Example sentences of "[pron] felt as [subord] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I felt as if we were in the presence of a ghoul , the living dead . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I felt as if someone was pressing my lungs with a steam-iron . |
| 4 | I felt as if our happiness depended upon it . |
| 5 | I felt as if he felt I was a stranger . |
| 6 | I felt as if you 'd left me … as if I was alone on a bridge and there was no safe place at all … ’ |
| 7 | They say , ‘ Thank you for playing the hymn , you did n't mention my name so although I know you were n't playing it just for me , I felt as if you were ’ . |
| 8 | ‘ It was heart-breaking — she looked so frail , I felt as if I 'd almost lost her , ’ says her mum . |
| 9 | He moved a leg to scratch — innocently ? — his bulging crotch , and the knee just touched mine beneath the table , as if accidentally , and I felt as if I had been touched by lightning . |
| 10 | It was fascinating , I felt as if I was learning about another world . |
| 11 | Galway was the strangest town I had ever visited , and I felt as if I were in a dream . |
| 12 | There was no sandy beach , and as this part of the bay was an inlet , I felt as if I were standing beside a great lake , not the Atlantic Ocean . |
| 13 | As nearly all the children had freckles , I felt as if I were seeing spots before my eyes , and drew Mickey Mice in a trance , my hand and pen moving mechanically through a misty ocean of freckles , wave upon wave , every freckle asking for Mickey Mouse . |
| 14 | And when the great beast stopped to answer a call of nature , I felt as if I was sitting astride Mount Pinatubo . |
| 15 | I felt as if I had just given birth . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | They were using pictures well and I felt as if I could contribute . ’ |
| 18 | On that immaculate morning , I felt as if I could do no wrong . |
| 19 | By the time I left his office , I felt as if I had been an established outside-left for years , ’ Bastin later recalled . |
| 20 | I felt as if I was a schoolboy who had done something wrong and was being taken to see the headmaster . |
| 21 | It was about then I felt as if I were on a small boat on stormy seas . |
| 22 | These , however , have to co-exist next to real lulus like , ‘ Being a mole I felt as if I was living on burrowed time . ’ |
| 23 | I felt as if I 'd handed him a loaded shotgun and said shoot . ’ |
| 24 | I felt as if I was in limbo . |
| 25 | I felt as if I did n't exist for you . ’ |
| 26 | I felt as if I were drowning in sleep . |
| 27 | I felt as if I was at a milestone now , on the threshold of something . |
| 28 | I felt as if I were suffocating . |
| 29 | I did as I was told and flopped down on a chair , but it gradually got worse and worse , and I felt as if I was going to be sick . |
| 30 | I felt as if I had singlehandedly wrecked San Francisco . |