Example sentences of "[prep] [subord] it had [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Oh , that , ’ said William , as if it had completely slipped his mind and he 'd have been quite happy talking about Satan and Hell and related matters for the rest of the afternoon . |
| 2 | He saw himself , as in a mirror , lifting the black cloth from her white flesh , felt , as if it had already happened , the softness of her body closing around him . |
| 3 | Susan felt the gesture as if it had barely lapsed — felt his hand on the nape of her neck , the gentle pull that turned her face up to his — and she cried out , almost as if she hoped to be heard . |
| 4 | Even her heart : she felt as if it had barely room to beat . |
| 5 | In either case , a court which revokes the order following a breach will be empowered to sentence the offender as if it had just convicted him of the original offence . |
| 6 | At last the restoration was completed and R5868 looked as if it had just come off the production line , a fine tribute to F/L Peaple and his team . |
| 7 | ‘ Do you want to come over for dinner sometime ? ’ said Jay , as if it had just occurred to her . |
| 8 | The feeling almost wiped out that terrible year as if it had n't happened at all . |
| 9 | He seemed surprised as if it had not occurred to him that literature might let him down in this way . |
| 10 | Charlie Singer appeared in front of the hotel and went towards the railway station , moving fast as if it had suddenly started to rain . |
| 11 | There was a spaciousness and simplicity of line that made a perfect foil for the few touches of vibrant colour that drew the eye , and yet the whole effect was completely uncontrived , as if it had all come together naturally . |
| 12 | Sue 's skin , thought Marion , Sue 's skin , so why do I feel as if I 'm the one , as if it all happened in my room , as if it had all happened to me ? |
| 13 | His dark hair was thinning on top , but he had bushy side whiskers as if it had all slipped downwards , and his chin was a dimpled mound seeming to support an ever-smiling mouth . |
| 14 | His face was smooth , almost feminine ; it looked as if it had never felt the touch of a razor . |
| 15 | The reporter , Mick Brown , followed this story with exemplary tact , or , put it another way , as if it had never struck him that he was talking to loonies . |
| 16 | She was a strange , skinny woman always dressed in dark clothes , and her face looked as if it had never seen the sun . |
| 17 | It had been seen nine years before at Kangaroo island and in 1840 came to us in thousands — running about the streets and Gardens and into the houses as if it had never seen man before . |
| 18 | But if the child is never born alive , things will remain as if it had never existed . |
| 19 | The effect of a decree of nullity , broadly speaking , is that the marriage is treated as if it had never existed . |
| 20 | For Jane , that slice of life evaporated as if it had never existed . |
| 21 | But after the settlement of the dispute Danzig-Polish co-operation lapsed as if it had never existed . |
| 22 | Somehow his mother could shut out the unpleasant from her mind as if it had never existed and she had shut out the Worm as successfully as she had shut out everything else . |
| 23 | The first is where it is set aside , in which case it is treated as if it had never existed . |
| 24 | The stonework covered it completely , as if it had never existed . |
| 25 | The smile was still on his face as if it had never left . |
| 26 | Now , as if it had never happened before , Nicholas thanked the King , but not as the King wanted . |
| 27 | It was strange , the conversation Dad and I had , because when I saw him at home later and over the next few days he behaved as if it had never happened , as if he had n't told me he 'd fallen in love with someone else . |
| 28 | He did n't know the doctor and was very disorientated and frightened for the rest of that day and the next ; but on the following one it was as if it had never happened . |
| 29 | As they spoke , neither of them reminded each other of their passion a few hours earlier ; it was as if it had never happened . |
| 30 | All rich , strange and remote , as if it had never happened or had happened to another person . |