Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] as if it had " in BNC.
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| 1 | I leaped as if it had been fired at me , and shrieked at Posi . |
| 2 | All her attention was on her first bite of bread which tasted as if it had come straight from Paradise . |
| 3 | Young lads gather round the car which looks as if it had been dead for days or weeks . |
| 4 | Her hair , which looked as if it had been inexpertly permed , was pulled back at the sides but frizzed over the high forehead in the poodle-like fashion of an Edwardian . |
| 5 | He was a stocky fifty-eight-year-old with grey hair and a small goatee beard which looked as if it had been stuck on to his chin with glue . |
| 6 | A flower-print dress was draped across the back of the chair , and there was a brown battered suitcase on the floor at her feet , which looked as if it had been pulled out from beneath the bed . |
| 7 | The most striking feature of his appearance was a sheepskin jacket which looked as if it had seen better days , sometime in the late nineteen seventies . |
| 8 | She was wearing a tight sort of dress in shiny , slippery silk , which looked as if it had been painted on to her body . |
| 9 | The gallery itself looked as if it had been carved by some giant sculptor , minute details in the stonework wrought by caring as well as skilful hands . |
| 10 | Even her heart : she felt as if it had barely room to beat . |
| 11 | The-middle one looked as if it had been shot and was going into its final dive . |
| 12 | It was strange , the conversation Dad and I had , because when I saw him at home later and over the next few days he behaved as if it had never happened , as if he had n't told me he 'd fallen in love with someone else . |
| 13 | At first it seemed as if it had happened to someone else , and entertaining on that merit alone . |
| 14 | He removed the stereo from his brother 's car , to make it look as if it had been stolen , before pushing it into a water-filled quarry . |
| 15 | I had a chillingly clear picture of its abominable face : it had so many wrinkles and boils it looked as if it had lived for centuries . |
| 16 | It looked as if it had just been brought home by Susan from Blackpool . |
| 17 | It looked as if it had landed there by chance , like a piece of paper or a leaf . |
| 18 | It looked as if it had only two storeys , but suggested an attic under the fanlight in the roof . |
| 19 | The other day I came to work wearing a rather sharp tie and somebody said it looked as if it had been designed by somebody with ‘ special needs ’ . |
| 20 | His face was smooth , almost feminine ; it looked as if it had never felt the touch of a razor . |
| 21 | The st'lyan 's mane was so white it looked as if it had been bleached . |
| 22 | The exposed skin was flushed and glowing ; here and there it resembled tanned leather and , in some cases , it looked as if it had split and healed , and split again . |
| 23 | The ashtray was empty , and it looked as if it had been washed . |
| 24 | The jaw tightened till it looked as if it had been carved from golden marble . |
| 25 | It looked as if it had gone straight over the side and into the valley . |
| 26 | The polished wood floor , the scattered rugs , the furniture , it looked as if it had been the same for years , yet Kate could see the newness of the sofas , the curtains . |
| 27 | I had never had him down as a kerb-crawler either , but from the state of the car it looked as if it had had a good kicking . |
| 28 | Magic had descended from somewhere and made her invisible ; and in the process it had … well , it felt as if it had killed her . |
| 29 | It felt as if it had been split in two by a cold chisel and someone was grinding the two halves together . |
| 30 | Though the stone was large , the ornate gold band was small , and it fitted as if it had been made for her . |