Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [noun sg] as [subord] it " in BNC.
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1 | " You speak of the OTC market as if it does n't exist . |
2 | With all this technology literally at our fingertips , many people insist on using the computer keyboard as if it were mechanically connected to the printer . |
3 | She glared at the telephone dial as if it were the young man 's face and held the receiver away from her ear . |
4 | Their ideal of endogamy , which treats the marriage exchange as if it were non-existent , is an example of such a mechanism for achieving peace . |
5 | ‘ Gavin used the Welfare account as if it was his own money , ’ Mr Georges said . |
6 | He took to the Cobra position as if it had been designed for him . |
7 | You make the pillowcase look as if it 's been washed with Brand X … |
8 | I never said that — Jess thought , the ground feeling as if it was weakening under her feet . |
9 | There is a particular kind of French personality who always pronounce the word francais as if it were a football he is heading towards less privileged mortals . |
10 | And because it has open server in front of it from the client 's side it looks like a server , so any of those two hundred clients or any of front end tools can have access to the email system as if it was a resource or server . |
11 | She was staring at the holiday roster as if it contained the meaning of life . |