Example sentences of "[is] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 61 | ‘ It 's as if everyone is waiting for something , is n't it ? ’ |
| 62 | ‘ It 's as if people have been waiting for the Autumn Statement . ’ |
| 63 | It 's as if it 's always been . |
| 64 | ‘ It is n't that Constance is naughty , or has tantrums , ’ she said to her cousin on the telephone , ‘ it 's as if she has just turned her back on me . |
| 65 | It 's as if there 's nothing new . |
| 66 | McGiven said : ‘ It 's as if subconsciously we switched off after the Wimbledon game and were caught off guard . |
| 67 | It 's as if Cliff Richard had never been born . ’ |
| 68 | It 's as if time has stood still , people have lost themselves and the only avenue left is to worship . |
| 69 | To complete the analogy , it 's as if the RFU is a lumbering forward giving a hospital pass that leaves Best no room to sidestep , no alternative but to put his head down and put his trust in the tried and tested battering ram technique . |
| 70 | It 's as if , instead of turning towards metal , early '80s hardcore decided to drop the politics for the personal and pursue some semblance of catchiness . |
| 71 | ‘ But it 's as if he 's in the same room . |
| 72 | ‘ It 's as if the last time you saw me was yesterday . ’ |
| 73 | Consigned on the instructions of certain Lloyd 's underwriters , the object was last at auction at Sotheby 's as part of the Edward T. Chow collection in 1981 . |
| 74 | It 's as if they 're saying : ‘ There 's a ten foot wall — jump over it . ’ |
| 75 | It 's as if they 're expecting you to fail academically ; and , if the teacher expects you to fail , then you begin to believe it yourself and you do . |
| 76 | It 's as if its existence is almost blank as yet . |
| 77 | It 's as if they have a life of their own . ’ |
| 78 | He 's just like a child , Joe thought , it 's as if I 've taken his toys away from him . |
| 79 | Since Carla was born it 's as if I do n't exist any more . |
| 80 | It 's as if the relationship needed redefining and I was n't committed to doing that . |
| 81 | I am less sure about the Andantino grazioso , which could be more relaxed than here ; it 's as if the performers are anxious that this longish ( and to be honest , maybe too long ) movement should not outstay its welcome , and even here it lasts getting on for three minutes longer than either of the others . |
| 82 | It 's as if you 're the first person she 's told her secret to in years . |
| 83 | It 's as if I 'm repaying him for looking after me at school . |
| 84 | It 's as if someone today wanted to write down Napoleon 's words and deeds without being able to consult a single written document , only vague memories and anecdotes . |
| 85 | The company 's reference is usually marked Our ref : , the customer 's as Your ref : . |
| 86 | It 's as if everyone else had given up and the Government then said , ‘ Oh , give the workers some money and let them have a go . ’ |
| 87 | Both tribes were to be scattered , but Levi 's as the nation 's priesthood . |
| 88 | It 's as if you had been given not one vote , but a fifth of a vote . |
| 89 | I would agree with you that if the if we have gone along and said to people , well er yo , we 've got alternative accommodation for you and they have n't wanted to go then , well I 'm sure that we hope not to give them that er er , alternative accommodation er , and it 's not in our interest at all to er , keep er , places empty , and further more we have n't really got er enough er , alternative places to put er , these er tenants in so I 'm that it 's as the result of the sort of dwellings that er we 've er we now find ourselves with as a result of the er initial buildings in the first place . |
| 90 | It 's as if I 'm still under the sea , she thought to herself — as if I 'll always be there , whatever I do ; deep down in the cold . |