Example sentences of "[noun sg] felt as if [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My mouth felt as if I 'd swallowed a cheesegrater and my scalp had suddenly acquired radioactive dandruff . |
| 2 | Pulsatilla LM1 produced a response within 3 days when her mouth felt as if it was coated with glue and then she suddenly found she could smell again ! |
| 3 | Her face and neck felt as if she 'd been sitting in the heat of an oven . |
| 4 | The supple gold of her swimsuit felt as if it were melting under the heat generating between them . |
| 5 | The rudder felt as if it were covered with barnacles , and the engine sounded old and tired , but there was no reason for grounding the plane . |
| 6 | She had strong hands , and the pressure she put into her grasp felt as if she was about to throw him over her shoulder or come out with some menacingly appropriate comment . |
| 7 | Her collarbone felt as if it were about to burst through her skin but her head had cleared and she felt strong . |
| 8 | Despite the scenery , however , my shin felt as if it was in a red-hot clamp , with someone turning the screw . |
| 9 | Her body felt as if it were being wrapped in very , very tight bandages . |
| 10 | Her head felt as if it had been hit with a bag of cement , or replaced with one . |
| 11 | She swayed , and the colour felt as if it was draining from her face . |
| 12 | Ace felt as if she 'd been struck . |
| 13 | Retreating to her bedroom , flinging things into her suitcase , she was furious to find that tears were pricking the backs of her eyes , and her heart felt as if it might be slowly breaking into a million pieces … |
| 14 | Her heart felt as if it must burst . |
| 15 | But all at once her heart felt as if it was crushed in ice . |
| 16 | Her heart felt as if it was broken . |
| 17 | His chest felt as if it was going to burst and he felt sick and dizzy as he settled down to a steady plod . |
| 18 | I could hardly breathe by the time I got there ; my chest felt as if it was bursting and my throat was clenched tight and my legs were quivering again . |
| 19 | The interior was still waiting for its first clean and the upholstery felt as if it had been textured in buff nicotine . |
| 20 | Folly felt as if she were struggling against a tide . |
| 21 | How dare he look so composed , so unaffected by what had just happened between them , when her own stomach felt as if it were the epicentre of an earthquake ? |
| 22 | Fortuna was smiling on me and my haphazard trip felt as if it was taking some kind of shape , a dynamic and a logic of its own . |
| 23 | His body ached all over and the wounded arm felt as if it were dropping off . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm just hysterical with exhaustion , ’ I said , smiling up at Flora until my face felt as if it would crack . |
| 25 | She ran a shaking hand through her soft curls and forced a smile , even though her face felt as if it would crack with the effort . |
| 26 | His crushed throat felt as if it had a lump of stone lodged inside it . |
| 27 | He tried to scream the name but his throat felt as if it had been cauterized with a hot iron . |