Example sentences of "[adv] as if [pers pn] be [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then she thought , hard and suddenly as if it were someone else 's thought , I 'm in love with someone who 's not Anne . |
| 2 | They had to pull their weight , but they brought up one or two who had lost their parents just as if they were their own children . |
| 3 | I sha n't be able to treat you now as if you were my foster sister , Jenny . |
| 4 | ‘ You do n't imagine I 'm going to allow him to come and go here as if it 's his own home , do you ? ’ |
| 5 | His imitations were good , but in the middle of the last one , something struck him , and he added afterwards : ‘ Almost as if he was my father . ’ |
| 6 | Chopping as if she really means it , the sharp knife hacking through the orange flesh , the bits flying , almost as if it is something personal . |
| 7 | Caro had noticed before the way her mother always avoided referring to the accident and Caro 's time in hospital , almost as if it were something obscene . |
| 8 | He winked again as if it was his way of dismissing visitors . |
| 9 | Long , black , fat-bellied and red-eyed , the bastards watched me hungrily as if I was their next meal . |