Example sentences of "as [conj] it [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The wall was as transparent as glass , but it was as if it revealed only another wall of uniform greyness . |
| 2 | ‘ It was as if it knew exactly where to go . ’ |
| 3 | The Viennese piano is often discussed as if it developed along one path , as if each improvement followed the previous one in an orderly fashion . |
| 4 | " You speak of the OTC market as if it does n't exist . |
| 5 | I shrug and look away , as if it does n't matter . |
| 6 | Where the statute looks as if it does not cover certain forms of conduct the courts have sometimes read the statute widely to convict the " manifestly guilty " . |
| 7 | And so far , with our results , it looks as if it does not seem to have a major impact on our patients , so we may be doing something that does n't er particularly help the patients , and this is very important since we spend a lot of time doing these sorts of er procedures in our patients . |
| 8 | And Caroline , who had never developed the art of flirting , behaved as if it came as naturally to her as breathing . |
| 9 | Delaney stood with one foot on the hull of the craft that looked as if it owed more to space technology than to marine engineering . |
| 10 | In other words , in those studies where children heard both more and less in the same trials or same sessions , and where there were more than two responses possible , they showed no evidence of treating less as if it meant more . |
| 11 | ‘ Oh , that , ’ said William , as if it had completely slipped his mind and he 'd have been quite happy talking about Satan and Hell and related matters for the rest of the afternoon . |
| 12 | He saw himself , as in a mirror , lifting the black cloth from her white flesh , felt , as if it had already happened , the softness of her body closing around him . |
| 13 | Susan felt the gesture as if it had barely lapsed — felt his hand on the nape of her neck , the gentle pull that turned her face up to his — and she cried out , almost as if she hoped to be heard . |
| 14 | Even her heart : she felt as if it had barely room to beat . |
| 15 | There 's somethin' offensive aboot seein' it destroyed as if it had nae right tae exist . |
| 16 | ‘ Do you want to come over for dinner sometime ? ’ said Jay , as if it had just occurred to her . |
| 17 | It looked as if it had just been brought home by Susan from Blackpool . |
| 18 | At last the restoration was completed and R5868 looked as if it had just come off the production line , a fine tribute to F/L Peaple and his team . |
| 19 | She noticed that his hair had scissor marks in it , as if it had just been dry cut . |
| 20 | In either case , a court which revokes the order following a breach will be empowered to sentence the offender as if it had just convicted him of the original offence . |
| 21 | I stared stupidly at the bag in my hand as if it had just been dropped there from a helicopter . |
| 22 | The Z88 's line editor may then be used to edit the line as if it had just been typed in . |
| 23 | The line to be edited is now in the input buffer and may be edited as if it had just been typed in . |
| 24 | She said , ‘ Oh , I see , ’ as if it had n't been obvious to her that the photograph was old . |
| 25 | The remark was so puzzling Pascoe continued as if it had n't been spoken . |
| 26 | The feeling almost wiped out that terrible year as if it had n't happened at all . |
| 27 | ‘ The evil of Sauron can not be wholly cured ’ , replies Gandalf , ‘ nor made as if it had not been . ’ |
| 28 | He seemed surprised as if it had not occurred to him that literature might let him down in this way . |
| 29 | Her mother had been so excited at the attention paid to her , almost as if it had not been Louise but she herself who was attracting the attention of the young gentlemen . |
| 30 | Charlie Singer appeared in front of the hotel and went towards the railway station , moving fast as if it had suddenly started to rain . |