Example sentences of "[noun sg] it [verb] as [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I gave myself a brisk tub down with a towel — when I saw it in daylight it looked as though it had been run over by a lorry on a muddy building site — and changed every stitch of clothing . |
| 2 | For a second it looked as though she would go on with the game , but then she stopped smiling and her eyes slid away from his . |
| 3 | Pebbles had to snatch up briefly to avoid scrimmaging in front of her on the tight final bend , and for a second it looked as though she might be shut in . |
| 4 | For a fraction of a second it looked as though it were going to be just that , he 'd vaulted too hard and he was going to overshoot the small terrace and land on the ugly hard shapes of the garden furniture in the basement courtyard beneath . |
| 5 | It 's reflected on a mirror so at home it appears as though she has learnt the information off-by-heart . |
| 6 | ‘ The superintendent of this building appears to be a broken reed , and unless I spend the next twenty-four hours on the telephone it looks as though we are plumb out of luck , ’ he added , throwing the phone book down in disgust . |
| 7 | For a moment it looked as though she was going to break down . |
| 8 | For a moment it seemed as though it had tapped some hidden reserve of strength and would ease itself up on to the opposite bank , and escape into the forest . |
| 9 | For one brief moment it felt as though she was almost drowning in ecstasy , and then she felt Ross removing his lips , cursing violently under his breath as he withdrew his arms from about her body . |
| 10 | ‘ Maybe they should build a police station on the site it looks as though it could come in very handy in the future … ‘ |
| 11 | I used a small spray of birds-foot trefoil , and although in the finished picture it seems as though it has been pressed just as it was picked , in fact the majority of the piece was dismantled for pressing and reassembled for the picture . |
| 12 | Diana daubed luminous paint on the eyes of her cuddly green hippo so that at night it seemed as though he was keeping watch and looking after her . |
| 13 | When I saw the negative it looked as though she had a dog 's head on her shoulders . |
| 14 | He did so when play was about to resume after a stoppage early in the last session of the fourth day , with the score 384 for 7 , and he could hardly have timed it more precisely ; 60 for 3 overnight , and , as next morning it looked as though it might rain at any time , Marshall decided to polish the rest off quickly . |
| 15 | My stomach turned over as I watched the ball heading for the out-of-bounds , but to my relief it looked as though it had stayed in , even if it seemed in an awful spot . |
| 16 | I mean they are at the moment and if I have a meeting well after about an hour it seems as though you 've |
| 17 | For some reason it felt as though she was being sucked into something by a card-sharp . |
| 18 | From the memo it looks as though you ask me for the form as P.A. to Head of Group . |
| 19 | Each time it looked as though he was going to make his breakthrough — in 1982 after his Commonwealth dead heat with Allan Wells , or in 1984 after making the Los Angeles Olympic final , or again in 1985 after winning the European Indoor — he just did n't get his act together . |
| 20 | But after our day out when we 'd had such a good time it seemed as though you might care and that we could have a chance . |