Example sentences of "[prep] [conj] i [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I had also agreed to load up out of sight , though within easy walking distance , of villages — it would be as as if I had gone into the villages for supplies , but this way meant that I would n't attract anyone 's attention . |
| 32 | It was as if I had denied Daisy and Joszef . |
| 33 | Then I saw his face in the driving mirror and felt ashamed , as if I had struck a child . |
| 34 | I write about Agnes , I try to imagine her , I let her sit on a bench in the sauna , walk around Paris , leaf through a magazine , talk with her husband , but the thing that started it all , the gesture of a woman waving to a lifeguard by the side of a pool , it must seem as if I had forgotten that . |
| 35 | Except that in that case Timmy would n't be Timmy , and the thought that there might be no Timmy , that there might be some other person altogether occupying his space in the world , fills me with terror , as if I had looked out of the bedroom window and found the solid earth beneath the house had disappeared . |
| 36 | It was too absurd — the invitation , then this curt dismissal , as if I had exhausted his patience . |
| 37 | He looked at me , as if I had talked of going to the North Pole . ’ |
| 38 | The events of the week-end seemed to recede , to become locked away , as if I had dreamt them ; and yet as I walked there came the strangest feeling , compounded of the early hour , the absolute solitude , and what had happened , of having entered a myth ; a knowledge of what it was like physically , moment by moment , to have been young and ancient , a Ulysses on his way to meet Circe , a Theseus on his journey to Crete , an Oedipus still searching for his destiny . |
| 39 | Bird noises faded up as if I had found another TV control . |
| 40 | Rachel daintily arched one eyebrow as if I had mentioned inviting her servants to some feast or revelry . |
| 41 | I felt awful , as if I had hurt him . |
| 42 | One of them kisses me as if I had won a prize for the most amusing and far-fetched story of the evening . |
| 43 | The idea struck him as somehow absurd , as if I had told him I did n't have a head or a heart . |
| 44 | My heart froze for a second , as if I had put on an elaborate disguise and suddenly been addressed by name — I did n't feel safe any more . |
| 45 | It was as if I had committed a faux pas by referring to the singing . |
| 46 | Many years later , Charles recalled the defection of " the whole people " , the emperor 's capture , the sending of " his wife " ( this , interestingly , is Charles alluding to his own mother ) into exile in Italy , and " the treatment of me , a mere ten-year old , as if I had committed huge crimes " . |
| 47 | 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 ! |
| 48 | as if I had stuck knives into her . " |
| 49 | Now I live in a painful planet , transparent as ice ; but it is as if I had learned everything in seconds … |
| 50 | He looked at me as if I had trodden in something on the way in . |
| 51 | I was in tears and my stomach felt painful , as if I 'd fallen and twisted a muscle . |
| 52 | ‘ Cretin ’ , he glared at me as if I 'd said it . |
| 53 | The leader nodded as if I 'd said something deeply wise , confirming his faith in me . |
| 54 | ‘ Tod Richardson , ’ I repeat , speaking flatly , nodding to Vinnie Dirkin as if I 'd guessed it all the while . |
| 55 | Well , in comes Alf , with 'is belly full of old and mild as usual , and asks me why do I look as if I 'd lost a pound and found thruppence . |
| 56 | I tried to look as if this was perfectly normal , as if I 'd asked him to make the entry for me . |
| 57 | It ma'es me feel as if I 'd swallowed poison , an' had a bellyful , in a way . |
| 58 | My mouth felt as if I 'd swallowed a cheesegrater and my scalp had suddenly acquired radioactive dandruff . |
| 59 | Whenever I smiled , he smiled back happily as if I 'd given him something . |
| 60 | Patterson 's eyes flickered as if I 'd given him a straw to grasp , but I pressed on . |