Example sentences of "was [prep] [subord] [art] [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was as if a statue had started to weep . |
| 2 | It was as if a door had opened before him into a dim but positive light . |
| 3 | It was as if a fall lay within her that she was n't able to make . |
| 4 | It was as if a looking-glass had been diverted . |
| 5 | ‘ When I saw you at the side of the road , it was as if a nightmare had come true . |
| 6 | At nights , particularly , she had felt loneliness so great it was as if a hole had been torn in her soul , something irreplaceable had been ripped from her . |
| 7 | It was as if a fist had punched her very hard in the stomach . |
| 8 | Then it was as if a storm broke . |
| 9 | ‘ It was as if a key turned , ’ Margaret Drabble once remarked of her easy transition from student days at Cambridge to the life of an instant bestseller in realistic fiction with her first novel , A Summer Birdcage ( 1962 ) . |
| 10 | There was nothing obviously wrong — Albert sitting at one end of the table in front of his books and Hepzibah making an apple pie at the other , pressing the pastry top with a fork to make a frill round the edge — but it was as if a light had gone out . |
| 11 | It was as if a light had been extinguished ; the colours which were once so bright and clear had grown blurred and faded . |
| 12 | It was as if a cloud had lifted . |
| 13 | Miss Abbott , when you came to my house the other day and wandered round my studio and let me see something of your thoughts , it was as if a gale had blown through all the dust and cobwebs , all the mouldering old habits that were growing up round me like ivy , and when you had gone , I tore that canvas off the easel and smashed it — ’ |
| 14 | It was as if the cottage had exerted some spell which it was important to throw off before they talked . |
| 15 | It was as if the neighbour had sensed that the police officers were about to leave and wished to honour their departure with silence . |
| 16 | And it was as if the cow knew she was beaten . |
| 17 | It was as if the question touched a start lever within him . |
| 18 | It was as if the bird had asked a question in whatever language it spoke . |
| 19 | It was as if the operation had excised her will to live . |
| 20 | It was as if the subject had been taboo . |
| 21 | Riding him the next day , it was as if the handbrake had come off . |
| 22 | Then there was nothing but the river running wide and strong and dark and it was as if the highway had never existed . |
| 23 | It was as if the sun had suddenly come out and for all his age and infirmity , Lovat caught his breath . |
| 24 | Best of all was Peter Royston 's eight-minute dance which told all-you-can-remember from Disney 's film — it was as if the cartoon had come to life as there she was , on points , bluebird balanced on her finger … |
| 25 | It was as if the love had grown too strong lately , absorbing the hatred , and it could swallow her too if she did n't do something about it soon . |
| 26 | With microwave ovens , Manila and the flu epidemic suddenly dominating the news it was as if the event had never occurred except in Sir Anthony Meyer 's imagination . |
| 27 | It was as if the Baron had picked up her thought . |
| 28 | ‘ When the sentence was passed , it was as if the ground had been pulled from under my feet , ’ she remembers . |
| 29 | It was as if the blood had been drained from her , leaving no strength , but it was n't a peaceful emptiness . |
| 30 | For many , it was as if the programme had never been away . |