Some examples and use cases from the internet:

Some examples and use cases from the internet:

• My brother played cricket as though it were a battle to the death.
• You say that as though it were just a technicality.
• Pre ran every race as though it were his last.
• The point is thoroughly justified, and the only pity is that anyone should defend the abolition of aid for exports as though it were a kind of religious creed.
• Palestinians and Egyptians could run this border, but Israel insists on maintaining a presence in the area, as though it were another of its checkpoints.
• And I tried to live as though it were true.
• He mentioned your name as though it were only vaguely familiar.
• People experience pretend empathy as though it were the real thing.

• She told me you could look at it as though it was some kind of historical site.
• Of course, it is not enough to keep referring to multilateralism over and over again as though it was some mantra.
• And I got sick of hearing that it would go away as soon as we got down to the basic problem, as though it was in me.
• But there he was, in the temple, debating and arguing with the priests as though it was the most natural thing in the world.
• What they should not be doing in the Balkan countries is trading their sovereignty as though it was a commodity, for that way lies great disappointment.
• You can't just walk in here as though it was your house.
• I say as though it was something ordinary.
• Then your father started yelling at me, as though it was my fault.