Example sentences of "as if [pers pn] had [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The driver seemed as concerned to show off his excessive acceleration as if we had been prospective buyers and he a salesman . |
| 2 | He spoke as if they had been married for years , and could joke about sharing a bed . |
| 3 | Dismissing the taxpayer 's appeal , Mr Justice Vinelott said that the overriding purpose of para 24(5) , Sch 5 , FA 1975 was to ensure that the participators in a close company , which was entitled to an interest in possession , were to be treated for the purposes of capital transfer tax as if they had been entitled to interests in possession according to their rights and interests in the company . |
| 4 | At the base of these cliffs , almost as if they had been hewn in the rock by men , were three , four or five cave-mouths , chamber-like , as if they were a row of monastic cells in some monastery . |
| 5 | After putting a trial foot several times in the river , Harriet launched herself and swam as if she had been used to water all her life . |
| 6 | She felt heavy-lidded and drowsy , as if she had been asleep for a week . |
| 7 | She looked drowsy , as if she had been asleep . |
| 8 | She had n't moved or made a sound , just opened her eyes in the red-tinged darkness and seen him there without surprise as if she had been aware of his presence ever since he arrived . |
| 9 | Her face was pale , far paler than he remembered , as if she had been ill . |
| 10 | Theda continued along the gallery , towards Lady Merchiston 's room , feeling ridiculously guilty , as if she had been ungracious . |
| 11 | ‘ It leaves a hell of a hangover , ’ said Mrs Ridley , and Lee felt relieved as if she had been ashamed of her suffering and had had it authenticated at last . |
| 12 | Outside in the street , where she could raise her voice again , she almost shouted at him , telling him he was to stop behaving as if he had been right and she wrong — as if he believed she now shared his views and endorsed his ridiculous maunderings . |
| 13 | He felt light-headed , as if he had been awake for days on end . |
| 14 | Christopher had turned blue as if he had been short of oxygen . |
| 15 | She was wearing a chartreuse dress that looked as if it had been spray-painted on . |
| 16 | He was a stocky fifty-eight-year-old with grey hair and a small goatee beard which looked as if it had been stuck on to his chin with glue . |
| 17 | The Bill thus becomes unopposed and proceeds as if it had been unopposed throughout . |
| 18 | Young lads gather round the car which looks as if it had been dead for days or weeks . |