Example sentences of "as though [pers pn] [vb past] [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both sexes were clad in essentially masculine garments which looked as though they had been in the family for generations : waxed jackets , sensible shoes , chunky pullovers , indestructible tweeds and cords . |
| 2 | Quite normal duties for a revenue cutter , but there was nothing normal about that particular week we spent in Ullapool at the end of which we all felt as though we had been through a wringer . |
| 3 | There was no effect on my mind at all , but my body felt as though it had been in the sun too long . |
| 4 | She looked exceptionally well , glowing with health , almost as though she had been on holiday , which Liz knew she had not . |
| 5 | The iron grey , Tero , got by because her coat was almost black , but Maldita was so dazzlingly white , except for a sprinkling of rust-brown freckles on her belly , that she looked as though she 'd been through the car wash . |
| 6 | A vagrant was discovered yesterday in Linz , the skin on his face and hands severely burnt almost as though he had been in a fire . |