Example sentences of "was not as [subord] [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | It was not as if what he saw fell short of his expectations . |
2 | It was not as if they were going out alone on the High Veld . |
3 | It was not as if he was protected by politics : he had served in the regiment of Colonel Robert Phaire , a regicide . |
4 | ‘ It was not as if I needed the money . |
5 | It was not as if she would be going to his home . |
6 | It was foolish , even stupid ; it was n't as if we were even contenders for a medal . |
7 | We were n't hurting anyone or upsetting anyone , it was n't as if we stood in the corridor kissing and cuddling . |
8 | It was n't as if they were heading for the hills . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | It was n't as if they were real money . |
11 | It was n't as if they had some sort of relationship ; he had taken her out only to help her with her search . |
12 | It was n't as if one could do anything to stop it . |
13 | Mm so it was n't as if there was any query when you went to ask for it cos it |
14 | 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 . |
15 | It was n't as if she had searched for it , determined to see what lay behind the forever locked door . |
16 | So it was n't as if she was being maltreated . ’ |
17 | It was n't as if she wanted or needed his complete understanding . |
18 | It was n't as if she was attracted to him as an individual . |
19 | It was n't as if she even liked this man enough to care a damn for his opinion of her ! |
20 | It was n't as if she were married to him . |
21 | It was n't as if she was in any hurry to learn her fate . |
22 | It was n't as if she really needed it , as if there was anyone she wanted to impress … |
23 | And it was n't as if she was ungrateful for the financial assistance through college . |
24 | It was n't as if she were n't paying attention . |
25 | And it was n't as if he put up with her cooking in the hope that he would . |
26 | It was n't easy , travelling , in those days , but it was n't as if he belonged here anyway . ’ |
27 | Somehow it was n't as if he was laughing at her , but rather with her — against the world . |
28 | It was n't as if he was married to Wendy , or that she knew about it . |
29 | It was n't as if he had asked for a fee , he had gone to the school for nothing , out of the goodness of his heart . |
30 | It was n't as if he could see her in the flimsy satin nightdress , was it ? |