Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [conj] [pron] [was/were] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a result , the coupe 's front and rear look rather as if they were designed by different committees . |
| 2 | Patients in the fluticasone propionate group received 5 mg four times daily throughout the trial , regardless of whether they were allocated to group A or group B at 14 days . |
| 3 | Nevertheless , the evidence showed that the defendants were determined to bring the contractual relationship to an end if they could , regardless of whether it was done in breach or not . |
| 4 | This belief , regardless of whether it was justified or not , both stopped leaders acting contrary to public opinion and persuaded citizens to accept the legitimacy of laws they did not themselves agree with . |
| 5 | In the manual occupations it is difficult to determine a man 's actual position : a smith , for example , was a smith regardless of whether he was assessed at £2 or £20 . |
| 6 | He tossed it aside as if it were made of straw and she knew she would be lost if he touched her . |
| 7 | She welcomed us home as if we were lost children . |
| 8 | anywhere near as if you were prepared , because if you were prepared there are bound to be one or two things that you would want to ask for , own by the standard of interpretation of whatever it is , or a particular word if it 's a language and so on , erm and that is something that er I think people erm come across as |
| 9 | It is almost as if they were lent to us for their infancy and formative years , and are then entirely free to go their own way . |
| 10 | It was almost as if she was surrounded by a choir , with each person allocated one word , but so well rehearsed that the sentences flowed seamlessly along . |
| 11 | ‘ Kevin Brown says it was almost as if he was hit by a bazooka , right in front of them , but they saw nothing like a bazooka . |
| 12 | Even as he sat down , almost as if he was expected , the telephone rang . |
| 13 | But she said that almost as if it were expected of her rather than with conviction — and the family knew it . |
| 14 | It was almost as if I was intended to see that they were not really supernatural ; and there was Conchis 's cryptic , doubt-sowing advice that it would be easier if I pretended to believe . |