Example sentences of "[vb past] as [subord] there [be] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It thus seemed as if there was a significant dispute between the Realist and Behaviouralist camps , and for much of the 1950s and 1960s this dispute was carried on in the pages of the professional journals . |
| 2 | The hon. Member for Honiton talked as if there were a great wave of support for the view that he and others advocate on this matter . |
| 3 | For a moment she said nothing , she just swallowed as if there were a lump in her throat . |
| 4 | " She did n't really love him , " Sarah shouted aloud in the empty house , and blushed as if there were a part of Enid lurking somewhere that could overhear her . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm so sorry , a stupid , helpless old fool , ’ Mrs Hobbs whispered , and I felt as if there was a weight on my chest , choking me . |
| 6 | Rostov felt as if there was a bare exposed place between his shoulder blades . |
| 7 | And although they walked side by side , Jessamy felt as if there were an invisible , impenetrable wall between them . |
| 8 | all around there yesterday , the curtains were down and it looked as if there was a table piled up with cardboard boxes in the , in the front window . |