Example sentences of "as [conj] [pron] had [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was almost as if he had no body , because no part of it hurt , or itched , or shivered with cold , or even felt the wooden planking through the quilt . |
| 2 | He argues that no social units can be treated in isolation as though they had no contact with others : all groups , whether tribes , villages , nations or families interact with other groups . |
| 3 | The gentle mists draped over their moment of failure , when impetus ran down , as though they had no goal ahead of them . |
| 4 | They had looked to be a one-pace crew in practice and it seemed as though they had no answer to Oxford 's attack . |
| 5 | They seem to think they 're special in some way , almost as though they had the right to choose whether they 'll cooperate or not . ’ |
| 6 | We are lying here as though we had a chance of enjoying a quiet time Am I waiting until I become a little older ? |
| 7 | It was n't as though we had a wealth of other leads . |
| 8 | This concession having been wrung from Dame Evelyn , we were thereupon authorised to attend all meetings and to advise as though we had the accolade of civil service accorded to us . |
| 9 | By the time I was 16 , I was winning major contests , amassing a few quid in the bank as a part-time model and walking as though I had a brush handle up my arse . |
| 10 | the rubbish bin there it does look as though you had a bomb hit does n't it ? |
| 11 | Jane valued their presence , and their sounds , even the discordant ones , like the donkey 's mournful honking — as though it had an amplifier — and the desperate strangled cry of the vixen . |
| 12 | When I saw the negative it looked as though she had a dog 's head on her shoulders . |
| 13 | She was quiet , muted , moving before her sire with downcast eyes and dutiful voice , and withdrawing into the shadows as soon as her errand was done , as though she had no part in what was still to do , unless to wait on their requirements . |
| 14 | Florence Ames was quieter about it , as though she had the measure of things because she had spent a long time in looking at them . |
| 15 | The tears came then with the tearing sobs that racked Hari and set up a trembling within her as though she had the ague . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's been tried , ’ she said , hoping she did not sound as though she had the temerity to defend the canteen . |
| 17 | Ruth worked all that day as though she had the strength of ten . |
| 18 | Hutton looked as though he had no idea . |
| 19 | There was nothing in the least bit objectionable about him , but he looked as though he had a computer where his heart was , and rushed home at night to plug in to a socket and recharge the batteries . |
| 20 | The malevolence was so startling that Albert shook his head as though he had a wasp in his ear . |
| 21 | It was as though he had a point to prove . |
| 22 | ‘ It looks as though he had a woman friend ; he refers to her as ‘ M ’ . |
| 23 | Moving Out certainly shaped as though he had a future at the winter game on his reappearance in a very hot race over two miles at Haydock earlier in the month . |
| 24 | It was as though he had an inkling who it would be . |
| 25 | Then her anger rose — anger at being treated so ruthlessly , as though he had the right to kiss her as and when he chose . |
| 26 | Charles was … just Charles , his expression a trifle bleak , as though he had the hump . |
| 27 | I 'll come and pick you up , ’ I said , not out of courtesy , but because Purvis did n't look as though he had the strength to carry even a dozen records . |