Example sentences of "as though [pron] [verb] been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was still worrying about this when I pulled into the hotel at Huacho , the mist thicker than ever and my eyes so tired they felt as though they had been sand-blasted . |
| 2 | Her singing at fall of night , especially if we were alone together , soothed and fascinated me , as though it had been divine , at once the mightiest and the softest sound in the world . |
| 3 | It was Doyle who answered , thoughtfully , as though it had been any ordinary question . |
| 4 | His hair , by contrast , fell untidily to his shoulders and his patchy beard looked as though it had been stuck on at random . |
| 5 | Despite the fact that this guitar is only days old , the neck has a vintage feel to it , as though it has been active in the field for thirty years . |
| 6 | As it happened , Clara was wrong , but she was not to know she was wrong , and she suffered as much as though she had been right . |
| 7 | It was not as though she had been slack in her church attendance in the past . |
| 8 | She felt as though she 'd been asleep for about five minutes ! |
| 9 | There was a sort of thirstiness about Julia 's immersion in the conversation , as though she 'd been parched for a long time . |
| 10 | To hear Rosemary tell it , it sounded as though she 'd been lucky to reach twenty-two without some vainglorious male trying it on . |
| 11 | In a strange way , she felt cleansed , as though she 'd been able to strip the dark places away from her soul . |
| 12 | He had slipped up in using Tweed 's name because it had sounded as though he 'd been one of the casualties . |
| 13 | Leo was probably fun to be with , a great companion , a good friend , she thought , then gave a wry chagrined smile as he turned towards her as though he 'd been aware of her presence all along — and she might have known he would n't do anything so obliging as to walk off . |