Example sentences of "[vb past] as [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a moment it seemed as though it had tapped some hidden reserve of strength and would ease itself up on to the opposite bank , and escape into the forest . |
| 2 | The bell boomed as though it came from the bowels of the earth . |
| 3 | When you touched it with the edge of your hand , your skin felt as though it had become attached so that you were in danger of becoming a part of Mrs Parvis 's table for ever . |
| 4 | There was no effect on my mind at all , but my body felt as though it had been in the sun too long . |
| 5 | That implied being carefree , and she felt as though it had been decades since she had felt that way , and it had nothing whatsoever to do with Jonathan . |
| 6 | Her whole world felt as though it had just been rocked on its axis by the announcement , so that for long silent seconds she could only stare at him with pain in her eyes . |
| 7 | My stomach turned over as I watched the ball heading for the out-of-bounds , but to my relief it looked as though it had stayed in , even if it seemed in an awful spot . |
| 8 | And the hair that looked as though it had been dramatically carved out of something shiny rather than been grown in the normal way . |
| 9 | But in this warm and pleasant climate she was dressed in a long black dress which looked as though it had been made at the time of Heathcliff . |
| 10 | His eyes were like black pools of water , his hair a hoary white , prickly and short , with a parting down the middle which looked as though it had been cut by a Stanley knife . |
| 11 | I gave myself a brisk tub down with a towel — when I saw it in daylight it looked as though it had been run over by a lorry on a muddy building site — and changed every stitch of clothing . |
| 12 | His table was set out with batches of proof sheets clipped together , the ashtray was full of stubs , and there was a cup half full of coffee which looked as though it had gone cold hours before . |
| 13 | The quay was stacked with empty fish boxes , there were platform scales , a yellow dog sleeping in the sun , a small battered truck which looked as though it had found its last resting place , and a notice about rabies . |
| 14 | Anna and her mother lived in a little detached house which looked as though it had been sliced off from some larger building . |
| 15 | It would er but as I 've already said the bed looked made er totally un-slept in it looked as though it had just been made up from new and un-slept in which is why I took that course of action . |
| 16 | It looked as though it had been woven like the baskets which were used to collect tea from the old plantations . |
| 17 | We said god look at this , you know it looked as though it had been painted |
| 18 | It looked as though it went on for ever . ’ |
| 19 | But the fact is that a Hunt victory was not on the Ferrari books if they had ceded — after a re-start which looked as though it favoured Hunt — they would have been lynched in Italy , where only a Ferrari is allowed to win . |
| 20 | Still it is now part of the larger narrative , and read as that it suggests a period of peaceful coexistence before their final parting . |