Example sentences of "[was/were] [prep] [conj] [pron] had [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was as if everything had suddenly come clear . |
| 2 | It was as if they had just met . |
| 3 | ‘ It was as if they had all been locked up for three days the way they rushed in , ’ said a security man who saw the 8.30am rush . |
| 4 | It was as if we had n't even parted really . |
| 5 | God , it was as if nothing had ever happened between them . |
| 6 | It was as if someone had suddenly turned off the sound . |
| 7 | That same night she had gone to Yeoman 's Lane for the last time , accepting without pain that she had thought their love was untouchable , yet now it was as if it had never been . |
| 8 | He did n't know the doctor and was very disorientated and frightened for the rest of that day and the next ; but on the following one it was as if it had never happened . |
| 9 | As they spoke , neither of them reminded each other of their passion a few hours earlier ; it was as if it had never happened . |
| 10 | About two-thirds of the sacks of refuse had gone , and the pit she had seen was as if it had never been , under a litter of dead leaves where a couple of blackbirds foraged . |
| 11 | It was as if it had all been planned . |
| 12 | Though the landscape was flat , it seemed , both visually and from the effort it was taking to move the wheelbarrow , that I was continually walking up a hill , but when I looked back , it was as if I had just walked down one . |
| 13 | It felt fragile at first , but it was as if I had finally come up for air after nearly drowning in a pool of lies . |
| 14 | Now I was about to meet him again , it was as if I had suddenly woken up from a syrupy dream . |
| 15 | He had played so extraordinarily fair with her the night before , he reflected , contentedly , that it was as if he had not played at all . |
| 16 | It was as if he had n't really wanted freedom , only to assert his right to be free if he chose , which is quite a different thing and has something both sad and comical about it . |
| 17 | It was as if he had never raised the possibility that she might become so much more to him than his personal assistant . |
| 18 | It was as if he had suddenly been made to remember just what sort of girl he was talking to . |
| 19 | It was as if she had n't been aware of the girl 's presence , but she said , ‘ Stay where you are , child . |