Example sentences of "as [subord] it [be] [adv] " in BNC.
Next pageNo | Sentence |
---|---|
1 | ‘ It looks as if it is probably down to the two of us , ’ said Grindley . |
2 | If the parent bird is aquatic and is making its display on water , it may turn on its side , flap one wing awkwardly in the air and paddle itself in a circle as if it is hopelessly crippled . |
3 | I like a picture to be fairly full as if it is too empty it can become boring to look at after a few months , but it is very easy to get carried away with all your lovely pressed flowers and try to fit them all into one picture — using too many flowers looks just as bad as not using enough . |
4 | While people may even find themselves avoiding others who would be understanding , precisely because their concern may threaten to breach fragile defences and bring on the ‘ crack-up ’ that feels as if it is only just being fended off , as it is . |
5 | ‘ You talk as if desire were one-sided , ’ he countered softly , ‘ as if it is only I who wants you . |
6 | ‘ So often people criticise others for wanting to do things which are a little bit different as if it 's wrong not to do things like everyone else does . |
7 | That 's sounds as if it 's pretty cheap . |
8 | Then , reverting to his chosen , statesmanlike stance , he added : ‘ Anyway , we should not be talking about it as if it 's just bread and circuses . |
9 | as if it 's just over the horizon , waiting to happen to me , as weird and wonderful as all the things that happened last autumn . |
10 | ‘ It looks as if it 's just starting up , ’ he said as the sound of pop music drifted towards them . |
11 | Yeah by D X otherwise it looks as if it 's just D Y |
12 | Sounds as if it 's just above us |
13 | I hide my sticky hand behind me , as if it 's brightly stained . |
14 | you know it 's almost as if it 's like er you know a sort of negative thing to , to , to find out about somebody erm so erm yeah I mean I think I , so I think you 'll , I think you 'll , you 'll of necessity have to try and do something which captures this , this sort of informal talk because as soon as people commit themselves to writing they 're gon na be erm they 're gon na be |
15 | It 's as if it 's too powerful for choreographers to cope with . |
16 | I feel as if it 's really deep , |
17 | ‘ Here , let me pull the paper off now that you 've undone the ribbon and tape , or it wo n't feel as if it 's really for me . ’ |
18 | Cos it sounds as if it 's really good ! |
19 | Does n't look as if it 's quite full yet . ’ |
20 | ‘ Look , ’ said Derek , ‘ it 's not even as if it 's very far away . |
21 | but what I find so interesting is because people talk nowadays as if it 's only recently women have had jobs erm |
22 | There is a sense in which even he , the perpetrator , is considered the victim of the crime , his crime , as if it was somehow larger than himself . |
23 | ‘ He … he made it seem as if it was somehow … my fault . |
24 | It sounded as if it was somewhere up in the farm buildings . |
25 | Previously she had worn it flat , practically plastered down on her head , until it looked as if it was almost painted on her scalp , like that of a wooden doll . |
26 | Then he pulled his head up again with a grunt of effort as if it was almost too heavy for him to lift . |
27 | By 1981 the artist was using photographic imagery as if it was purely graphic material , as if the literal meanings had been dissolved in a solution of ideas and metaphors — except that the half-tone dots from newsprint were emphatically part of the image . |
28 | The union representative is looking into the case to see if the company have a negligence claim to answer , but at the moment it rather looks as if it was entirely Len 's fault . |
29 | Sometimes it can seem as if it was yesterday . |
30 | By God , I can remember that as if it was yesterday . |