Example sentences of "as if [pers pn] have a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were silent as she walked through the door to the dining room , as if they had a secret . |
| 2 | ‘ Do n't look so wistful — there will be another time for Bamburgh , ’ he said quietly , and she wondered why he was talking as if they had a future together . |
| 3 | It 's as if they have a life of their own . ’ |
| 4 | The term ‘ gouger ’ is flexible in that it refers to known criminals as well as others who look or act as if they have a potential for crime and trouble . |
| 5 | She burned and throbbed as if she had a fever . |
| 6 | If she found it stretching credulity that a meeting between them was n't inevitable she 'd always fiercely denied to herself that she had any interest in seeing him again , so why should she be feeling so shivery and hot , almost as if she had a fever ? |
| 7 | She looked as if she had a lapful of tropical bird feathers . |
| 8 | Her voice sounded slurred and she mumbled her words , as if she had a mouthful of marbles . |
| 9 | And she 'd give me that look , like at first , half wary , half defiant , as if she had a secret to defend from me . |
| 10 | She looked at him , smiling , her eyes bright as if she had a secret . |
| 11 | It did n't feel as if she had a body at all . |
| 12 | ‘ They beat me , ’ he said , his teeth chattering as if he had a fever . |
| 13 | Oh , God , why was she explaining like this , as if he had a right to know ? |
| 14 | If the Savage Orc has a shield as well then he has a saving throw of 5 or 6 just as if he had a mail shirt and shield . |
| 15 | Either that or find a robin who looks as if he has a purpose in life . |
| 16 | From what Wayne had been able to see of her left eye , it had looked as if it had a couple of drops of blood in it . |
| 17 | A moan rises from the wind , as if it had a spirit . |
| 18 | I should prefer the headland without it but it 's beginning to look as if it had a right to be there . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ It 's as if it had a mind of its own ’ , ’ Grimma read . |
| 20 | His crushed throat felt as if it had a lump of stone lodged inside it . |
| 21 | Esther says of Mrs Jellyby : her voice impressed my fancy as if it had a sort of spectacles on too Ch 8 and of Mr Turveydrop : |
| 22 | There was a moment of silence as their gazes locked , and his last sentence seemed to hang in the air , as if it had a meaning beyond the surface value of the words . |
| 23 | When Maria knocked on the door at half past five I woke as if I had a hangover . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | ‘ I sometimes have a queer feeling with regard to you — especially when you are near me , as now : it is as if I had a string somewhere under my left ribs , tightly and inextricably knotted to a similar string situated in the corresponding quarter of your little frame . |
| 26 | It 's not as if I have a sister or brother to worry about . |
| 27 | Sounds as if you 've a strain , the way you 're walking you know the |
| 28 | As Theresa says , we usually try and censor them , try and say no , you know , leave that out , erm , it 's as if you had a kind of er censor sitting in your mind telling me , er telling you telling you er er , but it works with me too , erm what you can and can not say . |