Example sentences of "as [subord] [pron] have [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On shore the remaining sheep were released with their new stud ram , whereupon they scattered over the grazing as if nothing had ever disturbed their tranquillity . |
| 2 | The weeds that we 'd uprooted in the morning were shrivelled and brown ; the earth looked as if nothing had ever lived in it . |
| 3 | They are often advertised in the newspapers as ‘ bomb proof ! ’ ; no matter what occurs they will just continue their mild sweet way as if nothing had ever happened . |
| 4 | Then I washed and dried the two beer-mugs and the three vases , and put them back in their normal places , as if nothing had ever happened . |
| 5 | And for those people who are n't happy with what Stacker does anyway ( like our esteemed editor , for example ) , the package now comes with a useful Unstack feature so you can automatically return your system to its original state as if nothing had ever happened . |
| 6 | God , it was as if nothing had ever happened between them . |
| 7 | ‘ Not to the same degree , of course , but on Sunday there was the same feeling — as if we were continuing a conversation we were having yesterday , as if nothing had really changed . |
| 8 | I mean it is not as if we 've suddenly gone to totally new territory . |
| 9 | ‘ Julian and I feel as if we 've always lived here . |
| 10 | as if we had never met before and this was some silly party game . |
| 11 | We resumed conversation almost as if we had never left off . |
| 12 | They had been on stand-by since 10.00 a.m. and it was now after one o'clock , but they were as crisp and well-tailored as if they 'd just stepped on to the plane . |
| 13 | as if they 'd just discovered immortality to be |
| 14 | Whenever I saw her and Shadwell together they always looked pretty intense , as if they 'd just had a fight or shared a lot of secrets . |
| 15 | I never would have credited that people would talk about these illusions as if they 'd really taken place . ’ |
| 16 | giggles would be better , because it sounds as if they 've already chosen |
| 17 | At last , a jazz influenced band who do n't try to look as if they 've just stepped out of the pages of Kerouac . |
| 18 | Everyone else , including the screws and the pigs , they all talk as if they 've just learned how . |
| 19 | you know , sometimes people , sort of , look as if they 've just got out of bed ! |
| 20 | Actors learn them off by heart and then they rehearse them masses and masses of times until it sounds as if they 've just thought of them . ’ |
| 21 | And when a tune like that comes along , it 's as if they 've always known that song , and so then you tap in the song and that 's why you 're doing the record . |
| 22 | ‘ I like to think passengers leave one of my classes feeling fit and ready for anything , not as if they 've personally helped dig the Channel tunnel ! |
| 23 | It felt to her as if they had just unlocked the key to the whole universe , but she had a feeling that was not what he meant . |
| 24 | It was as if they had just met . |
| 25 | They looked rather as if they had just raided an old clothes shop , few of the items of their clothing being a match , and for the most part , fitting only where they touched . |
| 26 | His eyebrows looked permanently as if they had just shot up . |
| 27 | I mean someone who would just sit down and tell you things , as if they had just happened on the way home . |
| 28 | Then a great many of the bar 's occupants began to behave as if they had just remembered urgent appointments . |
| 29 | How can anyone be so arrogant as to talk about this Creature , this Thing , as if they knew It , as if they had just had a letter from It or had chatted to It over the phone , when the It can not be conceived , understood , described , or even proved to exist . |
| 30 | Foreigners who stutter their way through an inquiry about the way to the railway station are congratulated as if they had just recited Pushkin 's Eugene Onegin , and are asked : ‘ How did you learn Russian ? ’ |