Example sentences of "she [vb past] [verb] as [subord] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Almost all her errors here were regularisations : for example , she read have as if it rhymed with ‘ cave ’ , lose as if it rhymed with ‘ hose ’ , own as if it rhymed with ‘ down ’ , and steak as if it rhymed with ‘ beak ’ . |
| 2 | She 'd felt as if she 'd been fighting with Guy Sterne all her life ! |
| 3 | It was no wonder she 'd looked as if she 'd aged , she thought guiltily , and no wonder she 'd looked miserable ; the poor woman did n't have too much to look happy about . |
| 4 | She 'd looked as if she 'd seen the devil himself . |
| 5 | His pole was impaling her to the absolute limit , and she began panting as if she 'd just run the four-minute mile . |
| 6 | Well , she did behave as if nothing was out of the ordinary , and I began to suspect that Oliver was a little displeased . |
| 7 | In the scorching heat she had felt as if she would pass out ; now she wished she had . |
| 8 | In the first round of the championship , Miss Minoprio had frightened the life out of one , Miss Summerville , who later explained to the press that she had felt as if she were playing " a supernatural being " . |
| 9 | So many times she had felt as if he had just steamrollered his way right over her , refusing to listen to her arguments , just using his overpowering physical and mental strength to get his own way . |
| 10 | She had behaved as if she was quite prepared to be Alain 's , and she could not think of any reply at all . |
| 11 | She had to look as if she knew where she was going , move as if she had every right to be there ; one challenge could ruin it all . |