Example sentences of "[prep] [conj] it [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Luke only nodded , as if it made perfect sense . |
| 2 | He leaned forward once again , subjecting her to the unnerving illusion of being pinned by his shadow , trapped and oppressed by it , as if it carried physical weight , composed of all that he felt for her , lust and contempt . |
| 3 | Christians quote from the Bible as if it had divine authority . |
| 4 | Its moral claims were , in the most literal sense of the word , conservative , in that it enjoined ancient truths and established values , and Samuel Johnson as well as William Blake was a hero . |
| 5 | This method of teaching was effective in that it produced good results in an examination which focused on mathematical content . |
| 6 | The colonial state was a peculiar extension of the metropolitan capitalist state , in that it established political authority relations at the point of production and expanded state control over marketing . |