Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [subord] it [verb] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 In other words , in those studies where children heard both more and less in the same trials or same sessions , and where there were more than two responses possible , they showed no evidence of treating less as if it meant more .
2 The whole Home Rule movement , with roots going far back into the past , melted quietly away as if it had never been .
3 If the representation has been made fraudulently or recklessly ( not caring whether or not it is true ) , then at common law the remedy of rescission is available ( setting the contract aside as if it had never been made at all ) , together with a right to recover any money laid out .
4 Charlie Singer appeared in front of the hotel and went towards the railway station , moving fast as if it had suddenly started to rain .
5 On some mornings the ducks on Three Island Pond would take off in great arcing flights against the sun , round and behind the Cages and out of sight , round again and behind the distant trees and then suddenly back again as if it had all been a mistake and they had never meant to fly off in the first place .
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