Example sentences of "as if [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The girls screamed ; some gritted their teeth , others stayed cool as if nothing worried them . |
| 2 | A spokesman for the largest opposition group , the People 's Party , said the Prime Minister was acting ‘ as if nothing had changed ’ . |
| 3 | A spokesman for the largest opposition group , the People 's Party , said the Prime Minister was acting ‘ as if nothing had changed ’ . |
| 4 | Less than a minute later it will be on its feet again as if nothing had happened . |
| 5 | The rest of the hens were roaming as if nothing had happened . |
| 6 | He thought it best to give her a quick kiss and talk as if nothing had happened . |
| 7 | They are often advertised in the newspapers as ‘ bomb proof ! ’ ; no matter what occurs they will just continue their mild sweet way as if nothing had ever happened . |
| 8 | They are hardly likely to behave as if nothing had happened . ’ |
| 9 | But , the layman may object , this does not mean that the communicating classes should be allowed to get an election wrong , and just carry on communicating as if nothing had happened . |
| 10 | Beyond the cottage gates , a bent green and yellow sign welcomed visitors to the area as if nothing had happened , declaring : ‘ Visit Etna National Park , where nature is protected . ’ |
| 11 | Only Mr Rumback walked on as if nothing had happened . |
| 12 | Right on time , just as if nothing had happened . |
| 13 | The weeds that we 'd uprooted in the morning were shrivelled and brown ; the earth looked as if nothing had ever lived in it . |
| 14 | The villagers often joked that if she met a German tank on the road to Berkeley , she would order it off the road and pass on as if nothing had happened . |
| 15 | The barman was back ( a leap ) at his station behind the bar , as if nothing had happened . |
| 16 | Frank did n't apologize and Philip behaved as if nothing had happened . |
| 17 | Then , an hour before ‘ They 'd be giving Luigi his shirt when Maradona would come in as if nothing had happened . |
| 18 | as if nothing had happened , the Valkyrie flew on for sixteen seconds . |
| 19 | Their loss was not reported to police or the royal household — and work carried on as if nothing had happened . |
| 20 | But within two days she was back at school and behaving as if nothing had happened . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Not to the same degree , of course , but on Sunday there was the same feeling — as if we were continuing a conversation we were having yesterday , as if nothing had really changed . |
| 22 | The alternative to this has amounted to a reaffirmation of historicism almost as if nothing had happened . |
| 23 | Then I washed and dried the two beer-mugs and the three vases , and put them back in their normal places , as if nothing had ever happened . |
| 24 | The interrupted program therefore proceeds with the execution of the instructions at locations n+1 , n+2 , … , etc. as if nothing had happened , until the next interrupt signal is received . |
| 25 | Topaz went into Timothy 's arms as quietly and naturally as if nothing had happened . |
| 26 | Collins continued as if nothing had happened . |
| 27 | " Answer my question , " the woman continued , as if nothing had happened . |
| 28 | Back in Frenchay , Caroline , who has never got things out of perspective , changed out of her special Palace outfit and went off to choir practice as if nothing had happened . |
| 29 | Lizzy walked into the front room and through to the kitchen where she began to make herself a cup of coffee as if nothing had happened . |
| 30 | I 've read about it , you do exercises and train yourself , and then when the time comes you pop behind a bush and reappear with the baby slung on your hip , and go on toiling in the paddy-fields as if nothing had happened . " |