Example sentences of "as though it be " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's like this sort of disease , but no one mentions it ; everyone behaves as though it 's normal , y' know inevitable that there 's vandalism an , violence an , houses burnt out an' wrecked by the people they were built for . |
| 2 | You look as though it 's done you good already . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ WE WANT to make it look as though it 's a wine merchant , ’ says Tim Waters in Clapham 's Wine Rack , south London , one of Thresher 's five prototype high-street wine shops . |
| 4 | He 's much more in his element in prometheus , which heaves and sighs as though it 's actually giving birth to fire . |
| 5 | ‘ They make you feel as though it 's their money instead of our money . |
| 6 | It looks as though it 's going too fast even when it 's standing still ! ’ |
| 7 | ‘ It looks as though it 's on the ground to me ! ’ |
| 8 | ‘ When Madonna masturbates on stage , she does it as though it 's a serious business — ours is a silly , flirtatious sex . |
| 9 | Holyfield speaks in a deep bass voice which makes everything he says sound as though it 's carved in stone . |
| 10 | After around ⅔ of a mile the route curves around as though it 's heading towards the village of Satterthwaite only to curve round back east — keep a look out for Borck Crags , rocky outcrops you can see to your left . |
| 11 | It would appear that Child Poverty Action Group director Fran Bennett 's fear that ‘ it looks as though it 's a two-pronged attack . |
| 12 | It 's just standing there , and you take one [ garment ] from the pile and stick it on the ironing board and iron it , fold it , and put it down , take the next one — and it 's as though it 's never going to end . |
| 13 | That one , that 's the big toe , is where the foot actually is twisted outwards this one is where the foot is curved under , and that I 've put in red because it 's the most common sort , very common , that is where the foot is forced up and that one is where it looks as though it 's standing on its toes . |
| 14 | Yeah yeah well it sounds sounds as though it 's possible you know you may have to I mean in the end you might have to sort of compromise it and actually do this valuation thing . |
| 15 | It hits his head and you do n't hear the noise it makes because you cry out at the same time , as though it 's you in the bed , you being attacked , you being killed . |
| 16 | So that that looks as though it 's going well . |
| 17 | Feels as though it 's right through . |
| 18 | " It looks as though it 's over wi' awd Blossom , then , " he said , and rested his hand briefly on the old cow 's back It was an enormous , work-swollen hand . |
| 19 | Cos that , that actually looks as though it 's the half way part of the bar too does n't it ? |
| 20 | as though it 's all bruised . |
| 21 | And it would seem as though it 's a logical thing to unblock a bit of the fence , so they can , instead of clamber over the bridge , just come straight through . |
| 22 | ‘ You ca n't say that as though it 's a fact . ’ |
| 23 | So Fay it looks as though it 's down to you . |
| 24 | It sounds as though it 's going to go on forever then . |
| 25 | He expects me to carry on up at the manor as though it 's just another working day. ? |
| 26 | ‘ The gipsies wo n't appreciate my help and they 'll do nothing to assist me , but this sounds as though it 's a very serious assault . |
| 27 | I take my drink to a table and sit staring at my shopping list as though it 's the most fascinating thing in the world . |
| 28 | Erm , you , a lot of people now talk as though it 's erm , plain sailing or flying for B Sky B and it 's gon na be er , hunky-dory , whereas Anglia Television have just written their stake down to a prenominal amount because they do n't think it 's gon na make , stand a chance of making a profit before the turn of the millennium . |
| 29 | Erm however erm it it does sound as though it 's one of these policies where as I suspected and said earlier today that it really does n't have any effect on anything and it 's probably something that could be erm crossed out and nobody would even notice it had gone . |
| 30 | I understood though I mean it , it looks from many of these er publications as though it 's meant to convey that Mr and Mr Wogan are sitting down and having a conversation or Ms Rippon is n't it ? , that 's how it 's presented , is that right ? |