The old man stumbled, as if he were about to fall.

Eustace gaped at him in amazement. When his urbanity dropped away from him, as now, he had an innocence of expression which was almost infantile. It was as if the world had never touched him at all.

Scotland needed a victory by eight points to have a realistic chance of progressing to the knock-out stages, and for long periods of a ferocious contest looked as if they might pull it off.

When the teacher’s back was turned, the class clown would hold his stomach as if he were ill.

—I'm going to clean your whole house. —As if!

“Better wait, hadn't you, Laura,” said Aunt Wess’, “and see. Maybe he'll come up and speak to us.” “Oh, as if!” contradicted Laura.

look as if one has lost a shilling and found sixpence

look as if one has been dragged through a hedge backwards

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