Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] [conj] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Almost all her errors here were regularisations : for example , she read have as if it rhymed with ‘ cave ’ , lose as if it rhymed with ‘ hose ’ , own as if it rhymed with ‘ down ’ , and steak as if it rhymed with ‘ beak ’ . |
| 2 | Eat as if it were poison . ’ |
| 3 | Act as if it were already true . |
| 4 | Why not just ignore the decision and act as if it was never made ? |
| 5 | You sound as if it 's all in a day 's work . |
| 6 | You said , ‘ let's pretend to be engaged to tease big brother ’ , and you made it somehow seem as if it was a sudden whim . |
| 7 | Like produces like : the blackthorn in spring simulates the depths of winter — a blackthorn hedge in full bloom does , in fact , look as if it is covered with snow or a thick hoar-frost — therefore according to the old principle cold weather is an inevitable and logical consequence . |
| 8 | Er that as far as we know is the referee 's confirmed that it was offside and actually if you look at that it was offside . |
| 9 | So you end up with a particle if you look at that it 's particles about two or three mills square . |
| 10 | Look at that it 's got things sticking out . |
| 11 | I 've got , look at that it 's bubbling . |
| 12 | Look at that it fits it perfectly ! |
| 13 | Erm if you look at that it looks as if you spend a bit more on presents than stationery . |
| 14 | Human thinking and language would dissolve into a topsy-turvy jumble of uncertainty if we were to use the word know as if it were interchangeable with words like guess or dream , or if we were to say right when we really meant wrong . |
| 15 | Oh it was genuinely gone quite genuine , he said you now , he had a , that we know about but it had genuine |
| 16 | BELVILLE : I have no reason to be ashamed of that duel you refer to since it was to save a friend , but suffer not your tongue to take too great a liberty with my Pamela . |
| 17 | You talk about if it 's something you 're used to you talk about something and you know what you 're talking of and somebody a bit like actual |
| 18 | ‘ You talk as if it was an interesting academic problem , ’ Claire snarled . |
| 19 | ‘ Jesus , you talk as if it 's booby-trapped or something . |
| 20 | Somehow I feel as if it were purer — certainly it would be honester- ‘ to do the thing we fear ’ . |
| 21 | I 'll tell you this ; every term when I watch that school train go out I feel as if it 's taking two-thirds of me with it . ’ |
| 22 | It 's for a , a couple of weeks there it was n't too bad , but now I feel as if it 's . |
| 23 | I feel as if it 's really deep , |
| 24 | but sometimes you feel as if it 's going to jerk you |
| 25 | I 've got , I feel as if it 's getting and I do n't know if it 's erm to be |
| 26 | Please could you take a look at the enclosed details of the PC Insurance policy and advise on whether it is O.K. |
| 27 | Often I stay longer in the shop than I mean to because it smells so good . |
| 28 | Mossadeq declare that Iran did not need a settlement anyway ; much better that the country proceed as if it had no oil — at least that way it would not be exploited . |
| 29 | She saw its mouth open and close as if it was attempting to address her . |
| 30 | ‘ No , ’ said Gay , ‘ he 's not classical , whatever else he is ; besides , people always argue about whether it 's a hard or soft C. He 's rather a mystery dog , is n't he ? |