He was not afraid of me; he looked at me as if I were meat.
She isn't a practiced public speaker, but she faced her audience as if to the manner born.
He looked more relaxed, as if some of the harmony from his surroundings had flowed into him.
Kempton made an inarticulate noise at the back of his throat as if he were about to choke.
They stood over him with clubs raised as if to beat his brains out.