Example sentences of "[be] [prep] [subord] a [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is as if a wind instrument , soulless in itself , were being played through warm and breathing tissues instead of through wood or metal . |
| 2 | It was as if a harvest festival were enacted daily , for throughout the hours of market the church bell tolled quietly . |
| 3 | It was as if a genius creator , after six days ' labour , had become uninterested in his achievement and had delegated responsibility for the rule and administration of his work to a band of bureaucrats — a tireless bunch of imbeciles , lacking compassion , who justified their role in the scheme of things by ceaselessly inventing trials for man , to keep him on his toes . |
| 4 | It was as if a bit player had become a star , a menial suddenly promoted into the centre of things . |
| 5 | It was as if a glass wall had gone up between them . |
| 6 | It was as if a steel rope had been scraped across her palm . |