just as though

Maddox: For those 126,000 people, was it just as though they died and everyone was like, “Well, we have a name for it and we know what it does, but we, you know, there’s no answer”? Is that just where they were at?

PC Dutton said: "The bloke with the samurai sword turned around and looked towards us, but carried on with his hacking, sawing motion just as though if he didn't care."

He went on with his singing, just as though we had not been present.

The spyware also allows outsiders to flip through the contents of a phone just as though it were sitting unlocked in front of them, enabling access to emails, photos and even encrypted messaging apps such as Signal and WhatsApp.

Pa said the bear was standing up on its hind legs, holding the pig in its paws just as though they were hands.