Example sentences of "felt as [subord] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the bar that evening we felt as if we were in the movie Top Gun as U.S. Navy pilots sang , ‘ You 've Lost That Lovin' Feeling ’ to us . |
| 2 | Once it was dark our spirits were again surprisingly high ; we all felt as if we belonged to a large family . |
| 3 | I often felt as if we came from different planets ! ’ |
| 4 | I felt as if we were in the presence of a ghoul , the living dead . |
| 5 | She felt as if her heart had turned into a fist and was trying to punch its way out of her chest . |
| 6 | She leaped up the track and ran until she felt as if her lungs would burst . |
| 7 | She felt as if her own emotions had been tossed brutally into a whirlwind . |
| 8 | She felt as if her heart were reflected there . |
| 9 | Meredith felt as if her nerves were strung on a line . |
| 10 | She felt as if her mind was detached from her body , she was light-headed , incapable of decisions . |
| 11 | Her eyes were on Theda 's in a look so compelling that Theda felt as if her mind were being dragged out to be read . |
| 12 | There was enough to crowd out all but the most persistent of memories , however , for rehearsals were absolute mayhem , and from day one until the opening she felt as if her feet scarcely touched the ground . |
| 13 | They felt as if they 'd been scoured out with a Brillo pad . |
| 14 | Her fingers felt as if they were encased in cool wax . |
| 15 | The leather chafed her heels and the straps felt as if they were going to crush her bones . |
| 16 | There was a filthy taste in his mouth and his lips felt as if they had been stung . |
| 17 | His bony legs , which usually felt as if they would collapse beneath him , felt firmer , stronger . |
| 18 | My legs felt as if they had gone to sleep : I trod painfully on nothing . |
| 19 | Suitcases that had once been quite light now felt as if they were weighed down with stones . |
| 20 | Patrick squirmed uncomfortably in the jumper and the trousers , which were at least two sizes too large for him — he felt as if they were going to fall down at any moment . |
| 21 | Isobel was ambitious , and had her sights set on the national news media ; unfortunately , so did every other young news-hustler in every backwater station in the country , and few of them were having to contend with sinuses that felt as if they 'd been stuffed with pillows . |
| 22 | When he had gone , Jessamy wandered into the small bedroom and sat down on the bed , because her legs felt as if they just would n't hold her up any longer . |
| 23 | Why he felt as if they had just agreed to an illicit liaison he did not know , unless it was the air of sexual invitation this woman wore as other women wore perfume , the practised composition of glance and gesture that she used to imply everything whilst proposing nothing . |
| 24 | Abruptly , the dark head was bent to hers again , the compulsive brush of his lips against the side of her neck so searing it felt as if they grazed her skin . |
| 25 | She felt as if they were face to face with an inquisitor . |
| 26 | Oddly reassured by that very lack of sympathy , Luce followed him on legs that felt as if they hardly belonged to her . |
| 27 | Passing hot-dog stands and car parks and stalls selling Formula One memorabilia , she sprinted around the outside of the circuit until , when her lungs felt as if they would burst , she finally reached double gates in the high chain-link perimeter fence which enclosed the pits . |
| 28 | After a spell in the line men felt as if they belonged to some exclusive monastic order whose grim rites were simply beyond the comprehension of the laymen at the rear . |
| 29 | Yeah , they 're quite soft anyway it just felt as if they were sort of my toes were sort of jammed up against the end but |
| 30 | Hepzibah 's brilliant eyes looked into hers and Carrie felt as if something inside her , some hard , painful lump , were dissolving . |