Example sentences of "[was/were] as [subord] [pron] 'd " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was as if they 'd been ordered not to be taken alive . ’ |
| 2 | We 'd been discussing something else , and I said it out of the blue , but in my mind it was as if we 'd just been talking about Oliver , and the way she answered , as if she thought we 'd just been talking about Oliver too and there was n't any break in that conversation even though we 'd been through lots of different subjects in the meantime , made me feel very cheerful . |
| 3 | For seven years they 'd lived apart — Adam in Wickrithe with Gran , herself in Coniston with Aunt Sarah and Uncle Nick — but now that she was back in Wickrithe , helping Gran with her bed-and-breakfast business for the summer , it was as if there 'd been no break . |
| 4 | I told him and it was as if I 'd opened Heaven 's door . |
| 5 | It was as if I 'd only just found him , except that now I 'd start to wail like a baby if someone so much as knocked my little finger . |
| 6 | It was as if I 'd had a bad dream . |
| 7 | It was as if he 'd made up his mind about something yet was not sure if it was the right thing to do . |
| 8 | The Forest boss said : ‘ I watched him in five-a-side training and it was as if he 'd never been away . |
| 9 | It was as if he 'd gone into a different world . ’ |
| 10 | It was as if he 'd never seen a naked woman . |
| 11 | He could remember the first time that he 'd stepped outside into country darkness and closed the door behind him ; it was as if he 'd been struck blind with the click of the latch , and he 'd begun to panic at his inability even to tell which way was up . |
| 12 | Rohmer smiled again , and this time it was as if he 'd just heard the best news of the evening . |
| 13 | It was as if he 'd moved through a layer of reality and into something older , a prewar world of poor light and brown paint and damp walls . |
| 14 | It was as if he 'd crossed one of life 's bridges ; there was no going back , and the view was n't the same any more . |
| 15 | It was as if he 'd known — as if he 'd somehow been alerted to the fact that she was about to cave in , to spill the beans on their bogus relationship . |
| 16 | It was as if he 'd had a sudden glimpse of a side of himself he did n't know , a side that was dark and uncontrolled . |
| 17 | Whenever I saw her , she always smiled at me , It was as if she 'd got me confused with someone else , someone important Once I had half an hour to wait for a transport . |
| 18 | It seemed as bright as day out on the newly-laid forecourt and it was as if she 'd been caught by the lights , trapped and dazed like a rabbit on a long country road . |
| 19 | It was as if she 'd been calling on a dead line to an empty building . |
| 20 | When he reached for her free hand , clasping it in his own , it was as if she 'd touched a metal surface after walking on a nylon carpet — the shock of contact almost painful in its suddenness . |
| 21 | It was as if she 'd thrown down an invisible gauntlet on the table , and Shae knew a moment 's bleakness . |
| 22 | It was as if she 'd been given a glimpse of paradise , and then had it barred to her forever . |
| 23 | Suddenly it was as if she 'd been drugged . |