Example sentences of "[was/were] [prep] [subord] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | When , as they moved towards their first coupling , ‘ it was as if the whole of myself , body and spirit , even parts of me I never knew existed , came alive at his touch ’ ? |
| 32 | It was as if the Secretary of State were directly running the railways himself , with no chairman or managing director between him and the service . |
| 33 | It was as if the cottage had exerted some spell which it was important to throw off before they talked . |
| 34 | It was as if the neighbour had sensed that the police officers were about to leave and wished to honour their departure with silence . |
| 35 | And it was as if the cow knew she was beaten . |
| 36 | To hypothesize , it was as if the king of France held the earldom of Cornwall or Lancaster from the king of England , who could therefore exert some degree of control over the foreign policy and behaviour of the king of France . |
| 37 | It was as if the question touched a start lever within him . |
| 38 | It was as if the bird had asked a question in whatever language it spoke . |
| 39 | It was as if the operation had excised her will to live . |
| 40 | And then the great day itself — June Two Two , as they called it — it was as if the excitement could no longer be contained . |
| 41 | It was as if the subject had been taboo . |
| 42 | It was as if the Sechem were listening to something no one else in the room could hear . |
| 43 | Riding him the next day , it was as if the handbrake had come off . |
| 44 | It was as if the fight with Herman had had the effect she would have expected from eight hours on a contoured mattress and a course of Doc Threadneedle 's pick-me-up shots . |
| 45 | Then there was nothing but the river running wide and strong and dark and it was as if the highway had never existed . |
| 46 | It was as if the presidency is for sale " . |
| 47 | When she smiled that big smile with her slightly too big mouth and too many very white teeth it was as if the explosion was starting to blow the top of her head off . |
| 48 | It was as if the sun had suddenly come out and for all his age and infirmity , Lovat caught his breath . |
| 49 | It was as if the hawk could hear the rabbit running along the tunnels inside the hedge , while he was sitting on a post on top of the hedge . |
| 50 | 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 … |
| 51 | She was beginning to feel queer and sick ; it was as if the sand hills were moving , swinging under her feet , and the sky going noiselessly round . |
| 52 | 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 . |
| 53 | It was as if the boy were charged with some powerful yet masked vitality . |
| 54 | Yes , it was as if the boy were a compact little battery , filled with the energy of knowing ; a veiled light , awaiting its moment to shine out , illuminating the world . |
| 55 | It was as if the boy was somehow both more and , at the same time , less human than anyone he had ever come across . |
| 56 | The spines were also slightly changed in shape ; it was as if the head of each had been blown up like a little balloon — just what biophysical theory would predict would need to happen if the electrical connections between the pre-and postsynaptic sides were being strengthened when the chick pecked the bitter bead ; and exactly the sort of change which might be predicted as a consequence of increased glycoprotein synthesis . |
| 57 | 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 . |
| 58 | It was as if the Baron had picked up her thought . |
| 59 | It was as if the idea of God in the mind was like a shadow thrown on a wall . |
| 60 | It was as if the fleet were nesting . … |