Example sentences of "[prep] [subord] i be [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I felt as if I was under a terrible spell , and I trembled , afraid that I might not be able to escape . |
| 2 | I am always drawn back to it as if I was under a compulsion " They are telling the truth . |
| 3 | I felt as if I was at a milestone now , on the threshold of something . |
| 4 | I felt as if I was at the end of a long tunnel where someone was kicking my legs . |
| 5 | But Samantha Sherratt of the Howard League for Penal Reform said : ‘ I would n't want people paying money to come and look at me as if I was in a zoo or a fishbowl . |
| 6 | But a spokeswoman for the Howard League for Penal Reform fumed : ‘ If I was in jail I would n't want people paying money to come and look at me as if I was in a zoo . ’ |
| 7 | But with Son being here , talking about it once in a while when she gets a bit down , and do n't we all — well , I feel like it all happened last week , and what 's more as if I was in the middle of it . |
| 8 | I feel as if I 'm at the earth 's heart . |
| 9 | Just because I 'm a girl I can be brushed aside as if I 'm of no account . |
| 10 | I feel as if I 'm in a time war , I really do . |
| 11 | Feeling as if I were under an enchantment , I walked the narrow way , between vivid white handrails that shone in the half-light . |
| 12 | It was about then I felt as if I were on a small boat on stormy seas . |
| 13 | Towards noon , the mirage drew nearer , to about half a mile , as if I were on an island trapped by the in-coming tide . |
| 14 | The earth curved up and around me wherever I went , as if I were at the bottom of a dish , and no matter how far I travelled I could get no nearer the rim — like a spaceman hurtling , as he thinks , towards the edge of the universe , only to find it unfolding before him and closing in behind , so that he is always at the centre . |
| 15 | Galway was the strangest town I had ever visited , and I felt as if I were in a dream . |
| 16 | The flat in West Kensington was really only three large , formerly elegant rooms , with ceilings so high that I often gaped at the room 's proportions , as if I were in a derelict cathedral . |
| 17 | The house was right down at the bottom of the street , and I moved like a ghost from lamp to lamp , tiptoeing for some reason , as if I were in a jungle in dread of attracting the attention of wild animals prowling near me . |
| 18 | Yeah having worked in newspapers er for two or three years I n I now know that the er what you look , well I did n't look for cos I was on the business page , what people look for is a good story and it does n't |
| 19 | in while I were with the other chap . |