Example sentences of "almost as if [pron] had " in BNC.
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| 1 | The alternative to this has amounted to a reaffirmation of historicism almost as if nothing had happened . |
| 2 | We are left talking to each other almost as if we had met before . |
| 3 | We resumed conversation almost as if we had never left off . |
| 4 | THE VERY first line of Edward Albee 's Who 's Afraid of Virginia Woolf ? - ‘ What a dump ! ’ — is spoken by the play 's feminine protagonist in a parody of the classic Bette Davis manner : an ( imaginary ) cigarette held imperiously at eye-level , eyes blazing like the headlamps of an automobile , bee-sting lips enunciating each word ( including the ‘ a ’ ) for absolutely maximum effect , almost as if they had been snipped out of a newspaper headline by a writer of anonymous letters . |
| 5 | At the base of these cliffs , almost as if they had been hewn in the rock by men , were three , four or five cave-mouths , chamber-like , as if they were a row of monastic cells in some monastery . |
| 6 | It is almost as if they had never been wild elephants — but only the day before yesterday , they were . |
| 7 | It was almost as if they had been hired to give the tourist a suitable first impression of the Eternal City . |
| 8 | Almost as if they had been awaiting the signal of an extra moon , they now took their prancings into a more intense phase . |
| 9 | One moment the forest was rich and lush , the next it had turned golden , then the leaves blew into the air , almost as if there had been an explosion . |
| 10 | She could not refuse him , accordingly , and did not ; but more and more it was almost as if she had given in to Mr Poole 's demands ; one man was much like another . |
| 11 | She stopped abruptly , almost as if she had metaphorically clapped a hand over her mouth . |
| 12 | It was almost as if she had forgotten how to . |
| 13 | When he spoke , it was almost as if she had put the words in his mouth . |
| 14 | If she found it stretching credulity that a meeting between them was n't inevitable she 'd always fiercely denied to herself that she had any interest in seeing him again , so why should she be feeling so shivery and hot , almost as if she had a fever ? |
| 15 | Robbie shivered suddenly , almost as if she had encountered the aura of one of these sad ghosts . |
| 16 | It was perhaps less a prayer than a wish , in its final form ; but by the time the Queen went to bed that evening , it looked almost as if she had been heard . |
| 17 | Almost as if he had willed himself there , he found himself standing on the scree at the foot of the rock wall , staring upwards , searching with the little experience he had gained on school climbing expeditions for footholds . |
| 18 | It was almost as if he had chosen this quiet tunnel in a relatively quiet station so that he could sing to himself undisturbed , carry on singing without having to admit to himself that this was a hopeless task , that he was n't going to get anything . |
| 19 | It was almost as if he had found his raison d'être because beforehand he had shown little motivation to find conventional employment . |
| 20 | Wishart was waiting for him , sitting behind his long , polished table almost as if he had not moved since Corbett saw him last . |
| 21 | He was evasive about Rob too ; almost as if he had n't wanted to talk about him . |
| 22 | Rebecque , staying close to his master , gravely inspected one of the cannon almost as if he had never seen such an object before , then , suddenly afflicted by hay fever , he sneezed . |
| 23 | It was almost as if he had said — ‘ This man is a bit groggy ; let's dispose of him ! ’ that is how it appeared tome at the time , too . |
| 24 | It was almost as if he had something to hide . |
| 25 | ‘ Lucky for him you came along , ’ he said , almost as if he had recognised the implication , too , and was making a token apology for it . |
| 26 | But , almost as if he had n't heard her , Luke 's voice carried on . |
| 27 | He seemed calm , almost as if he had been expecting his deputy 's treachery . |
| 28 | And then , almost as if he had received some secret signal , he gave a slight nod of his head , grinning sardonically down at her for a moment before rolling off her body and gathering one of the twins up in his arms . |
| 29 | She was shaking as she lurched back , almost as if he had thrust her away from him . |
| 30 | It was almost as if he had spent three weeks thinking over what he had been doing and worked it all out . |