Example sentences of "though i were " in BNC.
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| 1 | I felt as though I were about to undergo an important test . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Money can not soften some things , ’ Wilson said ‘ and you can not begin to imagine the insults , the nature of the insults , as though I were a woman of the streets … |
| 3 | The exhibition was crowded and I felt that , really , this was for Hungarians , as though I were intruding on a private grief . |
| 4 | It was as though I were sitting in a movie and my actions were flashing in front of my eyes . |
| 5 | Just as though I were a bit daft , Isobel thought with sudden resentment . |
| 6 | It happened in a flash , although in retrospect everything seemed to occur in slow motion , as though I were watching from another planet . |
| 7 | Whether it was that in that heightened state I had a premonition of what was to follow , or was simply recalling Dennis 's corpse-like stupor in the next room , I felt a perverted thrill , as though I were desecrating the most holy altar of all . |
| 8 | I felt as though I were seducing her all over again . |
| 9 | Alison regarded me as though I were a dosser who 'd just importuned her for some spare change . |
| 10 | ‘ You question me as though I were a pedlar but you do not tell me what you are doing in the forest . |
| 11 | No doubt if I can not break out of the convention of thinking as though I were a detached Ego contemplating unmoved both the possible consequences and my fear of them , it will seem that I can have no reason to stop smoking unless I recognize some further imperative such as ‘ Take care of your health ’ . |
| 12 | And why Did I ever tell you , as though I were an old friend ? |
| 13 | It seemed so unfair to have faced one trial to prove my innocence , and now to face a kind of drumhead court martial as though I were guilty . |
| 14 | Later , when I was more familiar with the beliefs and practices of the movement and had ‘ learned the language ’ , I would interact with the Moonies as though I were one of them , and , although I never pretended that I accepted their beliefs or that I was anything other than a sociologist studying the movement , members who did not know me would mistake me for a member — the Moonies themselves were no longer ‘ translating ’ for me when we were interacting . |
| 15 | People milled past , skirting me as though I were bad luck . |
| 16 | He listened , nodding , as though I were recounting |
| 17 | ‘ It 's not as though I were writing a new book , ’ Elinor said crossly . |
| 18 | ‘ All right , then , ’ he softly prompted , as though I were speaking lines , ‘ go on . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ You heard me say how it felt as though I were in a bad dream , unable to wake . |
| 20 | I seemed fated to spend my time with them and it made me feel incomplete as though I were yet unborn . |
| 21 | Edward thought : It is as though I were adrift , untethered . |
| 22 | Then he turned and studied me as though I were an unbelievable phenomenon . |
| 23 | I ca n't explain it , but it was as though I were transported outside of myself , on the verge of grasping the significance of being . |
| 24 | But no one here has treated me as though I were anything but a permanent staff member , so do n't have any worries on that score . ’ |
| 25 | I should like to have a good bath — I have n't had one for weeks — and something to eat , before you begin to cut me up as though I were one of your business opponents laid out for you to hand them the coup de grâce . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Well , I must say I did n't expect the red carpet , but neither did I expect you all to look at me as though I were the devil incarnate ! |
| 27 | Instead of sheltering me you turn to squabbling amongst yourselves , haggling over the cost of your own father freedom as though I were an ox brought to market . |
| 28 | She was conscious of one undoubted fact : ‘ He was directing all his conversations to Joan Sims at this time , so I felt as though I were being talked at , rather than talked to . ’ |
| 29 | … and if this sounds as though I were conducting a tutorial , then I make no apology . |
| 30 | He still treats me as though I were ten . |