Example sentences of "it [was/were] as [subord] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | And these afflicted abandoned mothers : it was as if his own mother were , for a moment , superimposed upon Irina 's mother who was always moaning and complaining and ill . |
| 2 | It was as if his mind was a leaking vessel , his sanity seeping out like water . |
| 3 | It was as if his downcast spirits had lifted — and he were , after all , elated by thoughts of kingship . |
| 4 | It was as if his mind was digging down through the years and bringing up pictures of past events … |
| 5 | His voice was no more than a faint whisper now but it was as if his words were spraying vitriol on her face , because she tossed her head from side to side as if throwing off the spray . |
| 6 | It was as if his whole body was itching unbearably . ’ |
| 7 | Patrick was just about to ask what she was going to do when he felt something cold touch his scalp — and then it was as if his head had caught fire . |
| 8 | It was as if his seasons came and went in the phrases he wrote . |
| 9 | Then it was as if his eyes were speaking and Jezrael was the one who could n't fit in , a child among adults . |
| 10 | Rostov tried to think of something else to say , but suddenly it was as if his brain had dried up . |
| 11 | For Pavel , it was as if his thoughts had skipped a beat . |
| 12 | It was as if his father felt a need to torture himself ; to surround himself with the symbols of lost joy . |
| 13 | It was as if his vision had steadily darkened , until he could see nothing else ; no brightness , no sunlight , just a public hell into which he felt he was being dragged while others walked by it unseeing . |
| 14 | He screwed his eyes shut , but it was as if his sight was being destroyed by the light of a thousand flares . |
| 15 | It was as if his hand had begun to die on him , turning in on itself like a leaf , drying out and getting thin . |
| 16 | It was as if his confidence , like a target decoy , had been blown clean out of the water . |
| 17 | It was as if his mind had a finite capacity for lines ; put in more than it could hold and they would start to overflow . |
| 18 | When he finally spoke , it was as if his voice was coming out of a large , brunette bush . |