Example sentences of "[prep] [subord] a [noun sg] had " in BNC.
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| 1 | the test of whether a plaintiff had acted reasonably in bringing a case late was an objective one not subjective . |
| 2 | The legislation contained a clause rendering the decision of the Board final and conclusive on the question of whether a business had been sold by one person to another . |
| 3 | ‘ When I saw you at the side of the road , it was as if a nightmare had come true . |
| 4 | He simply looked startled — as if a worm had just lifted its head and answered him back , Carrie thought . |
| 5 | But not one of them had made her feel as if a candle had been set to kindling within her . |
| 6 | The sitting-room was long , and looked as if a child had been let loose with buckets of primary colours . |
| 7 | Coming in behind him , she did n't see Midnight 's glance flicker to James Lambert , then away , as if a question had been asked and answered . |
| 8 | But I always wonder , as if a film had been taken from my eyes and I saw new worlds . ’ |
| 9 | erm as if a window had never been opened for years and years and years that type of a house . |
| 10 | He turned back , as if a thought had just struck him . |
| 11 | It was as if a statue had started to weep . |
| 12 | It was as if a looking-glass had been diverted . |
| 13 | It was as if a door had opened before him into a dim but positive light . |
| 14 | Not clear black , but a fog-soaked grey , haloing the distant watch-fires of the enemy in a smudged orange blur , as if a thumb had been smeared across a landscape canvas . |
| 15 | Her manner was impersonal and she seemed to regard my arrival with some relief , as if a problem had been solved . |
| 16 | Gabriel popped up out of his barrel to see the brawl which was just beginning when suddenly everyone froze , as if a wizard had cast a spell over them . |
| 17 | The interior was probably quite well furnished in the ordinary way , but right now it looked as if a tornado had been through it . |
| 18 | And Hilderbridge lay in the sunshine , its slate roofs all turned to planes of silver , its spires sharp needles , as if a silversmith had made it and dropped it in the valley between the meadows and the moor . |
| 19 | Jim feels ‘ as if a demon had been whispering in his ear ’ and goes to his death with the whisper still sounding , killed by the people he had tried , in one final , tragic mistake , to save for the future . |
| 20 | It was so weird it made my hair stand on end ; it was almost as if a ghost had walked into the room . |
| 21 | The rain ceased as if a tap had been turned off . |
| 22 | Melissa touched her arm ; still she did not move but as if a tap had been opened , tears spilt from her eyes and began streaming down her face . |
| 23 | The island is savage , blackened , proudly ruined , as if a god had a colossal tantrum and laid it to magnificent , careless waste . |
| 24 | Ruth felt as if a blow had been delivered to her ribs with a mallet . |
| 25 | The wall was as it had always been … but at the centre was a black smear , like the blackened smear that might be left by some kind of fire ; as if a blowlamp had been held there . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | You fitted into my heart as if a space had always been there waiting . ’ |
| 28 | It was as if a fist had punched her very hard in the stomach . |
| 29 | Downes sat at the table in Interview Room Two on the ground floor , spell-bound and motionless , as if a witch had drawn a circle round him thrice . |
| 30 | John twitched his great shoulders as if a wasp had landed on them . |