Example sentences of "as if it [verb] not been " in BNC.
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| 1 | She said , ‘ Oh , I see , ’ as if it had n't been obvious to her that the photograph was old . |
| 2 | The remark was so puzzling Pascoe continued as if it had n't been spoken . |
| 3 | ‘ The evil of Sauron can not be wholly cured ’ , replies Gandalf , ‘ nor made as if it had not been . ’ |
| 4 | Her mother had been so excited at the attention paid to her , almost as if it had not been Louise but she herself who was attracting the attention of the young gentlemen . |
| 5 | The door is locked and the windows are covered with grime ; in the silence the whole place looks as if it has not been occupied for several weeks . |
| 6 | They only ever come around to yours when the sink 's full of washing-up , there 's a pile of dirty washing on the kitchen floor , the sitting room looks as if it has n't been Hoovered for a month , there are empty Smarties packets down the sides of the chairs , toast crumbs all over the tables , cobwebs in the corner and you 've run out of coffee . |