Example sentences of "[was/were] as if [pron] [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was as if I could see Dorothy looking at them , looking at them , trying to draw something from them to help her to hold on . |
| 2 | It was as if he 'd come to her mother like a refugee , because there were no mementoes of his childhood or his youth . |
| 3 | It was as if he could feel the life-force vibrating through his being , and tingling out of his fingertips . |
| 4 | Because the women were so strange to him , it was as if he could sense the warmth of their spirits as a palpable force in the house . |
| 5 | It was as if he could hear and see , smell and taste better than before . |
| 6 | It was as if she 'd let the qualities of courage and daring , which were only masks she wore to protect herself , slip from her face . |