Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pers pn] be as " in BNC.

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1 ‘ In some areas it is as if nothing has changed , and in other areas there are some quite bizarre decisions . ’
2 For many observers it was as if German industry sprang out of nowhere .
3 She had seen so many of the students set out from her door , awkward and anxious , and after a few weeks it was as if they had been studying there all their lives .
4 ‘ The clubs have that much power over players it 's as if they own them , and this is n't good for the game in the North .
5 When she smiled that big smile with her slightly too big mouth and too many very white teeth it was as if the explosion was starting to blow the top of her head off .
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