Example sentences of "'s [prep] " in BNC.

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1 It 's as if the name were waiting for the man , and for the novel which will transpersonalize or socialize the murderous concept : ‘ social unsteadiness , as Shatov says ’ and as we read in the Possessed notebooks .
2 One day without wearing work clothes , it 's as if I lack something .
3 ‘ The clubs have that much power over players it 's as if they own them , and this is n't good for the game in the North .
4 ‘ It 's as if there are two markets : the performance that the second liners offer has no relationship with blue chips , ’ one market maker said .
5 Yet , take an accident like that hair in the gate , put it together with the coincidental gaze of a ghost , and it 's as if Fonda really has come back to life .
6 ‘ It 's as if she 's dead , ’ she says quietly .
7 It 's as if it 's too powerful for choreographers to cope with .
8 It 's as if his actual presence were some kind of inconvenience , like going to the toilet , as if his body were a mere nuisance .
9 Resident in the UK , she 's as comfortable mocking the English ( ‘ I 'm married to an English guy .
10 It 's as if he 's possessed by some Looney Tune demon .
11 It 's as if I 've won a marathon , or a prize , or some huge event that I 've been training for for months .
12 It 's as if it 's what I should have worn all along .
13 It 's as if we 're taking responsibility for men 's problem , but if I want to be safe , I feel I have to .
14 Modi also liked his food smothered in garlic : ‘ when I eat garlic it 's as if I kiss the mouth of the woman I love . ’
15 You spoke of your preference for fashion earlier , it 's as if fashion photography is more honest …
16 It 's as if my mind has suddenly broken through into a new area , a space , a vast capacity which I never dreamt I had .
17 When the wind changes it 's as if you have never played the hole before .
18 It 's as if she made it herself , ’ he said , munching happily on the fish ball .
19 It 's as if we are taking part not in real life but in a piece of reportage on the British constitutional system ’ ( 22 October 1964 ) .
20 It 's as if we 're rehearsing it : what 's my next line ?
21 ‘ It 's as if the batteries are dead , ’ she said .
22 It 's as if they think there 's something wrong with me .
23 Sometimes it 's as if he 's constantly rejecting the first idea that comes into his mind , and plays the second instead .
24 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 .
25 It 's as if he were giving a performance of some character he 's dreamed up , and his pale eyes wander in search of effect even in his apparently wildest moments . ‘
26 It 's as if he has heroically outlined himself , Lee thought , become the most significant member of the group .
27 It 's as if he 's still here .
28 Otherwise it 's as if there 's a monster on the mountain , no , as if some dark being haunts us both .
29 It 's as if we are gabbling the end of a play we are in .
30 It 's as if you 'd gone out into the bigger world and found out that it 's frightening or that it hurts , so you go home .
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