Example sentences of "[was/were] as [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That same night she had gone to Yeoman 's Lane for the last time , accepting without pain that she had thought their love was untouchable , yet now it was as if it had never been . |
| 2 | He did n't know the doctor and was very disorientated and frightened for the rest of that day and the next ; but on the following one it was as if it had never happened . |
| 3 | As they spoke , neither of them reminded each other of their passion a few hours earlier ; it was as if it had never happened . |
| 4 | About two-thirds of the sacks of refuse had gone , and the pit she had seen was as if it had never been , under a litter of dead leaves where a couple of blackbirds foraged . |
| 5 | It was as if it had all been planned . |
| 6 | It was as if it meant that you should love yourself as much as you should love other people . |
| 7 | ‘ It was as if it knew exactly where to go . ’ |
| 8 | The wall was as transparent as glass , but it was as if it revealed only another wall of uniform greyness . |