Example sentences of "as [conj] it [vb mod] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's not as if it 'll frighten the horses , because they 're supposed to be colour blind : mind you , have seen some of the migraine colour schemes a racing cyclist friend wears I 'm not so sure about that ! |
| 2 | Steve shrugged as if it might usher the whole evening away if he was lucky . |
| 3 | It looks as if it might cramp the teacher 's style . |
| 4 | She stared bleakly at the damask cloth she had traced her fingers over as if it might hold the answer to what she should do with the rest of her life after tonight . |
| 5 | The peseta 's devaluation on May 13th looked as if it might help the right-of-centre opposition People 's Party , but the party 's leader , Jose Maria Aznar , failed to exploit the opportunity and polls taken after the devaluation showed the ruling Socialists nosing ahead . |
| 6 | Number 12a is a small building that looks as if it might house an unskilled worker with a large family . |
| 7 | ‘ Eastern Europe ’ sounds as if it might include the unreforming Soviet Union . |
| 8 | Emma did n't answer , but she put her hand up and pulled her scarf tightly around her throat as if it would stop the throbbing that was coming up from between her ribs and aiming to choke her . |
| 9 | It sounds as if it should have a K usually most words if you 're not sure and they start with a c sound put a C . |
| 10 | Sure , there are no working clocks in the entire flat , just one lively broken green thing that ticks happily as if it could tell the time , though the second hand only pulses and stays in one place . |
| 11 | The fish made little leaps and flips , as if it could feel the sea along its flank , its mouth wide open in a frantic dumb-show of breathing ; all the time , its eyes were growing dull and yellowed as old tinfoil . |
| 12 | ‘ It looks as if it could take a week — or more , ’ he read her question . |
| 13 | It winds up the hillside , and looks as if it could become a raging torrent in wet weather . |