Example sentences of "[vb infin] as [conj] it [vb past] " in BNC.
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1 | But if the child is never born alive , things will remain as if it had never existed . |
2 | He removed the stereo from his brother 's car , to make it look as if it had been stolen , before pushing it into a water-filled quarry . |
3 | Idealism , then , simply did not look as if it had much to say about the major events in international relations in the 1930s . |
4 | The window did n't look as if it had been cleaned on the outside in years , and there were splashes of pigeon droppings on the sill . |
5 | And I remember the day it went from Extended Titling to three three four and it was just three three four , it did n't look as if it had ever been intended to set these lines . |
6 | As well as being practical , the end result will look as if it cost many times as much . |
7 | He 'd wanted to drive until anything he remembered would seem as if it had happened to someone else . |