Example sentences of "[vb -s] as if [pron] [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He always rides as if he were winning the St Leger . |
| 2 | so I said to her come on I said come on you 'll got ta start trying to be strong , I know it 's a nasty night being celebration night when everybody else looks as if they 're enjoying |
| 3 | It looks as if they 're trying to get rid of him . ’ |
| 4 | Within a day or so the newcomers have appointments fixed with social security to get some money and when it looks as if they 're staying , negotiations begin with schools to admit their children . |
| 5 | It looks as if they were making some slight effort of their own up here to maintain the quality of life . |
| 6 | ‘ It looks as if they were interrupted at their meal , ’ he remarked , righting the overturned stool and using it to indicate a soiled trencher and several dusty earthenware mugs on the table . |
| 7 | Mr Patten said later : ‘ The important thing as far as I am concerned is that it looks as if we are going to have a Conservative government . |
| 8 | B : ‘ I am worried about my job because it looks as if we are going to be privatised soon and there may be redundancies . |
| 9 | ‘ It certainly looks as if we are going to be quite a bit worse off next year , ’ he said . |
| 10 | ‘ Looks as if we 're going to have a bull session , Dad . ’ |
| 11 | It looks as if we 're going to have a hell of a job to identify him . |
| 12 | We budgeted a thousand pounds , it looks as if we 're going to have to spend more on urgent work . |
| 13 | ‘ Looks as if we 're going to get some fog now . |
| 14 | Compared to the highly controversial solution Telecom is going for , it looks as if there is going to be a difference of about £17m between locating at Montrose House and building on the Ballsbridge site . |
| 15 | It looks as if he is going to hold Normandy . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's a tragedy that it looks as if he 's quitting just when he 's developed from being a superstar into an awesome megastar . |
| 17 | This respondent echoed the thoughts of the first by concluding that ‘ … it looks as if he 's played around in the paint , trying to create something — or he 's got confused and mixed everything up and something just happened ’ . |
| 18 | ‘ Roger looks as if he 's running well , so it will be interesting to see what the selectors will do . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ And he 's dying , he looks as if he 's dying ! |
| 20 | he growls at Reggie when he comes up to say ta ta in the morning , if Reggie puts his arm under him , and looks as if he 's gon na move him off the bed he , he 'll , he 'll growl |
| 21 | I Think I 'd better put the car in the garage cos I think Steve looks as if he 's gon na be cleaning erm Gavin 's go-cart . |
| 22 | And it looks as if he 's going to change the image of poodles for ever . |
| 23 | It looks as if he was struck by a single blow and died where he fell . |
| 24 | But it looks as if he was strangled , might have been drugged . |
| 25 | The right leg seems to be the worst — looks as if he was crouching and got knocked sideways by the bumper , then run over , ’ Ben said briskly . |
| 26 | ‘ Looks as if you 're done . ’ |
| 27 | Well it really looks as if you 're having a lot of fun out there , John , but you are an expert . |
| 28 | ‘ And it looks as if you 're going to need my help . ’ |
| 29 | The use sales jargon , the BlowerVac has a very high perceived value , meaning it looks as if you are getting a lot of machine for your £120 . |
| 30 | The bikini is tiny , three triangles of cotton crochet , and her ribs protrude so much that she looks as if she is made of corrugated paper . |