Example sentences of "as if [pron] had [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | First , we all have to live and act as if we were sure and as if we had reliable knowledge . |
2 | ‘ We were sticking our necks out further and further but once we got to the South Col we had the same chance to get to the top as if we had 20 Sherpas helping and a brick-built house up there , ’ said Harry . |
3 | All four blushed as if they had one heart . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | It was n't as if they had some sort of relationship ; he had taken her out only to help her with her search . |
7 | Only Zed Juron was wholly uninjured — that slab of a man was so nimble at dodging , as if he had second sight — though a ricocheting shuriken had smashed his communicator . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | Sometimes it felt as if he had less substance than the images in this room . |
10 | He could imagine Galland , a small man who looked as if he had permanent indigestion . |
11 | ‘ I should think so , ’ he said severely , and paused , and swallowed as if he had some constriction , and then asked , ‘ Where were we ? |
12 | Meredith spoke as if he had some power over his cousin . |
13 | ‘ And it 's not as if he had any convictions of his own , ’ said his Auntie Ethel . |
14 | Christians quote from the Bible as if it had divine authority . |
15 | Hugh de Tracy refused me his daughter as if I had less worth than the slave who cleans out the garderobe tunnel . |