Example sentences of "as [subord] [pron] have [been] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Peter Naulls and he , searching for the hole into the mine , had got as suntanned as if they had been on the kind of holiday they never had , on the beaches of Spain or Italy . |
| 2 | They had ceased to be such holders , because , in effect , in their hands the document had ceased to be a negotiable instrument quite as much as if there had been on the acceptance of the draft by the plaintiffs an erasure of the writing of the signature to the note . |
| 3 | Through the brushed cotton of her sweater she could feel the pressure of his fingers , his touch scorching her as surely as if it had been on her bare skin . |
| 4 | ‘ I look as though I 've been on the wrong end of a Gestapo interrogation . |
| 5 | She looked exceptionally well , glowing with health , almost as though she had been on holiday , which Liz knew she had not . |