Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [conj] it [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was strange , the conversation Dad and I had , because when I saw him at home later and over the next few days he behaved as if it had never happened , as if he had n't told me he 'd fallen in love with someone else . |
| 2 | And Caroline , who had never developed the art of flirting , behaved as if it came as naturally to her as breathing . |
| 3 | Even her heart : she felt as if it had barely room to beat . |
| 4 | Delaney stood with one foot on the hull of the craft that looked as if it owed more to space technology than to marine engineering . |
| 5 | It looked as if it had just been brought home by Susan from Blackpool . |
| 6 | It looked as if it had only two storeys , but suggested an attic under the fanlight in the roof . |
| 7 | His face was smooth , almost feminine ; it looked as if it had never felt the touch of a razor . |
| 8 | Ray Shepherd was a tall man with a craggy , lined face that looked as if it had once been weathered but was now the colour of chalk . |
| 9 | But after the settlement of the dispute Danzig-Polish co-operation lapsed as if it had never existed . |