Example sentences of "as though no " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was rarely the first to suggest what should be done ; when the others spoke he listened with half an ear , made up his mind what course to follow and followed it without hesitation as though no other were possible . |
| 2 | They act as though no sexy young woman has ever trod those cobbled streets before , although the nubile daughter of the drunken town bully ( Peter Vaughan ) walks around in the mini-est of mini-skirts especially catching the eye of the long-haired village idiot ( David Warner ) , who has already molested young girls . |
| 3 | It was not Ramsay 's place to rebuke them , and Sir Archibald did not do so — for in the circumstances it looked as though no harm was done . |
| 4 | He was sober in an instant , his years of training coming back to him as though no time had passed at all . |
| 5 | Oral speech depends on context to communicate meaning ; it is therefore egocentric and takes for granted a common point of view as though no others were possible . |
| 6 | Conservatives proceed as though the past relation between women and men has been satisfactory , as though no one has been wounded by it . |
| 7 | When fitzAlan had satisfied himself that she did n't carry a weapon , she felt as though no part of her body remained untouched . |
| 8 | The verdict of the clerk to the select committee of 1824 which reviewed it was that it had been a dead letter so far as " those artisans on whom it was intended to have an effect " , namely printers , tailors , shoe makers and shipbuilders in London who continued " their regular societies and houses of call as though no such act were in existence " . |
| 9 | Then , as though no further communication were necessary , he turned and strode quickly up the path . |