Example sentences of "[verb] as if [pron] would [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But your representative completed the transaction yesterday , ’ Mr Palmer assured me , looking as if he would never understand what made me tick . |
| 2 | In the farthest corner , looking as if she would rather be anywhere else in the world at that moment , sat Dora . |
| 3 | Mortgage rates increased dramatically and seemed as if they would never fall . |
| 4 | Hank was fun , even if it did look as if he would never make Grade 12 and never earn much . |
| 5 | He made it sound as if there would never be any escape . |
| 6 | Once that soapbox came out , Major campaigned as if he would now do and say what he really thought . |
| 7 | She felt as if she would never need sleep again . |
| 8 | It was hardly likely the sun would be cracking the skies , but it looked as if it would soon be out . |
| 9 | Emmie shivered as if she would never stop . |
| 10 | We go on behaving and thinking as if there would never , never be enough . |