Example sentences of "[vb pp] as [conj] [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | The woman confirmed she would be pleased to help and this time looked as though she meant what she said . |
2 | Mavis detached herself from the group and looked as though she thought she probably ought to be making an effort to take charge . |
3 | He was — interesting , and looked as though he knew his way around the world both backwards and forwards , including the inside of a lady 's bedroom — not that she was intending to let him inside her bedroom , but it might be fun to indulge in a little flirtation , might n't it ? |
4 | The correlation between prohibition and inhibition is offered as though it explained everything , or at best , the prohibition is held to have arisen by ‘ myth making ’ or ‘ ritualisation ’ ( Bischof , 1972 ) . |
5 | It also very much sounded as though he knew something she did n't , which was not a situation she liked . |