Example sentences of "as [conj] it [verb] [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meredith swallowed , not knowing why her skin was tingling as if it had been electrified . |
| 2 | The rain ceased abruptly , as if it had been turned off . |
| 3 | Ordered , That the Further and Higher Education ( Scotland ) Bill may be proceeded with as if it had been certified by Mr. Speaker as relating exclusively to Scotland . |
| 4 | It was dark with age and looked as if it had been coated with treacle . |
| 5 | So he took it , and played something soft and sad , something plaintive and melancholy that rose up every third line as if it was going to shake off its sorrow and fly forward and free ; but then in the fourth it curled back on itself and fell again : reluctantly , sometimes , but always resignedly , as if it knew it was going to fall ; as if it had been striving and falling back again for hundreds of years . |
| 6 | ‘ Oh , it 's very primitive , ’ she apologised , and described their scullery as if it had been converted . |
| 7 | The covers were very worn , as if it had been travelled about a good deal , and on the fly leaf was written ‘ Journal 1841 ’ and then , in a different coloured ink , ‘ And 1842 ’ and then , below that , carefully , ‘ Emily Brent ’ . |
| 8 | At the end of one hour her back was aching as if it had been kicked all over by a mule ; but she went on doggedly , though it soon became absolute agony . |
| 9 | It was very strange , almost as if it had been timed to happen , but the social worker came and was set to take you away . |
| 10 | It was noticeably warm , as if it had been hiding somewhere snug . |
| 11 | as if it had been swallowed up . |
| 12 | With a view toward facilitating the use of electronic bills of lading , the Law Commissions recommended that the Secretary of State be empowered to ‘ make provision by regulations for information given by means other than in writing to be of equivalent force and effect as if it had been given in writing . ’ |
| 13 | Should the elective resolution cease to have effect , if the authority has lasted for 5 years or more before the election it expires forthwith : otherwise it has effect as if it had been given for a fixed period of 5 years . |
| 14 | This suspiciously hilarious incident sounds as if it had been polished in the telling , as many hooligan incidents are . |
| 15 | The gallery itself looked as if it had been carved by some giant sculptor , minute details in the stonework wrought by caring as well as skilful hands . |
| 16 | The jaw tightened till it looked as if it had been carved from golden marble . |
| 17 | Another surprise was that the helium-3 was not distributed uniformly throughout the metal , but appeared to be highly concentrated in small clusters as if it had been formed there . |
| 18 | Thus the narrow strict sense of elite , though sometimes used misleadingly as if it had been demonstrated satisfactorily , is rarely applied consistently throughout an argument in modern elite theory . |
| 19 | Any tax charge under ss671 and 672 is assessed under Case VI of Schedule D , and the settlor is entitled to any deduction or relief against it as if it had been received by him as income . |
| 20 | It felt as if it had been split in two by a cold chisel and someone was grinding the two halves together . |
| 21 | Gunfire sounded like Chinese fireworks , and the great beast shrugged off the hurt as if it had been inconvenienced by gnats . |
| 22 | ‘ The reader interprets the text as if it had been written in his own language , culture and time … . |
| 23 | The children stared ravenously at her dress as if it had been spun out of sugar . |
| 24 | The film cuts from the Black man writing on the blackboard to the grotesque ‘ nigger minstrel'-style head of a Guy , which , as if it had been lynched and hung , falls ominously to its chest . |
| 25 | The target may make the usual response just as if it had been charged in the normal manner . |
| 26 | The unit must take a fear test immediately just as if it had been charged by an enemy that caused fear . |
| 27 | His face had gone very red and looked as if it had been sprayed with water . |
| 28 | She was wearing a tight sort of dress in shiny , slippery silk , which looked as if it had been painted on to her body . |
| 29 | The interior was still waiting for its first clean and the upholstery felt as if it had been textured in buff nicotine . |
| 30 | Her head felt as if it had been hit with a bag of cement , or replaced with one . |