spinning of earth and sky seemed to centre on it , as if on a vortex . |
| 12 | Words tumbled through his mind , and inside his head he could see himself — as if on a stage — daring the figure to make its business known . |
| 13 | It juddered again , twisted … and fell from the wall on to the tiled floor ; severed clean at the ankle as if with a butcher 's knife . |
| 14 | The " eye " , as if with a will of its own , becomes the subject-agent in " as far as the eye could reach " ( 1 ) , " My eye followed the light cloud " ( 6 ) , " the only thing on which the eye could rest ( 4 ) . |
| 15 | And there were dark rings under his eyes , which burned as if with a fever . |
| 16 | Meredith in the high flow of his talk would describe anybody of whatever age or sex as ‘ gentlemen ’ as if at a council meeting . |
| 17 | From the mound , he heard voices of people singing , as if at a banquet . |
| 18 | But the gabble was such that the child could n't distinguish what it was they wanted , until the old woman cried , ‘ No candy rock today ! 'T IS all gone , all gone , ’ at which , one after the other , the children , as if at a signal , stopped gabbling and took up the chant : ‘ Raggie Aggie ! |
| 19 | as if at a signal , nine silver-helmed figures stepped from the forest and stood round the edge of the glade , spears glinting in the gloom . |
| 20 | She looked around the vestibule , suddenly aware that this room where she ate a brioche and drank milky coffee as if at a feast of the gods on those mornings when she managed to get up in time was a mere dingy parlour , the curtains grey with city smuts , the tables pocked and charred by cigarettes . |
| 21 | are — as if at a Brecht play — bereft of secure containment within illusion , and forced to take responsibility , conceptually at least , for the reshaping of reality beyond the page . |
| 22 | Grant looks this way and that , as if at a junction . |
| 23 | Speaking brightly to close the gaps , as if at a party ) : So it 's getting near Christmas . |
| 24 | I speak as if to a child , and add , ‘ On Friday . ’ |
| 25 | Dulé took the centre of the ring , a finger drum began to pitter-pat , a pair of flutes at different pitches to call and coo ; at the click of a rattle Dulé lifted the ten-foot ladder into a vertical position and balanced it at arm 's length ; facing it , he dropped his head as if to a partner in a dance , placed one foot on the bottom rung and made a feint at climbing , the ladder pitched away from him and he let it fall , to rising laughter from the audience around him . |
| 26 | It was n't many months ago that she had been offended by his exploring fingers , but tonight she had given her breast to his hand as if to a baby . |
| 27 | During the active growing season , prepare the rooting area as if for a seedbed and scope out a gentle dip in which the branch will lie comfortably . |
| 28 | Satisfied , Barry Silk laid the last item of his equipment lovingly down , almost as if for a kit inspection . |
| 29 | Mrs Danby , who was dressed in sporty tweeds , as if for a shooting party , gave a superior kind of nod . |
| 30 | The object , like the subject , has no consonants , and is attained by pushing the lips forward as if for a kiss . |