Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [prep] [conj] [pron] have " in BNC.

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1 By then large drops were falling all around me , another landing on my wig and one splashing on my shoulder , making me jump as if I 'd been prodded with a therm-knife .
2 When Maria knocked on the door at half past five I woke as if I had a hangover .
3 I look as if I 've made an about-turn but in terms of simple logistics it 's getting itself out of all proportion . ’
4 When I sit down they billow up in front of me and I look as if I 've got a water melon under there .
5 Two inches on my hair and I look as if I 've had my face thinned and people start speaking in hushed voices in my presence .
6 At the moment I look as if someone has slashed wildly at me with a knife .
7 I know I 'm too thin , I do n't like what I look like and I 've been told if I lose any more weight I 'll have to give up work and be admitted to hospital .
8 Well , in comes Alf , with 'is belly full of old and mild as usual , and asks me why do I look as if I 'd lost a pound and found thruppence .
9 And the singing of birds I had heard a thousand times , thrushes , blackbirds in our London garden , I heard as if I had never heard them before .
10 ‘ Julian and I feel as if we 've always lived here .
11 I feel as if you 've given me a gift I 'm completely unworthy of .
12 I feel as if I 've been given knock-out drops .
13 I now have good career prospects but I feel as if I 've lost my soul
14 " Lord , I feel as if I 've been living with this case for ever ! "
15 " Do you know , I feel as if I 've been asleep .
16 Oh I never caught it , right enough , but I feel as if I 've caught it now .
17 I feel as if I 've been whisked away to another world , ’ she breathed , her face radiant .
18 Then I bought , yeah , I said I feel as if I 've gone deaf you know what I mean , cos there 's no
19 It feels , feels it , I feel as if I 've got something in my eye all the time .
20 I feel as if I have n't got that much to spare .
21 Sometimes I feel as if I have n't even started . ’
22 I feel as if I have been wandering through this forest for an eternity , and it is some days since I have found anything to eat .
23 I feel as if I have come to the end of a long list of jobs dating back over several months .
24 I feel as if I have to use my spray more .
25 After several hours at the Fair I feel as if I have overdosed on new technology , professional seminars , leaflets and free samples .
26 I feel as if I have been hoodwinked .
27 I felt as if someone had stuck a knife into me — I started to hate Africa then and I went on hating it — I began to hate a lot of things I had n't minded before , when I was happy .
28 I felt as if you 'd left me … as if I was alone on a bridge and there was no safe place at all … ’
29 ‘ It was heart-breaking — she looked so frail , I felt as if I 'd almost lost her , ’ says her mum .
30 Within an hour of sitting down at my old desk , reading through my old files and shouting at my not so old secretary I felt as if I 'd been away from work for maybe just a week 's holiday .
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