Example sentences of "be as [subord] [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | It had been as if he came from another , alien world , beyond her experience or comprehension , a glamorous , glittering man who made her think of diamonds , so hard and sharp were the edges of his personality . |
2 | a terrible ‘ Ow ’ — or totally good — a beautiful ‘ Mm ’ — and when distress is relieved it may well be as if they themselves have conjured up the goodness . |
3 | Had they not all agreed when they left Ecalpemos and went their separate ways that it.was to be as if they had never met , known each other , lived together , that in future they must be strangers and more than strangers ? |
4 | It would be as if he had never been taken in treason . |
5 | She knew she would open it , but when she did it would be as if he were with her all over again , and she would suffer so … |
6 | When you hear his voice , it 's as if something 's creeping up your cheek . ’ |
7 | ‘ The clubs have that much power over players it 's as if they own them , and this is n't good for the game in the North . |
8 | It 's as if they think there 's something wrong with me . |
9 | And when a tune like that comes along , it 's as if they 've always known that song , and so then you tap in the song and that 's why you 're doing the record . |
10 | But when Gilbert sighs ‘ They give us names like paedophile , racist — all the names you can imagine ’ , it 's as if they wonder what all the fuss is about . |
11 | It 's as if they 're saying : ‘ There 's a ten foot wall — jump over it . ’ |
12 | It 's as if they 're expecting you to fail academically ; and , if the teacher expects you to fail , then you begin to believe it yourself and you do . |
13 | It 's as if they have a life of their own . ’ |
14 | It 's as if they think I 'm really Firmin and then from time to time I just pretend to be this white man called Charlie . |
15 | ‘ It 's as if they were being rammed by an invisible man , ’ he said . |
16 | It 's as if they ca n't stop . |
17 | It 's as if they 're bowling on a totally different pitch . ’ |
18 | Our parliamentary group does not appear to be in touch with grassroots opinion — it 's as if they are on another planet . |
19 | Better , yes , better than erm , some , in the old days when you used to take those photo 's they used to be awful did n't they , erm , everybody sort of look 's as if they were staring and sort of all |
20 | It 's as if its existence is almost blank as yet . |
21 | It 's as if we 're taking responsibility for men 's problem , but if I want to be safe , I feel I have to . |
22 | It 's as if we are taking part not in real life but in a piece of reportage on the British constitutional system ’ ( 22 October 1964 ) . |
23 | It 's as if we 're rehearsing it : what 's my next line ? |
24 | It 's as if we are gabbling the end of a play we are in . |
25 | ‘ It 's as if we 're in the moon ? ’ |
26 | It 's as if we ca n't leave the babies alone . |
27 | In that trance-like state we drift apart , still staring , but when I turn aside it 's as if we snapped a silken cord . |
28 | With Caliban it 's as if somebody made him drink a whole bottle of whisky . |
29 | ‘ It 's as if everyone is waiting for something , is n't it ? ’ |
30 | It 's as if everyone else had given up and the Government then said , ‘ Oh , give the workers some money and let them have a go . ’ |