Example sentences of "[vb pp] as if a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The sitting-room was long , and looked as if a child had been let loose with buckets of primary colours .
2 His toe-nails looked as if a knife would blunt on them and could not have been cut for months , possibly years .
3 They had apparently felt as if a burden had been lifted from them and why tempt fate by attempting to get her back ?
4 Dalgliesh wondered why it was that , when walking towards the sea , there came a moment when its roar suddenly increased as if a menace , quiescent and benign , had suddenly realized and gathered up its power .
5 The rain ceased as if a tap had been turned off .
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