Example sentences of "as [conj] it [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His face was thin and emaciated , drawn together as if it spent each night in some kind of linen press . |
| 2 | The wall was as transparent as glass , but it was as if it revealed only another wall of uniform greyness . |
| 3 | It was necessary in 1859 to write about the process of evolution as if it produced the best of all possible worlds , a substitute for the finger of the Almighty at work . |
| 4 | as if it reflected something in herself . |
| 5 | She said her name timidly , as if it felt strange to address her so . |
| 6 | She swallowed as if it caused her pain , her face screwed up . |
| 7 | Even in daylight it had a sombre , suspicious air as if it wished to slink back from the adjoining houses . |
| 8 | The prison did little to lighten their mood : grey frowning walls with a few sombre buildings peeping above them , and a black gateway with an arch which yawned as if it wished to devour any unfortunate who approached it . |
| 9 | ‘ It was as if it knew exactly where to go . ’ |
| 10 | So he took it , and played something soft and sad , something plaintive and melancholy that rose up every third line as if it was going to shake off its sorrow and fly forward and free ; but then in the fourth it curled back on itself and fell again : reluctantly , sometimes , but always resignedly , as if it knew it was going to fall ; as if it had been striving and falling back again for hundreds of years . |
| 11 | But the voice that had spoken waited , as if it knew that eventually Creggan would speak the truth . |
| 12 | It had been saddled up ready for him and as Li Yuan stood there , it turned its head curiously , its large dark eyes meeting the prince 's as if it knew its new owner . |
| 13 | In the far corner , the cat cowered as if it knew it was in the presence of death . |
| 14 | ‘ What brings you here ? ’ said Aurora again , breathily , as if it mattered , flicking out the light and sitting again with practised gaucherie . |
| 15 | ‘ He got it wrong Wigs by Clarkson as if it mattered . |
| 16 | The person to whom it is retailed says , ‘ as if it mattered which platform ! ’ ) |
| 17 | ‘ as if it mattered . |
| 18 | She screwed up her face at the name as if it left a nasty taste in her mouth , adding : ‘ Ca n't abide that man . |
| 19 | Since we had been back in Reine , Jean-Claude had stopped speaking of Montaine 's death as if it haunted him unduly . |
| 20 | ‘ shall have effect as if it granted or provided for the grant of a tenancy for a term of 10 years , subject to a right exercisable either by the landlord or the tenant to determine the tenancy , if the war ends before the expiration of that term , by at least one month 's notice in writing given after the end of the war ; … |
| 21 | The Viennese piano is often discussed as if it developed along one path , as if each improvement followed the previous one in an orderly fashion . |
| 22 | He pronounced this last word as if it denoted something unpleasant . |
| 23 | We have tended to speak as if it existed in some obvious and consistent way in higher education , but as some of the above quotations pointed out , the undergraduate curriculum may be influenced by other manifestations of organized knowledge , in particular research and professional practice . |
| 24 | This , it is claimed , provides at the same time a clue as to the meaning of fiction ; for fiction really is the result of treating that which can exist only derivatively , or " parasitically " , as if it existed in its own right . |
| 25 | It was the real danger , and it turned Eochaid cold to hear Thorfinn speak of it openly , as if it amused him . |
| 26 | But Luke only nodded , as if it made perfect sense . |
| 27 | Rather its provisions will deem the transfer to be treated as if it took place on an earlier specified date . |
| 28 | This gives no action to Titius , but the SC allows it to be treated as if it read fidei tuae committo ut Titio hereditatem restituas . |
| 29 | He drew a breath deep into his chest , as if it hurt him . |
| 30 | He blinked at the light as if it hurt him . |