Example sentences of "just as [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As such it was duly added to the membership roll of the contraption known as the United Nations , which asserts that all nations are equal ( albeit some more so than others ) , with one vote each , just as if they were individual human beings in a right-little tight-little democratic State . |
| 2 | The payment would appear in your 1988 accounts , and in the Government 's accounts for 1988/89 , just as if it had been made in August . |
| 3 | Right on time , just as if nothing had happened . |
| 4 | ‘ Sorry , I 'm being stupid , it 's just as if you might be too kind , too — you know — ’ |
| 5 | After Sandwich it was just as if you 'd gone deaf — no spectator noise , only four people watching ! |
| 6 | A typical half embryo was seen to emerge just as if an older embryo had been sliced in two with a razor . |
| 7 | And then , just as if in answer to her private thought , the pilot went on : ‘ I 'd like to kiss each one of you before I go , but as I ca n't very well do that I 'll give your Brown Owl a big thank-you kiss for you all ! ’ |
| 8 | Nor did Gillian , who talked just as if she 'd only just run to the signpost and back . |
| 9 | Penny was Sixer of the Kelpies , and when her granny had given her a beautiful budgie for a birthday present she decided to name it Kelpie after her Six , especially as the bird had a little silver patch on his throat — just as if he was wearing the Promise Badge , Penny pointed out gleefully . |
| 10 | With her little black broom in her hand , Angela danced gaily out of the tent , and she looked just as if the Gnome on her Brownie uniform had come to life ! |
| 11 | And I hate being called ‘ dear ’ or ‘ darling ’ just as if I was a child . ’ |
| 12 | It is that by studying the OS maps of Britain for long enough , one will inevitably discover some surprising , but nevertheless still chance , alignments — just as if one plays patience for long enough one will inevitably win . |
| 13 | A minute before , she had hated bars and drinking and what people called ‘ going out ’ ; now she felt pleased and flattered , just as if Sarah had invited her to do something interesting . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's just as if they downed tools and pushed off , ’ Forster remarked . |
| 15 | So he has got the scrum right , just as if he had been listening to Graham Price all along . |
| 16 | It was strange how Hank had a way of withdrawing from one 's company at times , just as if he had forgotten one was there . |
| 17 | Shadows are the absence of light and so do n't exist in themselves , but they are still visible and palpable just as if they did . |
| 18 | The figure might wait till a drone swooped nearby and fire up at it — just as if shooting at Lexandro . |
| 19 | The mahout , as he gives a command , reinforces the order with leg pressure just as if riding a horse . |
| 20 | So when the carriage is set to slip , with the side lever ( nearest the knitting ) on and you want the carriage to knit , the carriage will instead slip and knit according to the card , just as if you were knitting a slip stitch pattern . |
| 21 | A gem from Kydonia shows the Master of Animals grasping two lions as they apparently sit upright , just as if he was holding a pair of pups by the scruff of the neck ; the image speaks clearly of the god 's dominion over wild beasts . |
| 22 | If he rolls a 6 then he is completely unaffected just as if he had passed his Waaagh Test . |
| 23 | The target may make the usual response just as if it had been charged in the normal manner . |
| 24 | When this happens work out the effect just as if it were an enemy unit . |
| 25 | If the Savage Orc has a shield as well then he has a saving throw of 5 or 6 just as if he had a mail shirt and shield . |
| 26 | He had lived in Normandy for seven months , he had learned the French language and come to love the French countryside , yet now , just as if he had never met Lucille , he spoke of the french as a hated enemy . |
| 27 | Otherwise the War Wagon is moved as indicated and if it collides with troops it comes to a halt and a round of hand-to-hand combat follows just as if the War Wagon had charged . |
| 28 | The unit must take a fear test immediately just as if it had been charged by an enemy that caused fear . |
| 29 | If engaged in hand-to-hand fighting the unit will break if it fails the test and may be pursued just as if it had been broken in hand-to-hand combat . |
| 30 | I laughed not scornfully or anything , but just as if it was a joke which I 'd only half got . |