Example sentences of "[verb] as though [pers pn] have been " in BNC.
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| 1 | Polly jerked as though she had been slapped . |
| 2 | However , the spokesman said : ‘ It now looks as though they had been fighting each other and nobody else was involved . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ It looks as though they have been trying to get rid of me here for three years . |
| 4 | Looks as though it had been cut out for some reason . |
| 5 | and that was my Barclaycard number in case you want it although I ordered it through the thr phone I made out that so that I could read it off on the telephone I did n't even erm I did n't even assemble it I just looked and I saw it does n't chop I thought it would chop things but does n't , it only grates Looks as though it had been out before , you know , you look at this ! |
| 6 | Nothing looks worse , and does a poorer job , than a worm which has been stuck on the hook several times and looks as though it has been tied in a knot . |
| 7 | For instance , you can build up a design that looks as though it has been pressed as a single spray ( see pp. 98–9 ) , although in fact each flower and leaf should be positioned with care to give a natural effect . |
| 8 | The low cost of setting up such a system allows people who have never ventured beyond typewriter or wordprocessor to produce material which looks as though it has been professionally typeset . |
| 9 | To these pieces she applies flourishes of paint in mad swoops of colour — a chair looks as though it has been wrapped in a Mexican Indian blanket , a small table is covered in a riot of pattern , full of references to Memphis — the Milan school and Tennessee . |
| 10 | ‘ A modest house with a small garden where the grass looks as though it has been cut with nail-scissors and weeded with a forceps ; a dolls ’ house , with nothing out of place , everything polished and dusted . ’ |
| 11 | While the uppers often irritatingly remain almost as new as they day they came out of the box , the outsole looks as though it 's been left behind on the concrete , which of course it has . |
| 12 | It looks as though it 's been in a few scrapes before . ’ |
| 13 | He looks as though he 's been a footballer in his time . |
| 14 | She was carrying more weight on her face than on her body , her make-up being so thick , so perfect , that her cheeks looked as though they had been carved out of porcelain . |
| 15 | To Polly the long , crimson-enamelled nails looked as though they had been dipped in blood . |
| 16 | A German youth whose exaggerated features looked as though they had been moulded from foam rubber explained loudly to his companion how he needed the sun , the sun for him was a physical necessity . |
| 17 | The mist looked as though it had been created by the BBC special effects department for a studio play about Jack the Ripper , and yards away I could hear voices without being able to see the humans making the sound . |
| 18 | As the first rays of morning sunlight streamed through the open doorway , the newly-plastered room looked as though it had been covered in the night by a fine layer of pinkish-buff snow . |
| 19 | His hair , by contrast , fell untidily to his shoulders and his patchy beard looked as though it had been stuck on at random . |
| 20 | Alfred 's shop looked as though it had been closed and deserted for months ; it was hard to believe that it was only three days since a few people , at least , had been entering through the rickety door with its small glass panes to buy patent medicines or seek advice . |
| 21 | Bicker 's face looked as though it had been ground out on a millstone , but Ratagan was beaming . |
| 22 | For once he really looked quite smart , in well-cut grey trousers that emphasised the length of his legs and strength of his thighs , and a cream shirt that actually looked as though it had been ironed . |
| 23 | ‘ Well ? ’ she says as though she 's been waiting a long time . |
| 24 | ‘ One moment he 's on cloud nine , and now when I tell him all that 's gone on he 'll feel as though he 's been knocked over by a juggernaut . |
| 25 | Confused , flushing as though she had been found out in some guilty action , Isabel tentatively let her fingers rest lightly on fitzAlan 's arm . |
| 26 | His body was arched as though he had been forced to retreat . |
| 27 | But please avoid looking as though you have been trying too hard with your choice of waistcoat . |
| 28 | A letter-quality printer uses a ‘ daisy-wheel ’ printing element to produce documents which look as though they have been typed on an electronic typewriter . |
| 29 | They look as though they have been splashed across the skin . |
| 30 | A bad Goshiki is a hotchpotch fish , whose colours look as though they have been mixed by a five-year-old and applied with a wet rag . |