Example sentences of "as [subord] [pron] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our vet says we will know if the melanomas spread internally as the mane will lose condition very quickly and in the meantime keep on using her as if nothing is wrong . |
| 2 | as if nothing is worth it |
| 3 | So if it 's green it just looks as if nothing 's there which is a bit of a nuisance . |
| 4 | Its smartly dressed citizens go about their business as if nothing was happening . |
| 5 | He 'd carry on as if nothing was the matter , though some days his face was grey with pain . |
| 6 | I said he 'd probably have the curtains drawn and the place would smell of joss-sticks , but if she behaved as if nothing was out of the ordinary , all would be fine . |
| 7 | Well , she did behave as if nothing was out of the ordinary , and I began to suspect that Oliver was a little displeased . |
| 8 | Well , with this mental disease I have , I think of the many other artists suffering mentally and I tell myself that this does not prevent one from exercising the painter 's profession as if nothing was amiss . |
| 9 | I filled it up and I was walking out the door as if nothing was happening and got arrested . |
| 10 | Sandy , leaning with her head on his shoulder , carried on as if nothing was untoward . |
| 11 | He was down and sometimes it seemed as if nothing was going to shake him out of it , apart from a laugh at someone else 's expense or a shared moment of despair . |
| 12 | It begins to look as if what is exhausting is not the amount of work per se , but the lack of clear values to underpin it and the consequent lack of regular enjoyment and true satisfaction that arise from it . |
| 13 | Ali poses a question , his eyes closed , his lips parting as if her were sliding open manhole covers . |
| 14 | as if we 're asking you to do our work . |
| 15 | It 's as if we 're taking responsibility for men 's problem , but if I want to be safe , I feel I have to . |
| 16 | It 's not as if we 're like bus drivers or air traffic controllers . |
| 17 | ‘ Mrs. Olinton 's rung the fire-brigade , but , thanks to you , young lady , it does n't look as if we 're going to need it . |
| 18 | It 's as if we 're rehearsing it : what 's my next line ? |
| 19 | ‘ Looks as if we 're going to have a bull session , Dad . ’ |
| 20 | And since it looks as if we 're all goin' to the same place , why do n't we take our kit to the left luggage then see if we ca n't find that canteen ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ It almost sounds as if we 're 58% in charge of what we 're doing . |
| 22 | ‘ It 's as if we 're in the moon ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Looks as if we 're in for a storm . ’ |
| 24 | as if we 're here only to flesh out its game — to give it form . |
| 25 | I feel as if we 're about to get arrested . |
| 26 | Sometimes it seems as if we 're all one big family who usually squabble and keep falling out but who suddenly join forces because we 're threatened by the family down the road . |
| 27 | Some coloured children in this school are getting bad because of the way they get treated , and they make out as if we 're just doing it because we get low examination grades so we start getting bad with the teachers . |
| 28 | It looks as if we 're going to have a hell of a job to identify him . |
| 29 | We budgeted a thousand pounds , it looks as if we 're going to have to spend more on urgent work . |
| 30 | You make it sound as if we 're about eighty . |