Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] as if it " in BNC.
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| 1 | But she said that almost as if it were expected of her rather than with conviction — and the family knew it . |
| 2 | Then she thought , hard and suddenly as if it were someone else 's thought , I 'm in love with someone who 's not Anne . |
| 3 | He even had on a collar and tie , which I 'd never seen before and which he would tug at every now and then as if it were too tight . |
| 4 | I laughed not scornfully or anything , but just as if it was a joke which I 'd only half got . |
| 5 | Presumably this act was meant to signify the unleashing of chaos , except that instead of being summarily tossed to the ground , the bookcase was lowered as gently as delicately as if it were a fragile ceramic from antiquity . |