Example sentences of "[to-vb] as [subord] [pron] had " in BNC.
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| 1 | There had been an anonymous telephone call to tell him so , but he had guessed it anyway , mostly because her habit of reversing the responsibility for everything that happened had made her start to behave as though she had herself some gross cause for mistrust . |
| 2 | I could see the room beginning to spin as though I had had a dreadful shock or a moment of unbearable fear . |
| 3 | This concession having been wrung from Dame Evelyn , we were thereupon authorised to attend all meetings and to advise as though we had the accolade of civil service accorded to us . |
| 4 | ‘ He has agreed to act as though nothing had happened , ’ Mr Browning said . |
| 5 | Before either of them could say a word , he turned and began to speak as though they had asked him a question . |
| 6 | " Why , as a matter of interest , " said Martin , calmly , as though the discussion up to this point had been quite unreliable , " did you have so many children , Candida ? " and Mrs Denham , strangely , took off her glasses , and frowned , and began to speak as though she had indeed up to this point been talking nonsense . |