Example sentences of "[vb past] it [verb] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | I heard it scrape as it was lifted away and his voice sang out . |
| 2 | I could swear I saw it sizzle as it ate through the varnish . |
| 3 | An American air crew saw it happen as they prepared to take off . |
| 4 | A great late run by Chats saw it fizzle as the winning post came too soon for them , victory went to the in form Likely Lads team of Patsy McGee , Kieran Ferry , Eamon Devlin , Frank Ferry , Daniel O'Connell and Brian Deehan . |
| 5 | Increasing distance made it shrink as it rose , until at an unimaginable height it was not larger to her eye than a small bird . |
| 6 | He continued as if she had n't spoken , his voice dropping to a level of intimacy that suddenly made it feel as though they were alone , not being listened to by thousands of people . |
| 7 | Often the tensions made it appear as though there was a ring of invisible men sitting outside the circle of women , a silent audience whose approval we often still needed . |
| 8 | His disgruntled voice made it seem as though the precautions of the drug smugglers formed a personal affront to his patriotism . |
| 9 | After a little tense silence that made it seem as though the very air were holding it breath , he said very evenly , and with dangerous softness . |
| 10 | He hated definitions of apostolic succession which made it sound as though a lot of laying on of hands from century to century was a bit of magic by which God preserves his Church . |
| 11 | He made it sound as though the reason was obvious . |
| 12 | She made it sound as though this were something illegal . |
| 13 | He made it sound as though she had given his sermon to the messenger boy . |
| 14 | He made it sound as though it was the most wonderful thing in the world . |
| 15 | He made it sound as though he would be doing the region a favour , not erecting a gaudy , intrusive , unaesthetic and , in her opinion , entirely superfluous tourist attraction ! |
| 16 | ‘ The analysts finally said that what we were doing was not the problem — the problem was that we made it look as though the truth was being dragged out of us . |
| 17 | ‘ You 're thinking that the aunt killed him and made it look as though he 'd done it himself . ’ |
| 18 | An early goal by the visitors made it look as though we were heading for our nineteenth League defeat of the season , but thanks to my inspirational coaching from the touchline , new boy Kev Knowles levelled the score on the stroke of half-time . |
| 19 | Though he was the descendant of a family who had done this sort of task for generation after generation , George nevertheless made it look as though he were acting . |
| 20 | So he turned round the second he did , and made it look as though he was waiting for the woman he 'd just tried to kill — when they were walking along together … |
| 21 | Did it continue as a sort of civilian airfield after the war ? |
| 22 | A PR executive faced with the task of showing the strength of steel-capped safety footwear hired a double decker bus and had it photographed as it drove over the feet of a man wearing the boots . |
| 23 | Had it worked as designed , this Q-STOL ( quiet short take-off and landing ) jet would have rivalled the British Aerospace 146 whisper jet in service since 1983 in America , China and Europe . |
| 24 | She said it looked as though Francis had n't been home all night and she was worried . ’ |
| 25 | The agreement , subject to negotiation of final terms and conditions , provides that $8m , which was due on March 1 , will be due for repayment on December 31 1993 , and the other $8m on March 1 , 1994 ; Commodore and Prudential also agreed in principle to extend a March 1 $5m senior note repayment to December 31 , and the company said it paid as scheduled the remaining $12.5m senior note maturities due to Prudential and to another of its lenders . |
| 26 | From what Morse said it looks as though he was trying to flog it in some under-the-counter deal , but I do n't see how it helps us . ’ |
| 27 | Suppose they said it shrinks as well . |