Example sentences of "[be] as if [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had been as if he came from another , alien world , beyond her experience or comprehension , a glamorous , glittering man who made her think of diamonds , so hard and sharp were the edges of his personality . |
| 2 | Had they not all agreed when they left Ecalpemos and went their separate ways that it.was to be as if they had never met , known each other , lived together , that in future they must be strangers and more than strangers ? |
| 3 | It would be as if he had never been taken in treason . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | But when Gilbert sighs ‘ They give us names like paedophile , racist — all the names you can imagine ’ , it 's as if they wonder what all the fuss is about . |
| 6 | It 's as if they have a life of their own . ’ |
| 7 | It 's as if they think there 's something wrong with me . |
| 8 | It 's as if they think I 'm really Firmin and then from time to time I just pretend to be this white man called Charlie . |
| 9 | ‘ 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 . |
| 10 | In that trance-like state we drift apart , still staring , but when I turn aside it 's as if we snapped a silken cord . |
| 11 | With Caliban it 's as if somebody made him drink a whole bottle of whisky . |
| 12 | It 's as if she taps into something greater , and acts with no reservation . |
| 13 | It 's as if she made it herself , ’ he said , munching happily on the fish ball . |
| 14 | ‘ I told you Claudia would know , she always does ; it 's as if she lives in my head . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ It is n't that Constance is naughty , or has tantrums , ’ she said to her cousin on the telephone , ‘ it 's as if she has just turned her back on me . |
| 16 | It 's as if he painted an outline — there 's a hollow here , and here — like a tail … and a head round there , like a kind of head , striped just here … and you 've got the blue — and — it looks something like a foot … |
| 17 | It 's as if he knew . ’ |
| 18 | It 's as if he vanished . |
| 19 | He 's just not there any longer ; and it 's as if he 'd never been , for none of the things he said are heard any longer either ; it 's a bad dream , and the Leader does n't have to sleep through it any more . ’ |
| 20 | It 's as if he 'd just had a snort of it . |
| 21 | It 's as if he has heroically outlined himself , Lee thought , become the most significant member of the group . |
| 22 | It 's as if he has been drawn outside himself by indignation ; transcended himself ; literally risen into the air above his own head , so that he can see beyond the confines of his own life . |
| 23 | It 's as if he has just noticed an extra thumb . |
| 24 | ‘ It 's as if he knows one bad performance will result in him being dropped by Graham . |
| 25 | ‘ It 's as if he 's been wiped off the face of the earth ! ’ |
| 26 | ‘ It 's as if it had a mind of its own ’ , ’ Grimma read . |
| 27 | It had been saddled up ready for him and as Li Yuan stood there , it turned its head curiously , its large dark eyes meeting the prince 's as if it knew its new owner . |
| 28 | ‘ Sometimes , it 's as if it takes a breathing space . ’ |
| 29 | It 's as if it 's always been . |
| 30 | ’ It 's as if you prefer animals to people . ’ |