Example sentences of "as [subord] everything was " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet after the robbery it was as if everything was in a highlight : the hawkers , the ‘ comprame , señor ’ women , the children 's shouts of ‘ cigarros , amigo , ’ as they trotted beside me , the constant offer of ‘ dolares , dolares . ’ |
| 2 | However , there is a danger here of what I call the definitional fallacy , that is a tendency to seek to present the law as if everything was completely cut and dried , whereas such ‘ defences ’ may be better understood as ‘ excuses ’ the primary function of which , from a ( negative ) utilitarian point of view , is simply to minimize the amount of punishment actually imposed without jeopardizing the credibility of the general system of threat through which , arguably , criminal law realizes its prescriptive function . |
| 3 | Amsterdam was pulling on his gloves , smiling at her as if everything was all right with his world , keeping his tribulation to himself . |
| 4 | ‘ It made me feel as if everything was all right with the world . |
| 5 | The fog continued to enclose them in their own world for the whole of the next day , deadening all sound outside so that it seemed as if everything was hushed and waiting . |
| 6 | Abruptly she looked in another direction — somehow , she felt unsteady , as if everything was getting away from her ! |