Example sentences of "[vb past] it [verb] as [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | His disgruntled voice made it seem as though the precautions of the drug smugglers formed a personal affront to his patriotism . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | He made it sound as though the reason was obvious . |
| 7 | She made it sound as though this were something illegal . |
| 8 | He made it sound as though she had given his sermon to the messenger boy . |
| 9 | He made it sound as though it was the most wonderful thing in the world . |
| 10 | 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 ! |
| 11 | ‘ 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ You 're thinking that the aunt killed him and made it look as though he 'd done it himself . ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 … |
| 16 | She said it looked as though Francis had n't been home all night and she was worried . ’ |
| 17 | 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 . ’ |