Example sentences of "i as [conj] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moderator I I as before I 'm resisting this . |
| 2 | She looked at me as though I had said a dirty word . |
| 3 | Alison regarded me as though I were a dosser who 'd just importuned her for some spare change . |
| 4 | ‘ You question me as though I were a pedlar but you do not tell me what you are doing in the forest . |
| 5 | Among the crowd of pedestrians I glimpsed a creature , whether boy or girl , and suddenly had the breath taken from me as though I had been punched , hard . |
| 6 | McIllvanney stared at me as though I was a complete idiot . |
| 7 | ‘ But maybe he does , ’ Thessy insisted sadly , and both he and Ellen stared reproachfully at me as though I was risking all their future prosperity . |
| 8 | Ellen put down her cup of coffee and stared at me as though I had gone completely mad . |
| 9 | People milled past , skirting me as though I were bad luck . |
| 10 | I mean some people are looking at me as though I 've just revealed some dread secret |
| 11 | ‘ Okay , ’ I say , when Frank 's finished talking to me as though I 'm a Sun reader . |
| 12 | Kagan looked at me as though I was demented . |
| 13 | I was fifteen , and the nurses treated me as though I should n't have been there . |
| 14 | I was sufficiently idiotic to love with a longing that weakened me as though I was bleeding . |
| 15 | Then he turned and studied me as though I were an unbelievable phenomenon . |
| 16 | I spoke to him but he walked past me as though I was n't there … |
| 17 | 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 . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ 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 ! |
| 19 | ‘ There 's no need to look at me as though I 'm about to rape you , ’ he barked impatiently . |
| 20 | He still treats me as though I were ten . |