Example sentences of "[prep] [subord] [pron] be [prep] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | as if nothing is worth it |
| 2 | And then he went and sat on the blue dralon chair in the immaculate drawing-room , the bottle of scotch at his side , Rose 's dress draped carefully along the sofa as if she were in it and alive . |
| 3 | She knew she would open it , but when she did it would be as if he were with her all over again , and she would suffer so … |
| 4 | How could we decide whether it had free will or was just a robot , programmed to respond as if it were like us ? |
| 5 | ‘ What did you talk about while you were with them ? ’ |
| 6 | The realist strategy involved comparing the description of the person with the subject him/herself or someone the subject was familiar with ; ‘ I also related a lot of the adjectives to whether they were like me ’ , ‘ … and rated the person as if I knew them personally . |