Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [conj] i [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My heart was thumping as if I had run a race and there was a pain in my back . |
| 2 | Maybe this is why I am treated as if I 've polluted the town 's water . |
| 3 | Patterson 's eyes flickered as if I 'd given him a straw to grasp , but I pressed on . |
| 4 | 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 |
| 5 | It looks as if I 've got no hands . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ It looks as if I 've wasted your time . ’ |
| 7 | I thought to myself , ‘ I have n't bought any tickets for the raffle but it looks as if I have won first prize . ’ |
| 8 | They behaved as if I 'd got something to do with the wretched man 's disappearance . |
| 9 | Well no , what do I do about if I get given a detention ? |
| 10 | ‘ You make me feel as if I 'd died . ’ |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | It stops me concentrating on breathing properly and makes me feel as if I 've lost control of the situation . |
| 13 | I am chickening out cos I do n't feel as if I 've learnt an awful lot . |
| 14 | And I shall feel as if I 've got up , been round the world |
| 15 | 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 ! |
| 16 | ( I learned from this experience that rigor mortis takes much longer to set in than I had supposed ; quite some time , in fact . ) |
| 17 | Well I 'll have to accept that I do n't know where that came from but I 've got down here state 's interest |
| 18 | Mm Oh I 've put in for one to pay the erm interest on the mortgage , which I have to do and that 's all being seen to because I 've had another letter saying can you tell me what this second loan were for and I 've put down yes , it was for windows and sent a bit of paper er , you know , that we 've paid four thousand seven hundred and something , five thousand , nine hundred and something we 've paid for them windows and I 've spent that |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | If getting to the last eight of the Scottish Cup makes it look as if I have taken to management like a duck to water , I would be telling lies if I said the job was easy . |
| 21 | ‘ You make it sound as if I 've won a sweepstake ! ’ she said bitterly , still fighting to control her feelings . |
| 22 | I 'm trying hard to look as if I 've got decorum . |
| 23 | I look as if I 've made an about-turn but in terms of simple logistics it 's getting itself out of all proportion . ’ |
| 24 | When I sit down they billow up in front of me and I look as if I 've got a water melon under there . |
| 25 | Two inches on my hair and I look as if I 've had my face thinned and people start speaking in hushed voices in my presence . |
| 26 | The leader nodded as if I 'd said something deeply wise , confirming his faith in me . |
| 27 | I do n't know how I 'm going to because I 've got some peculiar colours . |
| 28 | People get confused then they think , Oh when something I 've got to and I 've to read all those messages a lack of rapport really is n't it ? |
| 29 | Oh look at that I 've lost me pen now , bloody thing 's , okay |
| 30 | Based on that I have to give it to Mel cos he could also bend the ball around the wall to score — I never saw Lorimer do that ( he did nt have to ! ) . |