Example sentences of "[v-ing] as if [pron] had " in BNC.
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| 31 | Then he remembered a woman he 'd met once on a train , she was singing hymns to the window , he 'd been embarrassed at first , half her fringe was missing as if someone had taken a bite out of it , only he knew she 'd done it because she caught him staring and laughed and said , ‘ I always cut it when I 'm loaded , ’ and he remembered something about a house , and because there was nothing left to cling to , because it was the only piece of wreckage left afloat , he remembered how to get there too , it was either remember or die . |
| 32 | Meredith swallowed , not knowing why her skin was tingling as if it had been electrified . |
| 33 | ‘ What 's wrong , Dana ? ’ she asked , feeling as if she had run a mile instead of just a few feet . |
| 34 | Gina went down the stairs feeling as if she had been reading someone 's letters , or had been forced to eavesdrop on a conversation she did n't want to hear . |
| 35 | I 'd like that , ’ she said , feeling as if he had given her a priceless gift . |
| 36 | But here she was , floating on the calm blue sea , with Malta 's rocky cliffs to the north , and Africa two hundred and thirty kilometres to the south , revelling in Roman 's wry , amusing conversation , mentally relishing the folk-tales , the fictional fate of Antonio and Louisa , and revisualising the images of the luminous sponge and coral on the bed of the Blue Grotto , feeling as if someone had waved a magic wand , wafted her to a place of her heart 's desire … |
| 37 | His mood changed like quicksilver , the sombreness vanishing as if it had never been there . |