Example sentences of "[adv] as [subord] i [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am bound to say that his personality and his voice with his Glasgow accent were a little disconcerting at first ( I felt rather as if I were being addressed by my highly educated carpenter ) , but he inspired me with such confidence as he went on that I forgot that , and of course one has to recognise that a new era in political life has dawned for England , the old aristocratic school is practically swept out of it , it is the dawn of the new " regime " . |
| 2 | I dropped my right wing suddenly as if I were turning into the cloud and immediately swung over into a steep left hand turn . |
| 3 | ‘ I ca n't say I feel much as if I am , ’ he added . |
| 4 | And I hate being called ‘ dear ’ or ‘ darling ’ just as if I was a child . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ But it 's not as if I 'm facing surgery , or anything drastic like that . |
| 6 | It 's not as if I 'm going to run off and have affairs with them just because they 're physically appealing . ’ |
| 7 | I feel exactly as if I were having a very prolonged dream but every time I come out of it I 'm so tired I fall back into it again . |
| 8 | Just because I 'm a girl I can be brushed aside as if I 'm of no account . |
| 9 | They then hauled me up as if I were injured . |
| 10 | ‘ No , but I have n't told Ma yet , so I came out as if I were going too school . ’ |
| 11 | … why am I writing all this out as if I were trying to assimilate myself to her ? |
| 12 | quite keen , well it is n't as if I 'm gon na stay for a year , he 's sort of thinking sort of you know going out there to work and I |
| 13 | Yet you would have thought that you know , it was n't as if I were disrupting the class or anything . |
| 14 | She responded , but almost as if I was n't there , so I did a few gestures in front of her face — Signalman Flagging Down Runaway Express , sort of thing — and she briefly focused on me and laughed and then went back into her secret nuptial sett . |
| 15 | It was almost as if I was intended to see that they were not really supernatural ; and there was Conchis 's cryptic , doubt-sowing advice that it would be easier if I pretended to believe . |
| 16 | It was like — almost as if I was trying to answer them , in my mind . |
| 17 | ‘ It 's her words , ’ Lucy went on almost as if I was n't there . |
| 18 | Then , walking back to the car , I started rehearsing what I 'd say to them , almost as if I were concocting my story . |
| 19 | Almost as if I were not there … |
| 20 | After a while , the numbness I 'd experienced after the press conference set in , and I felt again as if I were talking not about John and me , but about two different people . |
| 21 | I changed into Tommy 's uniform in my roomette and went along to the dining car where Emil , Oliver and Cathy welcomed me casually as if I were an accepted part of the crew . |
| 22 | Long , black , fat-bellied and red-eyed , the bastards watched me hungrily as if I was their next meal . |
| 23 | Then I slowly got to my feet and they all started laughing happily as if I was n't dead after all . |