Example sentences of "[adv] it was as if [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 Suddenly it was as if she 'd been drugged .
2 Soon it was as if I had imagined everything .
3 And now it was as if I were sinking blissfully into a warm bath and lying there perfectly relaxed …
4 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 .
5 He knew the pattern of the carpet by heart but now it was as if he were looking at it for the first time , taking it all in , the design of orange and black squares .
6 Now it was as if he was teetering on the brink of a lidless coffin .
7 Then it was as if he had come to a decision . ’
8 Lori seemed to shudder right through to her very bones ; then it was as if she had shaken off a darkness that had possessed her for too long .
9 For one unbelievable moment their eyes met and once again it was as if they had stepped back into their own circle of magic .
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