Example sentences of "[vb -s] as [subord] it [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Identical twins have relatedness R equals one genetic identical every gene in one is represented in the other and they result from a split in a fertilized egg which splits into two and then each develops as if it were , wer were a separate egg . |
| 2 | ‘ It looks as if it 's bad , an' all . ’ |
| 3 | Graham says that if the set-up is a success — and it certainly looks as if it 's going to be — he may take on more charity tanks in the future . |
| 4 | But these days , if it looks as if it 's going to be nasty , I take the easy way out . |
| 5 | But they have n't It looks as if it 's a right angle there |
| 6 | ‘ My face looks as if it 's going to drop off a fruit tree , ’ he said at himself . |
| 7 | policies away , that 's alright , it looks as if it 's normal . |
| 8 | ‘ That storm still looks as if it 's building up to me , ’ said Jimmy . |
| 9 | It looks as if it 's from the Editor . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Oh , it looks as if it 's from the Editor , ’ said Mounce ironically . |
| 11 | So it looks as if it 's going off to infinity or something , but |
| 12 | ‘ It looks as if it 's going to rain . |
| 13 | Constant rain , and when it 's not raining it looks as if it 's about to . |
| 14 | It looks as if it 's make-your-mind-up time , does n't it ? |
| 15 | It looks as if it 's recording , but every time I press Play … |
| 16 | Now it looks like , ah just stopped moving again , straight line , fixed speed that , this looks as if it 's accelerating . |
| 17 | ‘ So it looks as if it 's the end of the line for both of us . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ It looks as if it 's just starting up , ’ he said as the sound of pop music drifted towards them . |
| 19 | Yeah by D X otherwise it looks as if it 's just D Y |
| 20 | This , this train looks as if it 's sticking its tongue out . |
| 21 | Train looks as if it 's sticking its |
| 22 | This is a unhelpful because it 's winding that way yet it looks as if it 's winding that way , does n't it ? |
| 23 | It looks as if it 's reeling on to that spool . |
| 24 | Now looks as if it 's in her hair there the way things |
| 25 | It 's like some of it looks as if it 's er getting a bit old . |
| 26 | And it looks as if it 's , might have distorted the chassis a bit . |
| 27 | That looks as if it 's the thermostat setting . |
| 28 | It does n't look cut off to me , it looks as if it 's all there |
| 29 | There 's actually a very different difficult problem with sexual harassment , which is that erm there are occasions when it looks as if it 's going to be difficult for a college not to go ahead , even when the victim has withdrawn her or his complaint . |
| 30 | This is the Berthold specimen book and it worries me , because everything looks as if it 's supposed to sit in a line of eighteen point display , you know , sort of specimen setting , saying this is |