Example sentences of "[vb pp] as if it had [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For Jane , that slice of life evaporated as if it had never existed . |
| 2 | In the group accounts , the subsidiary undertaking is treated as if it had always been a member of the group . |
| 3 | The effect of a decree of nullity , broadly speaking , is that the marriage is treated as if it had never existed . |
| 4 | The first is where it is set aside , in which case it is treated as if it had never existed . |
| 5 | The line to be edited is now in the input buffer and may be edited as if it had just been typed in . |
| 6 | At last the restoration was completed and R5868 looked as if it had just come off the production line , a fine tribute to F/L Peaple and his team . |
| 7 | The miniature stainless-steel kitchenette looked as if it had never been cooked in . |
| 8 | She was a strange , skinny woman always dressed in dark clothes , and her face looked as if it had never seen the sun . |
| 9 | The open sewer in the high street looked as if it had never been cleaned and at times we squelched ankle deep in human excrement . |
| 10 | She stared up from the ground , her wings hanging loose as if she no longer had strength to hold them to her body , her left wing seeming bent as if it had once been broken . |
| 11 | Even Scouse 's latrine had disappeared as if it had never been there . |
| 12 | It was the first physical contact between them for four years , but for just an instant it had seemed as if it had only been yesterday when she had last touched him . |
| 13 | The slight warmth was absolutely gone as if it had never been . |
| 14 | Her ability to be cold and untouchable seemed to have gone as if it had never been . |