Example sentences of "treating [pers pn] as if [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Practitioners working with step-children and step-families emphasize the importance of understanding the particular needs of step-families and not treating them as if they were two-parent families . |
| 2 | It promises to be difficult enough without John and Kate treating me as if I 'm a sensitive convalescent . |
| 3 | Towards the end of the thirteen-year marriage she was treating me as if I was someone the cat had brought home . |
| 4 | You are treating me as if I were another Rosette Fournier . ’ |
| 5 | He had asked her all about the kiosk , about where she lived ; treating her as if she was interesting and important , not a boring , silly old woman . |
| 6 | At least when he was condemning her he was reacting to her , personally and subjectively ; now he was treating her as if she were a stranger . |
| 7 | She smiled at the few women clustered at the counter and acknowledged their somewhat surprised greetings , and was enormously grateful to Frank Green , the owner , for treating her as if she were a regular and valued customer instead of a virtual stranger . |
| 8 | She had no objection to working for her keep , but if Penry Vaughan went on treating her as if she were some kind of serf she 'd stick to plain , basic cooking from now on , she thought resentfully . |
| 9 | He was treating her as if he knew her , as if he cared what she thought , and she could n't even get her face under control . |
| 10 | Why were they all treating him as if he was five years old . |
| 11 | Treating him as if he were your own son , your legitimate son . |
| 12 | But it was nice to see all these old geezers with huge noses treating him as if he was a man . |
| 13 | ‘ Treating him as if he 's incapable of making up his own mind about anything . |
| 14 | Windows will then ignore the line , treating it as if it were a comment . |