Example sentences of "[prep] [conj] i be [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I will not say that much of this debate has been irrelevant , because that sounds as if I am dismissing what has been said , which I am not , but it is irrelevant in the context of 1993 , because the advent of the new system will answer many of the problems that have been identified . |
| 2 | I feel as if I am watching something happen to someone else . ’ |
| 3 | But Calatin 's banqueting hall and the house in the forest had wavered and grown dim — ‘ as if I am seeing it through water , ’ thought Fergus — and there had been a great heaviness within him so that it was difficult to breathe . |
| 4 | With eyes fixed on me as if I was hypnotisin' him , he takes the papermate out of the tray and moves away as if I might bite . |
| 5 | ‘ I need to see Mr Patterson , ’ I said as if I was letting him in on a big secret . |
| 6 | Fear often played tricks with my perception and now it seemed as if I was losing my grip of reality . |
| 7 | I sneaked into the main dealing room and found a heating vent near the skirting-board at one end which I could unscrew and look as if I was doing something professional . |
| 8 | I wanted the silence to go on , but , as I listened , it felt as if I was racing it . |
| 9 | It 's as if I 'm repaying him for looking after me at school . |
| 10 | What struck me was the way in which he seemed to have little difficulty not merely in coming down to my level but in entering into my feelings , as if I were telling him about the most natural matter in the world . |
| 11 | It seemed as if I were speaking it … |
| 12 | It was as if I were doing him a big favour . |
| 13 | I got up feeling bilious and with a burning headache , wobbling from the previous day 's struggle , as if I were finding my legs after a long illness . |
| 14 | Then , walking back to the car , I started rehearsing what I 'd say to them , almost as if I were concocting my story . |
| 15 | Erm things like whether I 'm using my car and stuff I suppose I need to speak to Mike about ? |
| 16 | which I was , which I was very worried about because I was told it was a substitute for sex |
| 17 | And er and I was telling everyone I said , Oh I 'm going to and I was flinging everything over the you know . |