Example sentences of "as if [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a darkness , a sinister menace clinging to some of them , as if simply to touch them might call up dreadful visions and evil forces . |
| 2 | The three eldest girls , Agnes , Sarah , and Nancy only worked infrequently at pressing , as if perhaps to get some cash for a new dress , or a pair of shoes , but possibly to assist the family in times of particular money shortage . |
| 3 | His lips parted as if about to shape some words . |
| 4 | She swallowed her whisky in one , as if about to leave . |
| 5 | Corbett rose as if about to leave . |
| 6 | She hunched even lower , rabbit-legged as if about to hop . |
| 7 | She leans forward resting her elbows on her knees , as if about to recount an anecdote . |
| 8 | On one occasion she packed up her car as if about to go away for the weekend , then sauntered up the street , leading the press to believe she had gone to buy a packet of Polos . |
| 9 | as if about to go to school . |
| 10 | Forty years later , in his biography The Sweeping Wind ( 1962 ) , he described his first impressions : ‘ a young red-headed man , very tall and slightly stooped , nervous , his face spotty red as if about to explode into a dermatosis … |
| 11 | It should not always be necessary to stick to the traditional layout of interviewer behind a desk and candidate in a chair immediately in front , as if about to undergo an interrogation . |
| 12 | Zeno had looked out to sea while a few words were exchanged , then laid a hand on Carey 's arm , as if about to hurry him along . |
| 13 | " Dr McNab has omitted to mention certain post mortem appearances which refute his view of cholera and support mine , " cried Dr Dunstaple waving his arms violently in his excitement and making thrusting gestures as if about to spear a particularly fine pig . |
| 14 | Marc took a step forward as if about to restrain his younger brother by sheer force , but again Sarella stepped between them , hands outstretched , grasping Peter by the arm , though she was careful not to touch so much as the edge of Marc 's sleeve . |
| 15 | Dyson sat back and put his finger-tips together , as if about to deliver his verdict . |
| 16 | He set his hands to the chair arms , as if about to rise . |
| 17 | The cross projects horizontally from the facade instead of rising vertically against it , so that the long emaciated body curves out at 90 degrees over the parvis , ‘ as if about to plunge down on us , ’ to quote the sculptor . |
| 18 | as if deliberately to disconcert the semi-finalists , the world champion , Garry Kasparov , has registered one of his most impressive performances . |