Example sentences of "[verb] that [pers pn] [verb] as [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Manager Barry Forshaw said that the ground floor of the shop was ‘ wrecked ’ , but added that it looked as if no structural damage had been done : ‘ it looks worse than it really is ’ . |
| 2 | We were approaching the Rover works at Cowley when Michael declared that he felt as if he could pull back the steering column and take off . |
| 3 | A quick peep at Silas showed that he scowled as if displeased about something . |
| 4 | Lady Eden once remarked that she felt as if the Suez Canal was flowing through her drawing room . |
| 5 | ‘ You remarked that she looks as if she were asleep . |
| 6 | The clay tablets of the Knossos temple archive record such large quantities of produce that it seems as if the temple was at the very centre of the organization of the Minoan economy . |
| 7 | I looked more closely at his cheeks , and saw that they looked as if they had been rubbed to get them red . |
| 8 | When I quip that he sounds as if he has just come round from anaesthetic , Eva says , ‘ He has . ’ |
| 9 | The minister said that he felt as if he were being pursued by a wild animal and could only throw off his clothes to distract its attention . |
| 10 | In a letter to my wife I said that it looked as if my job was to try to give them new faith and hope . |