Example sentences of "it was [prep] [conj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was as if each species of inedible butterfly was mimicked by the others , and this convergence of colour pattern became known as Müllerian Mimicry . |
| 2 | It was as if two Kas battled for control of him . |
| 3 | It was as if two palms had been placed against the frail skin and forced it upwards so that he saw with a shock of premonitory recognition the shine of the skull beneath the skin . |
| 4 | — She tried to shut them out but it was as if one memory had set free another : they came clamouring now to torment and bewilder her . |
| 5 | It was as if all creation conspired here to show people the mystery and the marvel of love . |
| 6 | It was as if all Scots wore the kilt , or all Cockneys dressed as Pearlies . |
| 7 | It was as if all Australia had heard the interview . |
| 8 | It was as if that letter had never been written . |
| 9 | It was as if that picture were telling me Everything is sculpture . ’ |
| 10 | Lucy was her immaculate self at work in the morning ; they had a drink in the pub , and it was as if that evening , the story , the kiss , the flowers , had not been . |
| 11 | For many observers it was as if German industry sprang out of nowhere . |
| 12 | In that instant it was as if some dam erected long ago around his heart had been breached . |
| 13 | It was as if some part of Martin had Passed into him . |
| 14 | It was as if menacing music had been played in a film , accompanying a scene of innocent happiness . |
| 15 | It was as if those streamers , knotted to the shrine , ensured the gods ' protection — that Bhawāni , who went south , would bring the shepherds safely home again and Maiyu would take care of all those who stayed behind : as if the streamers knotted autumn safely on to spring . |
| 16 | To the coming generation of performers , pop was no longer expected to mean anything other than what it represented on the surface ; it was as if pop music 's aspirations towards deeper meanings and truths had been exhausted ; social realism was distanced by irony and a conscious manipulation of artifice . |