Example sentences of "[prep] [subord] it [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For older women , there is a question of whether it has any relevance at all . ’ |
| 2 | His face was thin and emaciated , drawn together as if it spent each night in some kind of linen press . |
| 3 | But Luke only nodded , as if it made perfect sense . |
| 4 | Rupert repeated his earlier greeting and came towards her with a glass jug that looked as if it contained some kind of cocktail . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Christians quote from the Bible as if it had divine authority . |
| 7 | If this were so in the present case , he concealed the fact with remarkable aplomb ; but my impression was that he rather welcomed this degree of personal contact , as if it provided some sort of relief from the heavy intellectual conversation repeatedly forced upon him . |
| 8 | ‘ Because each shaft is slightly thinner , hair starts to feel as if it has less body and volume , ’ says trichologist Philip Kingsley . |
| 9 | In reply , Freud considers the rationalist argument that murder is not engaged in because it makes social life impossible if anyone is allowed to murder anyone else . |