Example sentences of "as [subord] [noun] was [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is as if Mill was in two minds about it . |
| 2 | as if Pike was behind an imaginary glass wall , cut off from the rest of the Church . |
| 3 | She drove as if Lucy was beside her — usually she cursed every cut-throat city driver — and sucked the hell out of a row of pre-rolled cigarettes , cigarettes rolled hastily at red lights , slamming in and out of gear . |
| 4 | It seemed as if Glasgow was on the brink of revolution . |
| 5 | Someone had thoughtfully photo-copied the words that David Hume , the sceptical philosopher , had spoken of Brown : ‘ That 's the man for me – he means what he says – he speaks as if Christ was at his elbow . ’ . |