Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] if i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't want to sound as if I have n't got sympathy with people 'cause I know it 's bloody hard , but I know a lot of blacks who use it [ blackness ] as an excuse and we 've got to be careful that we do n't use it like that . |
| 2 | One very quick point , sorry erm I do n't want to sound as if I feel I can but er I welcome your comment at the beginning the condition be be left out on what 's going on because I thought this was actually the key function of this committee and I mean I see these are being decision has been taken . |
| 3 | Do n't get me wrong , I like flashy bass playing and it would be wrong for me to sound as if I did n't approve ; it 's just that these kind of situations are always a trade-off . |
| 4 | My heart was thumping as if I had run a race and there was a pain in my back . |
| 5 | Maybe this is why I am treated as if I 've polluted the town 's water . |
| 6 | Patterson 's eyes flickered as if I 'd given him a straw to grasp , but I pressed on . |
| 7 | It might have looked as if I wanted the bloody money ! ’ |
| 8 | ‘ It looks as if I 'd better , does n't it ? ’ |
| 9 | It looks as if I 've got no hands . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ But it looks as if I 've been lucky and escaped the worst of it . |
| 11 | ‘ It looks as if I 've wasted your time . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Carrington , I must admit I never much believed in any of this malarkey , but it looks as if I 've been proved wrong . |
| 13 | It always looks as if I 've gone along with a sort of scalpel at the bottom of the letters as well , a sort of shaved off |
| 14 | I thought to myself , ‘ I have n't bought any tickets for the raffle but it looks as if I have won first prize . ’ |
| 15 | " It looks as if I have to , " I said . |
| 16 | When I eventually did get home , though , I remembered most of those I had forgotten as if I had not been away . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | They behaved as if I 'd got something to do with the wretched man 's disappearance . |
| 19 | ‘ Damn it , stop looking as if I 've just hit you again ! |
| 20 | When Maria knocked on the door at half past five I woke as if I had a hangover . |
| 21 | Well no , what do I do about if I get given a detention ? |
| 22 | Elsie B graced me with a long chat which made me feel as if I 'd been in the presence of royalty , though I suspect not too many members of the Royal Family are at their desk as early as Elsie . |
| 23 | ‘ You make me feel as if I 'd died . ’ |
| 24 | It stops me concentrating on breathing properly and makes me feel as if I 've lost control of the situation . |
| 25 | Er , my experience is slightly different when erm when I had been trying to sort of recover , I did n't , I did n't feel as if I 've get any help from professionals that I approached . |
| 26 | I am chickening out cos I do n't feel as if I 've learnt an awful lot . |
| 27 | And I shall feel as if I 've got up , been round the world |
| 28 | Sorry to say this , but I did n't feel as if I liked any of the people I was involved with either . ’ |
| 29 | Maybe I do n't feel as if I exist in my own right . |
| 30 | I did n't accept er the opportunity to retire and take it easy , it seemed as if I had worked twenty seven years for nothing ! |