Example sentences of "as [conj] i [vb past] [verb] something " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I felt as if I had seen something unclean , ’ Cecil concluded , ‘ so fearful in its cold frenzy that one blanched , asphyxiated in so nauseous an atmosphere . ’ |
| 2 | At Oxford , it had often discomposed me , as if I had said something foolish or affected , unworthy of comment . |
| 3 | He laughed as if I had said something annihilatingly funny and kneaded my hand gently against his thigh . |
| 4 | Tessa looked at me as if I had said something odd . |
| 5 | The leader nodded as if I 'd said something deeply wise , confirming his faith in me . |
| 6 | They behaved as if I 'd got something to do with the wretched man 's disappearance . |
| 7 | I snapped my fingers as if I 'd forgotten something . |