Example sentences of "go [adv] as if [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was going on as if she loved the fucking man , not just the fucking ! |
| 2 | I suppose I was the only one dawdling to look at her instead of going by as if she did n't exist . |
| 3 | Why , when we all know that loneliness is a paralysing form of human misery , do we go on as if we thought that the deepest need of rational individuals was to be independent of one another ? |
| 4 | Do n't go on as if it had happened , ’ he said . |
| 5 | ‘ The whole thing was a perfectly natural mistake , but , thanks to him , they went on as if I 'd just attempted to rob the Bank of England . |
| 6 | ‘ Most of our gear has been lost , and all your horses , ’ Finnan went on as if he had not heard him . |
| 7 | He went on as if he 'd heard nothing . |
| 8 | There was none of the coy evasion of most women in her , he was thinking ; and went on as if she had not spoken . |
| 9 | ‘ Take this as a promise of my intention , ’ he went on as if she had n't spoken , and before she had time to realise what he intended to do , his mouth was on hers , harsh and demanding . |
| 10 | Perhaps it is this bicameral quality in the American mind that lets the citizen read of the all-out official ‘ war on drugs ’ and ‘ war on terrorism ’ on one page , and then turn the page and read of the CIA sharing a bank with Miami cartels and Abu Nidal , and still go on as if he inhabited a ‘ normal world ’ . |