Example sentences of "[adj] as if they have " in BNC.

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1 Peter Naulls and he , searching for the hole into the mine , had got as suntanned as if they had been on the kind of holiday they never had , on the beaches of Spain or Italy .
2 And the buildings looked as derelict as if they had all been lifted by some force and dropped again .
3 Because she was tired of looking at flats that were really bedsits , and bedsits that were really cupboards , but cost as much as if they had been flats .
4 The nice people are still there to enjoy the music , although perhaps not as much as if they 'd been allowed to express themselves and some of the nasty people are beginning to appreciate the actual music .
5 It was as simple as if they 'd asked him if he knew a good plumber .
6 They were talking rationally now , as adults , just as she had asked , but underneath the façade of civilised behaviour her heart was still doing funny things , and the electricity between them was as powerful as if they had been making love .
7 Many of the predators mentioned in the previous section function equally well as scavengers ( Hewson , 1981 ) , and the modifications they produce are the same as if they had been the primary predators .
8 The emotions of like and dislike are just as broad as if they had arisen from a total survey of the car .
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