Example sentences of "as [conj] i [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No I was n't so much disappointed as that I was disappointed that there was only five would be sponsors and that it was we had to give out |
| 2 | as if I was holding the thought in my hands , looking at it , turning it about . |
| 3 | He settled down again to work ( ‘ lessons and literature ’ ) , with some hours spent at Wimbledon with Arthur Hardy ‘ in the warmth and strange visible light of the late afternoon ’ , and enjoyed the kindness around Which I never felt so much as of late , when it looked as if I was soon to cast it away with such apparent rudeness ’ . |
| 4 | It was fascinating , I felt as if I was learning about another world . |
| 5 | It was awful , because although I 'd worn the dress all day , and stuck up for myself , I did feel bad about it ; they made me feel bad , sort of guilty , as if I was showing off my body . |
| 6 | And when the great beast stopped to answer a call of nature , I felt as if I was sitting astride Mount Pinatubo . |
| 7 | With eyes fixed on me as if I was hypnotisin' him , he takes the papermate out of the tray and moves away as if I might bite . |
| 8 | as if I was n't in enough trouble with the cab company already — blood all over the place ! ’ |
| 9 | He gave me an odd look as if I was telling strange stories . |
| 10 | Since then I am called ‘ Majesty ’ and it seems to me as if I was part of a play . |
| 11 | ‘ And what else ? ’ he asked excitedly , as if I was short-changing him . |
| 12 | In early 1986 , my foot finally healed and I began to train as if I was as fit as I had been before my injury . |
| 13 | We headed out along the waterfront towards the port , but it felt as if I was treading water . |
| 14 | Fear often played tricks with my perception and now it seemed as if I was losing my grip of reality . |
| 15 | I felt as if I was a schoolboy who had done something wrong and was being taken to see the headmaster . |
| 16 | He looked half determined , half afraid , as if I was a lion which he as assistant keeper was helping to escort from one zoo to another . |
| 17 | I walked suddenly faster on the railway station as if I was testing how closely he kept up with me . |
| 18 | The nurse called my name ; I walked into the consulting room , flashing a worn , mechanical smile , but feeling as if I was walking onto the stage at the National without my trousers . |
| 19 | He said that it was like taking dictation , ‘ as if I was ghosting for another man ’ . |
| 20 | And I hate being called ‘ dear ’ or ‘ darling ’ just as if I was a child . ’ |
| 21 | My purple stripy barrel-bag — it was small , it 'd look as if I was going off to my gran 's for the weekend . |
| 22 | My dressing-up box — I used to dress up long after everyone else had grown out of it — Mum got embarrassed , as if I was retarded . |
| 23 | Of whom did Queen Victoria complain , ‘ He speaks to me as if I was a public meeting ? |
| 24 | as if I was not really meant to be here . |
| 25 | The skills of the midwives were everything I could have wished for and the NCT made me feel as if I was a useful part of the whole process . |
| 26 | These , however , have to co-exist next to real lulus like , ‘ Being a mole I felt as if I was living on burrowed time . ’ |
| 27 | I felt as if I was in limbo . |
| 28 | My giddiness had gone and I felt happy and relaxed , as if I was being carried along on a slow , peaceful current . |
| 29 | This made me feel a quite genuine shame and remorse although — it was as if I was torn into two separate parts both rationally and emotionally — I knew that hurt bewilderment was something I should beware of : he was my enemy who would use any art to outwit me if I could . |
| 30 | Richard and I thought you had settled so nicely ’ — as if I was some sort of jelly — and then , ‘ Well , if you really want to , I suppose it would be nice for you to earn a little pin money . ’ |