Example sentences of "as though it [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A lot of chemical reactions are actually reversible , but the tend to be mainly going very much in one direction , so we just say we just write it as though it only went in one direction . |
| 2 | ‘ We can never dismiss yesterday as though it never happened , because we carry it with us from moment to moment until the end of our days . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Did you know she 's a Catholic ? ’ he asked me as though it really mattered , and he gestured with his cigarette at a crucifix that hung over the narrow bed , which I knew was there solely for sentimental purposes because it had belonged to Ellen 's dead father , but to McIllvanney it was a challenge . |
| 4 | Then she seemed to shrug as though it really did n't matter . |
| 5 | And it dawned upon him suddenly how right Hugh had been in saying that he , Cadfael , spoke by instinct of this hollow reliquary , as good as empty , as though it truly contained the wonder whose name it bore . |