Example sentences of "[vb base] as if it [is] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | Like produces like : the blackthorn in spring simulates the depths of winter — a blackthorn hedge in full bloom does , in fact , look as if it is covered with snow or a thick hoar-frost — therefore according to the old principle cold weather is an inevitable and logical consequence . |
2 | ‘ Jesus , you talk as if it 's booby-trapped or something . |
3 | I 've got , I feel as if it 's getting and I do n't know if it 's erm to be |
4 | I 'll tell you this ; every term when I watch that school train go out I feel as if it 's taking two-thirds of me with it . ’ |
5 | but sometimes you feel as if it 's going to jerk you |