Example sentences of "[was/were] as [subord] she [verb] been " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seemed as bright as day out on the newly-laid forecourt and it was as if she 'd been caught by the lights , trapped and dazed like a rabbit on a long country road . |
| 2 | It was as if she 'd been calling on a dead line to an empty building . |
| 3 | It was as if she 'd been given a glimpse of paradise , and then had it barred to her forever . |
| 4 | Suddenly it was as if she 'd been drugged . |
| 5 | It was as if she had been waiting for him for all these years . |
| 6 | It was as if she had been waiting for this moment for four years or more . |
| 7 | It was as if she had been beyond the sky . |
| 8 | It was as if she had been cordoned off from it . |
| 9 | It was as if she had been having a nightmare — terrible , perhaps , but still only a dream in which the money could vanish like fairy gold — and woken up to find it was true . |
| 10 | It was as if she had been playing a part with all her might for several months , but it had sapped her energy . |
| 11 | It was as if she had been waiting all her life to find this man , this moment . |