Example sentences of "was [adv] as [subord] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After Sandwich it was just as if you 'd gone deaf — no spectator noise , only four people watching ! |
| 2 | It was not as if what he saw fell short of his expectations . |
| 3 | It was not as if they were going out alone on the High Veld . |
| 4 | It was not as if he was protected by politics : he had served in the regiment of Colonel Robert Phaire , a regicide . |
| 5 | ‘ It was not as if I needed the money . |
| 6 | It was not as if she would be going to his home . |
| 7 | Her presence in the workhouse in itself seems an odd occurrence ; it was hardly as if she had no-one to turn to — any one of her brothers must have been in a position to help when help was needed . |
| 8 | It was foolish , even stupid ; it was n't as if we were even contenders for a medal . |
| 9 | We were n't hurting anyone or upsetting anyone , it was n't as if we stood in the corridor kissing and cuddling . |
| 10 | It was n't as if they were heading for the hills . |
| 11 | It was n't as if they did n't know they were taking a risk — during the fifties and sixties debates raged in the press about highrise housing , with its defenders calling opposition simply prejudice . |
| 12 | It was n't as if they were real money . |
| 13 | It was n't as if they had some sort of relationship ; he had taken her out only to help her with her search . |
| 14 | It was n't as if one could do anything to stop it . |
| 15 | Mm so it was n't as if there was any query when you went to ask for it cos it |
| 16 | Not that he wished any harm to Rose , and it was n't as if she would be on her own because , being the wife of Peter , and he the stable man , she was well set in their cottage . |
| 17 | It was n't as if she had searched for it , determined to see what lay behind the forever locked door . |
| 18 | So it was n't as if she was being maltreated . ’ |
| 19 | It was n't as if she wanted or needed his complete understanding . |
| 20 | It was n't as if she was attracted to him as an individual . |
| 21 | It was n't as if she even liked this man enough to care a damn for his opinion of her ! |
| 22 | It was n't as if she were married to him . |
| 23 | It was n't as if she was in any hurry to learn her fate . |
| 24 | It was n't as if she really needed it , as if there was anyone she wanted to impress … |
| 25 | And it was n't as if she was ungrateful for the financial assistance through college . |
| 26 | It was n't as if she were n't paying attention . |
| 27 | And it was n't as if he put up with her cooking in the hope that he would . |
| 28 | It was n't easy , travelling , in those days , but it was n't as if he belonged here anyway . ’ |
| 29 | Somehow it was n't as if he was laughing at her , but rather with her — against the world . |
| 30 | It was n't as if he was married to Wendy , or that she knew about it . |