Example sentences of "as [subord] i have [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It felt fragile at first , but it was as if I had finally come up for air after nearly drowning in a pool of lies . |
| 2 | as if I had n't realised that already . |
| 3 | I was trying to look as if I had n't tried to look pretty . |
| 4 | as if I had n't got enough on my plate with Tim throwing a mid-life crisis and Phil doing the disturbed adolescent bit-now if you please Suzanne comes in at three-thirty in the morning , and me lying there sick with worry , she having never thought to phone , and London with rapists on every street corner or so one 's told . |
| 5 | I felt as if I had singlehandedly wrecked San Francisco . |
| 6 | I felt as if I had just given birth . |
| 7 | Earlier I had felt as if I was being torn in two , but now the decision was made , I was floating on a warm tide of physical ease , as if I had just given birth . |
| 8 | The letter announcing my visit lay unopened on the mat when she opened the door , and an hour later I came away believing that I admired a woman who could , under these circumstances and in some pain , treat me as if I had just stepped round the corner for a packet of tea ten minutes before , and talk to me about this and that , and nothing at all . |
| 9 | Feeling as if I had just won a gold medal , I ran home , carefully examined my treasure to find that the ‘ bone ’ handle was only painted tin . |
| 10 | Though the landscape was flat , it seemed , both visually and from the effort it was taking to move the wheelbarrow , that I was continually walking up a hill , but when I looked back , it was as if I had just walked down one . |
| 11 | ‘ Sprechen kommandant , bitte , privaten , ’ I said very slowly , as if I had just learned these words and found difficulty in repeating them . |
| 12 | ‘ Fuck off and leave you alone ! ’ echoed Quigley , as if I had just taken pi to sixteen decimal places off the top of my head . |
| 13 | And the singing of birds I had heard a thousand times , thrushes , blackbirds in our London garden , I heard as if I had never heard them before . |
| 14 | Now I was about to meet him again , it was as if I had suddenly woken up from a syrupy dream . |
| 15 | As I got up Terry looked at me as if I 'd just announced I had a private income . |
| 16 | The big one looked down at me as if I 'd just crawled out from under . |
| 17 | ‘ The whole thing was a perfectly natural mistake , but , thanks to him , they went on as if I 'd just attempted to rob the Bank of England . |
| 18 | I made sure I looked as if I 'd just got out of bed and dressed in a hurry — hence no socks and the sweatshirt — and went down to front garden to wave them in . |
| 19 | " It 's as if I 'd just taken a photograph . " |
| 20 | But it 's as if I 'd never borne her , it 's as if he himself had given birth to her . |
| 21 | Unable to say , Because I felt as if I knew you , as if I 'd always known you ; because your face was as familiar to me as my own , she replied weakly , ‘ Sometimes a particular face stands out . |
| 22 | It 's as if I 'd only seen him at twilight ; and now suddenly I see him at dawn . |
| 23 | ‘ It was heart-breaking — she looked so frail , I felt as if I 'd almost lost her , ’ says her mum . |
| 24 | ‘ Damn it , stop looking as if I 've just hit you again ! |
| 25 | How can I face people when I must look as if I 've just gone ten rounds with an all-in wrestler ? ’ |
| 26 | He giggles a sudden twit-giggle as if I 've just farted and scrunches up his flipping funny face as if the stitches in some private part have just popped open , and at that moment he is the very image of a nervous comic wreak . |
| 27 | as if I have not had enough to worry me with all this talk of Benedict ! ’ |
| 28 | I do n't want to sound as if I have n't got sympathy with people 'cause I know it 's bloody hard , but I know a lot of blacks who use it [ blackness ] as an excuse and we 've got to be careful that we do n't use it like that . |
| 29 | I feel as if I have n't got that much to spare . |
| 30 | It 's not as if I have n't got any . |