Example sentences of "as though [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a faint stale smell , as though everything might not be as fanatically clean as Mrs Hollins liked it , but there was nothing odd to see . |
| 2 | Doyle smiled , almost beautifully , as though everything had come right , and handed her the small gun . |
| 3 | ‘ Rascals , ’ Fat Watt said when he noticed the far-off plumes of smoke , and stumbled off as though everything had been said that could be said . |
| 4 | The character can meet the change head on , in which case we may feel gratified — or sidestep the new knowledge , try to behave as though everything is the same as before . |
| 5 | ‘ Better than what ? ’ she asked innocently , thinking that two could play at that game of acting as though everything were the same as it had always been . |
| 6 | He even felt a rather pleasant sense of detachment from what was going on , almost as though everything around him were happening on television and the barman might switch to another channel at any moment . |
| 7 | It were just you know oh it 's a nice morning when I 'm hanging the washing out as though everything was wonderful you know |
| 8 | But it sounds as though everything . |
| 9 | Everything possible must be done , he wrote , and yet it must be as though nothing had been done . |
| 10 | It looked as though nothing would ever shake it . |
| 11 | As for the Gujerati joint family it looks as though nothing can save it now . |
| 12 | It was not until 1960 that the gargantuan task of demolishing the attached asylum was undertaken and Forston Manor returned to its original self as though nothing had happened . |
| 13 | ‘ He has agreed to act as though nothing had happened , ’ Mr Browning said . |
| 14 | On my way back to Anastasia , I catch sight of a tree-creeper and watch him flit from tree to tree , scurrying mouse-like up their trunks as though nothing else had ever happened here . |
| 15 | A woman spends many years charring in Cremona ; she saves all her money to buy an apartment for her son when he gets married ; her no-good husband , the boy 's father , reappears after years and demands assistance ; she refuses ; when the son is engaged , she relents and negotiates subsidies to her ex-husband , for a suit , a car , a wedding-present ; she organizes a big reception to which she invites all her former employers ; nobody comes except a tennis-star ; there is no sign of the husband ; her lawyer tells her that the girl her son is marrying is her husband 's mistress and that he had already taken over the apartment ; she reflects a moment and decides to carry on with the reception , everything is all right , ‘ if no one notices anything , it is as though nothing has happened ’ ; passers-by are invited to join the wedding-party , which they happily do because the tennis-star is present ; the husband turns up in his new car ; no one takes any notice of him because no one knows who he is , except for the dealer he sometimes does jobs for , who tells him all new cars lose half their value as soon as they are bought and end up on the scrapheap anyway . |
| 16 | ‘ I am not the only one to have seen Charlotte , ’ Emily went on as though nothing had happened . |
| 17 | Moving at top speed , the animal positively flings itself along and then , just as suddenly , comes to rest as though nothing strange has occurred . |
| 18 | Everyone else sits down and resumes work as though nothing had happened . |
| 19 | Ruth thought her aunt would have sat up all night to prolong the time with them , but her uncle — who had tried bravely all day to behave as though nothing untoward was happening — put his arms around his wife 's shoulders and led her away to bed . |
| 20 | When we reached the door Mum called back , ‘ Good afternoon Captain ’ , as though nothing had happened . |
| 21 | All the while I stood listening and Frankie sat calmly on the sofa reading his comic as though nothing was happening . |
| 22 | For the next few days — for as long as it takes — you just continue your life as though nothing has happened . |
| 23 | Incredibly , Flashman then posed for pictures with his wife , smiling as though nothing had happened . |
| 24 | The eggs simply plopped out in front of the host bird , who carried on incubating any remaining eggs as though nothing had happened . |
| 25 | The stock must be grown on as though nothing has happened — the top growth is needed to pull up the sap from the roots , past and into contact with the bud . |
| 26 | After its financial disaster in 1720 the South Sea Company had pulled itself together and had tried to trade with South America as though nothing had happened . |
| 27 | Several years ago , my tropical fish tank suffered the dreaded overnight powercut , and while all the other fish perished , the angelfish was still swimming around , somewhat lethargically , as though nothing had happened . |
| 28 | It seemed to Beth as though nothing would ever console her . |
| 29 | She apologized for skulking out of the way so shamelessly , she thanked me for saving the life of their beloved dog who was now prancing around with the children as though nothing had happened , and she finished with the regret that she had n't even asked me my name . |
| 30 | Cobalt got up from his chair as though nothing had happened to put him off his stroke . |