So you might say you were as busy as a bee if you spent your weekend cleaning your house.

VOA: special.2009.06.28

And the other part about it is if feathers were twice as heavy, or half as strong, then birds couldn't fly."

VOA: special.2010.06.01

Some artists like this process because they can draw on the metal as easily as if they were using a writing pen.

VOA: special.2009.09.02

Sylvie felt as if she were a part of the gray shadows and the silver leaves that moved in the evening breeze.

VOA: special.2010.04.03

They said people honored Rand and Branden as if they were religious leaders without ever questioning their beliefs.

VOA: special.2010.06.06

They loved arithmetic. As Paul walked toward his house he felt as if he were drowning in ugliness.

VOA: special.2009.04.04

He walked carefully among the plants, as if he were walking among wild animals or poisonous snakes.

VOA: special.2009.05.23

Parson Walker's wife was very sick once, for a long time, and it seemed as if they were not going to save her.

VOA: special.2009.08.29

In eighteen eighty-three, American poet Emma Lazarus wrote a poem as if Lady Liberty were speaking.

VOA: special.2010.09.17

People often use the words Sprint Cup and NASCAR as if they were the same thing.

VOA: special.2009.04.10

Researchers also carried out an experiment to test if signs of disorder that were heard had the same effect as signs that were seen.

VOA: special.2009.03.03

One newspaper said that the world would be a much better place if all kings and emperors were as kind and honest as Joshua Norton.

VOA: special.2009.12.14

The people seem so empty of joy that when she touched their cold fingers it is as if she were shaking hands with a storm.

VOA: special.2009.11.15

He spread his hands out to them as if he were giving them a blessing.

VOA: special.2009.05.30