Example sentences of "was almost as if [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was almost as if they had been hired to give the tourist a suitable first impression of the Eternal City . |
| 2 | It was almost as if they considered him to be as much a victim of his government as they were of theirs , as if he could no more be held responsible for Reagan 's actions than they could for Gaddafi 's . |
| 3 | The fact was put neatly by Barbara Betts , later Barbara Castle , when reporting upon the Labour Party Conference in October 1931 : ‘ It was almost as if it feared to probe too deeply lest it should be disillusioned as to the integrity of Uncle Arthur [ Henderson ] . ’ |
| 4 | It was almost as if it had been surgically removed along with his appendix when he was a kid . |
| 5 | It was almost as if he felt that they had made a fool of him in 1945 – 46 and was trying to atone for his naiveté . |
| 6 | For Ruth it was almost as if he died before her eyes . |
| 7 | ‘ It was almost as if he understood that we were trying to help him . ’ |
| 8 | It was almost as if he had chosen this quiet tunnel in a relatively quiet station so that he could sing to himself undisturbed , carry on singing without having to admit to himself that this was a hopeless task , that he was n't going to get anything . |
| 9 | It was almost as if he had found his raison d'être because beforehand he had shown little motivation to find conventional employment . |
| 10 | It was almost as if he had said — ‘ This man is a bit groggy ; let's dispose of him ! ’ that is how it appeared tome at the time , too . |
| 11 | It was almost as if he had something to hide . |
| 12 | It was almost as if he had spent three weeks thinking over what he had been doing and worked it all out . |
| 13 | It was almost as if he enjoyed what he was doing . |
| 14 | It was almost as if he 'd vanished into thin air . |
| 15 | It was almost as if he 'd reached out to clasp her hand in his plea for help , and she knew she 'd wanted to give him a lift . |
| 16 | It was almost as if he 'd stopped seeing Dad at all . |
| 17 | It was almost as if he did n't want to have anything to do with her . |
| 18 | She could not refuse him , accordingly , and did not ; but more and more it was almost as if she had given in to Mr Poole 's demands ; one man was much like another . |
| 19 | It was almost as if she had forgotten how to . |
| 20 | When he spoke , it was almost as if she had put the words in his mouth . |
| 21 | It was almost as if she wanted the intellectual stimulation , the fascination of the difficult . |
| 22 | It was almost as if I had received a blow to the heart . |