Example sentences of "as if she [verb] " 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 | I could hear her breath go , as if she knew this was the beginning of the end . |
| 3 | Nan looked at him thoughtfully , as if she knew he was in her power now . |
| 4 | But , as if she knew her life depended on it , Bunny had attached herself to her . |
| 5 | She , like other woman-centred psychologists , does not pursue this question , but she manages to write as if she knew the answer . |
| 6 | Hepzibah sounded as if she knew about this . |
| 7 | as if she knew what Carrie was thinking and found it mildly amusing . |
| 8 | I 've turned it over and over in my mind , and it seems to me — I ne'er told the lad this , lovey — but it seems to me she waited till she 'd borne my Jake a son in his own image , as if she knew that 'd grieve him as nothing else could . |
| 9 | Her talons grasped the mesh of the cage , her beak strained at the front as if she knew that something important was happening . |
| 10 | She nodded , as if she knew he was right but doubted whether forgiveness was possible . |
| 11 | as if she knew . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | as if she knew she was the topic of conversation Blossom turned her head and looked at him . |
| 14 | There was a faint affront on the girl 's face , as if she knew Rachaela had denied herself a similar vileness and suffering , the secrets of the female club . |
| 15 | She had to look as if she knew where she was going , move as if she had every right to be there ; one challenge could ruin it all . |
| 16 | ‘ Do n't pull corks , Nico , ’ Lal spoke as if she knew something . |
| 17 | She threw away the explanation , as if she knew he did n't really need it . |
| 18 | She experienced a strong feeling of déjà vu , as if she 'd seen him before , as if she knew him . |
| 19 | And she walked as if she knew where she was going . |
| 20 | It was hard , when a man worked as hard as he did , making money for her — yes , and with an ache in his heart — that she should sit there , looking — as if she saw the walls of the room closing in . |
| 21 | She stared at him a moment , her eyes narrowed slightly , as if she saw through the flesh to the bone itself , and while he met her staring eyes unflinchingly , something in the depths of him squirmed and tried to break away . |
| 22 | Lalage looked into her drink , swirling and looking as if she saw money in the bottom of her glass . |
| 23 | Lady Usk was studying her face , as if she saw there more than she spoke of . |
| 24 | She used passionate verbs such as ‘ adore ’ and ‘ detest ’ , as if she wished to proclaim her readiness to fight for every one of those five strokes , for every one of those five points . |
| 25 | I looked towards the chateau entrance and saw Queen Poison , dreadful as an army in battle array , sweep towards me across the lowered drawbridge , arms extended as if she wished to clasp me to her deceitful bosom . |
| 26 | as if she cared ! |
| 27 | I ca n't bring myself to say she does n't care about her father , but she does n't act as if she cared for him very much . " |
| 28 | as if she cared a damn about his social life — or however many luscious blondes he went out with ! |
| 29 | as if she cared . |
| 30 | She felt light-headed , as if she walked on air . |