Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb infin] as [subord] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By then large drops were falling all around me , another landing on my wig and one splashing on my shoulder , making me jump as if I 'd been prodded with a therm-knife . |
| 2 | Sue 's skin , thought Marion , Sue 's skin , so why do I feel as if I 'm the one , as if it all happened in my room , as if it had all happened to me ? |
| 3 | ‘ Do I look as if I am jesting ? ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ Do I look as if I 'm having a hard time ? |
| 6 | Do I look as if I 'm in danger ? |
| 7 | ‘ Do I look as if I am joking , Miss Bishop ? ’ |
| 8 | The return of Latin would make them feel as if they were experiencing something mysterious and exalted , something greater than themselves . |
| 9 | ‘ It made me feel as if everything was all right with the world . |
| 10 | They think my Yorkshire accent is amusing , and Nicola , my boss , tells friends that I 'm ‘ from the country ’ , which makes me feel as if I 'm from another planet . |
| 11 | It stops me concentrating on breathing properly and makes me feel as if I 've lost control of the situation . |
| 12 | The skills of the midwives were everything I could have wished for and the NCT made me feel as if I was a useful part of the whole process . |
| 13 | Elsie B graced me with a long chat which made me feel as if I 'd been in the presence of royalty , though I suspect not too many members of the Royal Family are at their desk as early as Elsie . |
| 14 | ‘ You make me feel as if I 'd died . ’ |
| 15 | He made me feel as if he had rescued me from some intellectual gutter , some abyss of boredom . |
| 16 | Like SuperCalc these are n't pictorial in content , but at least the shadowed button look makes them appear as if you should click then with a mouse — which is more than can be said for either of the other two packages . |
| 17 | It may make me sound as if I 'm in training for a Blue Peter badge , but it works . |
| 18 | I 'd swap my vest and plasters for a Marks and Spencer circle-stitched bra , a rigid , pointed contraption that made me look as if I had a couple of ice-cream cones up my jumper : I could never fill them to the end ( not even on a good day ) and the last waltz would result in dents in the ends . |
| 19 | Now the 27 year-old sculptor specialises In beautifully complex human and animal forms , steeped in classical influences and burnished or weathered to make them look as if they have several lifetimes of history behind them . |
| 20 | They have the highest income-tax and VAT rates , the harshest drinking laws , the dreariest bars , the dullest restaurants and television that makes you feel as if you are warming up for a coma . |
| 21 | ‘ Peaks ’ is actually to give the wrong impression , anywhere else they would be no more than hills ; but on Amantani they give a commanding view of Lake Titicaca and make you feel as if you 're on top of the world . |
| 22 | ‘ When he talks to you he makes you feel as if you are the only person in the entire world , ’ said one woman who met him on the campaign trail . |
| 23 | They come complete with full battle briefings , thought-provoking commentaries , films and realistic audio effects that make you feel as if you 're almost witnessing the battle scene . |
| 24 | So he was making you feel as if you were getting somewhere |
| 25 | Do you feel as if you 're really expressing something |
| 26 | ‘ What can happen in one 's middle-fifties one can be bugged by something they say that makes you react as if you are six . |
| 27 | ‘ Why do you talk as if you and Jake had only one child ? ’ she whispered . |
| 28 | Sometimes her caprices made him behave as if he was . |
| 29 | To Sabine , used to Aunt Ruth 's dab of power and smudge of lipstick , the Baronne 's maquillage made her appear as if she was wearing an exquisite but remote mask , spoiled only by the small piece of sticking plaster on her forehead . |
| 30 | Leavis 's Great Tradition is headed by a motto from a letter of D. H. Lawrence declaring that writing makes him feel as if he ‘ stood naked for the fire of Almighty God to go through me . ’ |