Example sentences of "as if i [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I went to Bristol it looked very much as if I would have to go without my prop . |
| 2 | It looked as if I would have to have a go at the electricity meter with an electro-magnet again . |
| 3 | But Dad said only : ‘ You should have taken your sister with you — ’ ( as if I would take Ethel anywhere I did n't have to — and certainly not the lavatory . ) |
| 4 | as if I would crack . |
| 5 | Well it lukks as if I ll have tae mind wan thing when Ah meet your incomer pals , Isabel . |
| 6 | I feel as if I ought to make a really profound statement about something ! |
| 7 | I feel really as if I ought to start flying through this awful mess ! |
| 8 | That 's why I 'm feeling as if I ought to stay in tonight really . |
| 9 | And while her heart plodded to a dull beat , ‘ It looks as if I shall have to work the entire weekend , ’ he stated . |
| 10 | He grinned at me in the gloom , and introduced himself as if I might recognize the name . |
| 11 | With eyes fixed on me as if I was hypnotisin' him , he takes the papermate out of the tray and moves away as if I might bite . |
| 12 | ‘ It looks as if I 'll make that damned dancing class after all . |
| 13 | I feel as if I 'll die if I stay where I am but I 'm scared to get up and go somewhere else . |
| 14 | I feel as if I 'll have done my bit . |
| 15 | I feel as if I can slip by , no one will notice me or comment . |
| 16 | This year it looks as if I will have even more . |
| 17 | Wittgenstein pointed out that no account is satisfactory that assumes that a human somehow surveys the alternatives and chooses one : ‘ It is as if I should say that the application of a word does not pass in one moment in front of my eye ’ ( 1964 : 15 ) . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's ridiculous , I know , but I feel as if I should know her , as if I 've seen her before somewhere . ’ |
| 19 | I asked about the baby and she looked at me as if I should know . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I know ; sometimes I feel as if I should like to knock all their heads together . ’ |
| 21 | [ I was ] so oppressed by a sense of sin that I felt almost as if I should die ! |
| 22 | They were using pictures well and I felt as if I could contribute . ’ |
| 23 | It 's not as if I could tell you much , anyway , seeing I never met her . ’ |
| 24 | On that immaculate morning , I felt as if I could do no wrong . |
| 25 | Nevertheless , each day the company under his command suffered an average of 20–30 casualties from the shelling ; his Company HQ , a hole in a shattered trench , ‘ inundated with the blood of the wounded , who came to take refuge close to me , as if I could do anything , alas … ’ his mother on reaching the Mort Homme during the calm before the storm , he described it as ‘ an excellent corner , the best in the sector ’ . |
| 26 | Despite the phone ringing insistently in the background , I felt as if I could have sat there for ever . |
| 27 | " O.K. " I yawned , sounding as if I could take it or leave it . |
| 28 | I felt liberated without the load , as if I could fly , and I found the cruel surroundings suddenly beautiful . |
| 29 | It was as if I could see Dorothy looking at them , looking at them , trying to draw something from them to help her to hold on . |
| 30 | ‘ Still alive , and wanting to marry me again — as if I 'd give him the chance ! ’ |