Example sentences of "was [adv] as [subord] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After Sandwich it was just as if you 'd gone deaf — no spectator noise , only four people watching ! |
| 2 | Her presence in the workhouse in itself seems an odd occurrence ; it was hardly as if she had no-one to turn to — any one of her brothers must have been in a position to help when help was needed . |
| 3 | It was then as if she hardly registered his arrival . |
| 4 | It was almost as if they considered him to be as much a victim of his government as they were of theirs , as if he could no more be held responsible for Reagan 's actions than they could for Gaddafi 's . |
| 5 | It was almost as if they had been hired to give the tourist a suitable first impression of the Eternal City . |
| 6 | It was almost as if nothing that happened to children could surprise them any more . |
| 7 | She threw up until the nausea passed , just as it always did if she drank alcohol , but now it was almost as if her body already knew alcohol was bad for the tiny life growing inside her . |
| 8 | The fact was put neatly by Barbara Betts , later Barbara Castle , when reporting upon the Labour Party Conference in October 1931 : ‘ It was almost as if it feared to probe too deeply lest it should be disillusioned as to the integrity of Uncle Arthur [ Henderson ] . ’ |
| 9 | It was almost as if it had been surgically removed along with his appendix when he was a kid . |
| 10 | It was almost as if he had chosen this quiet tunnel in a relatively quiet station so that he could sing to himself undisturbed , carry on singing without having to admit to himself that this was a hopeless task , that he was n't going to get anything . |
| 11 | It was almost as if he had found his raison d'être because beforehand he had shown little motivation to find conventional employment . |
| 12 | It was almost as if he and his committee dealt with murder and corruption every day of the week . |
| 13 | ‘ Kevin Brown says it was almost as if he was hit by a bazooka , right in front of them , but they saw nothing like a bazooka . |
| 14 | ‘ It was almost as if he understood that we were trying to help him . ’ |
| 15 | It was almost as if he enjoyed what he was doing . |
| 16 | He was so extraordinarily quiet and self-possessed , it was almost as if he were chatting to us confidentially about it all instead of making an elaborate speech . |
| 17 | For Ruth it was almost as if he died before her eyes . |
| 18 | It was almost as if he was doing me a favour by not sentencing me for more , even though it was only one specimen charge of supplying . |
| 19 | It was almost as if he had said — ‘ This man is a bit groggy ; let's dispose of him ! ’ that is how it appeared tome at the time , too . |
| 20 | It was almost as if he had something to hide . |
| 21 | It was almost as if he were on their side . |
| 22 | It was almost as if he was working himself up to making a confession . |
| 23 | ‘ At the time , he thought — no , it was almost as if he was hoping — that someone had pushed Klein off the cliff . |
| 24 | It was almost as if he 'd hit some kind of a block . |
| 25 | It was almost as if he was trying to hide . |
| 26 | It was almost as if he was touching her already — but it was only the shadow of him . |
| 27 | It was almost as if he 'd vanished into thin air . |
| 28 | It was almost as if he 'd reached out to clasp her hand in his plea for help , and she knew she 'd wanted to give him a lift . |
| 29 | It was almost as if he 'd stopped seeing Dad at all . |
| 30 | It was almost as if he felt that they had made a fool of him in 1945 – 46 and was trying to atone for his naiveté . |