Example sentences of "as though [pron] [vb past] [verb] [det] " in BNC.

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1	I do n't see them very often but when we meet it 's as though we 'd seen each other yesterday .
2	For a moment it seemed as though it had tapped some hidden reserve of strength and would ease itself up on to the opposite bank , and escape into the forest .
3	It sounded as though she 'd rehearsed that .
4	It seemed as though she liked to keep those she loved to herself , as if by sharing , some part of them would be lost to her forever .
5	It was as though he 'd answered that last question .
6	But I will never forget that time we both watched your father walking back and forth in front of the summerhouse , looking down at the ground as though he hoped to find some precious jewel he had dropped there . ’
7	To the right of our view , the lawn sloped up a gentle embankment to where the summerhouse stood , and it was there my father ’ s figure could by seen , pacing slowly with an air of preoccupation — indeed , as Miss Kenton puts it so well , ‘ as though he hoped to find some precious jewel he had dropped there ’ .
8	In fact , I can describe his manner at that moment no better than the way Miss Kenton puts it in her letter ; it was indeed ‘ as though he hoped to find some precious jewel he had dropped there ’ .
9	He had stared at the bottle in his hand , walked outside , smashed it against the outhouse wall , watched the liquor run down , dark against the brickwork , and returned to the house , almost reeled past Matey as though he had drunk all of it , and mounted the stairs to her room to remind himself of what he had lost , hurt though it might .
10	Ken now was ready to go back to stage revue , as though he wanted to translate some of the craziness of ‘ Carry On ’ to that more sophisticated theatre public .
11	Suddenly he passed his hand over his eyes as though he wanted to hide any emotion from her , and his mouth tightened into a grim line .

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