Example sentences of "[subord] it [verb] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's true that when cuts are put in , however good the editor , they just do n't have the same timbre and tempo ; you do n't get that live atmosphere where it feels as though you 're there . ’ |
| 2 | No high for finishing the marathon if you do n't run through the nerves at the start , the blisters , the soft grey stage of the race where the roadscape does n't change , where it feels as though you have done it all and yet there are still a few miles to go . |
| 3 | Except it looks as though I wo n't be washing up something here . |
| 4 | is crumbly in texture and pale peach in colour when young , although it darkens as it ages . |
| 5 | However , that figure was in fact far better than it looked as the banks had the worst ranking of any sector , with an average negative rating of -1,357 . |
| 6 | ‘ So it looks as though the Rorims are under one leader after all , ’ Riven mused . |
| 7 | ‘ So it looks as though you 'd find it very awkward , being in my company . ’ |
| 8 | Cos she asked last night , I was supposed to be taking Jenny and then when Fay came she asked me if I 'd take Fay as well today so it looks as though Charlotte 's mum did everybody took everybody home . |
| 9 | She plaited her hair so tightly that it hurt her , straining hair and flesh until it felt as though the white seam down the back of her head might split and the brains gush out . |
| 10 | He has been stonewalling throughout the whole month since Lamb told the world , through the Daily Mirror , how the Pakistanis scuff and scrape and scoop at an old ball until it swings as though it was factory fresh . |
| 11 | Then he said : ‘ If it sounds as though I 've said that before , you 're right . |
| 12 | ‘ If it goes as we expect , then your task , when they are close enough , is to split me a way into the ranks of the two central battles of pikemen . ’ |
| 13 | If it goes as well as expected , decisions will have to be made this year on how best to scale up the operation and where to site the next expansion , he said . |
| 14 | For males sex may be very important , but for females reproduction may be , may be more significant if it involves as it does in the case of all mammals and certainly human beings , considerable parental investment on the part of the mother . |
| 15 | If diarrhoea is described in some particular terms rather than others ( e.g. if it described as empacho ) the patient is more likely to consult a traditional practitioner than to go to a health clinic . |
| 16 | We received … 300 ammo later but never found out if it worked as we did not fire the rifles , even on a range . |
| 17 | But it looks as if it looks as though she stands there and something just drops |
| 18 | Well if it looks as though it needs a drop we can always pour a drop in ca n't we ? |
| 19 | A little embarrassed because it looked as though she had been prying , Meredith murmured , ‘ I 'm not much of a cook . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ That 's right , ’ she kept saying to herself I was glad you had warned me about the Rent Restriction Act , because it began as soon as I arrived . |
| 21 | ‘ Because it seems as though Greg arranged the accident in order to fake his own death . |
| 22 | " I hate to mention this , because it seems as though I 'm asking for things , but you do know I have n't got anything to wear , do n't you ? |
| 23 | How do think er Notts are gon na cope without him because it seems as though when he is on form , certainly when he 's at home , he finds scoring goals quite easy to come by ? |
| 24 | The true reason was that I want nothing to do with that country while it remains as it is , and if it had n't been for Jean-Paul I 'd have ceased all our operations out there years ago . ’ |
| 25 | Rosenbrock objects to the " automated manual " type of system since it represents as he says " loss of nerve , a loss of belief in human ability and a further unthinking application of the doctrine of the " division of labour " . |
| 26 | whereas it looks as though , you know this chap , they found a way to make sure there 's no metal in it and now the machine it |
| 27 | Just when it looked as though Holligan would struggle , while being watched by his world featherweight champion pal Paul Hodkinson , he pulled out the big one . |
| 28 | His position was never seriously challenged , except once , when it looked as though the fiercely pro-Government , pro-Afrikaner , ‘ Broederbond ’ — dominated faction which then existed on his executive might oust him . |
| 29 | Norfolk 's and Rent 's adherence to Lancaster was motivated by little more than expediency , and when it looked as though he was not going to win after all they defected to Mortimer . |
| 30 | The Government 's business managers had to come to the rescue when it looked as though the Bill might be lost at Committee Stage . |