Example sentences of "as if [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Co-producer Robert Relea hit back : ‘ It 's not as if we like working nights . ’ |
| 2 | First , we all have to live and act as if we were sure and as if we had reliable knowledge . |
| 3 | We act and will continue to act as if we have free will , whether our actions are determined or not . |
| 4 | The predatory spirits , on the other hand , are described as if they bore actual malice toward humans . |
| 5 | It was about how to deal with a road accident and I arranged for a smashed-up car to be towed into the studio , and for actors to sprawl around , made-up to look as if they had appalling injuries . |
| 6 | Figure 9–3(b) illustrates the special ease where A and B have identical utility functions or , alternatively , where it is accepted that A and B ought always to be treated as if they had identical utility functions . |
| 7 | Hyam also deplores the recent ‘ willingness of Third World governments to adopt the peculiar Purity laws and conventions of Britain in the 1880s as if they represented ultimate truths about human civilisation ’ . |
| 8 | Then , as if to break the spell , the sheep dogs began to bark frenziedly and the nearby sheep stampeded as if they sensed impending danger . |
| 9 | But at all times I would prefer them to act as if they have non-speaking parts . |
| 10 | He is a man of about fifty-five , with a quick ‘ nervous manner , as if he had pressing engagements elsewhere , which seems unlikely : the university has run out of steam and its faculty members are all jumping ship , if they can . |
| 11 | He could imagine Galland , a small man who looked as if he had permanent indigestion . |
| 12 | It is as if he glimpses absolute Truth in and through particular instances of truth . |
| 13 | But Luke only nodded , as if it made perfect sense . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Christians quote from the Bible as if it had divine authority . |
| 16 | Dalgliesh thought : Why is he behaving as if I need tactful handling , as if I 'm suffering from a private grief ? |