Example sentences of "as if [pers pn] have have a " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I feel women are pushed out of hospital , just as if they 'd had a minor operation , or a very mild illness . ’
2 Others may experience a light-headed sensation as if they have had a few glasses of wine ; a few fall into a deep sleep !
3 as if she had had a signal from the Chief Superintendent , Sergeant Henley subsided and Coffin took over the questioning .
4 She felt for all the world as if she 'd had a hangover — an event that had happened exactly once in her well-ordered life .
5 The last vestiges of their former jolly sound has been drowned in swathes of layered , fuzzy guitar and Julianne sounds as if she 's had a surgical appliance attached to her vocal chords .
6 She sounded as if she 's had a few .
7 She looked up at his face , unattractively blotched by the morning chill , at the grubby stubble , at the two brittle hairs at the corners of his mouth , at the trace of blackened blood in the left nostril , as if he had had a nose bleed , at the eyes , still gummy with sleep .
8 He felt odd , queer , as if he 'd had a bad dream .
9 ‘ I believe they behaved as if he 'd had a fortunate escape — condemned Isabelle as an aventurière , and worse .
10 It was as if he 'd had a sudden glimpse of a side of himself he did n't know , a side that was dark and uncontrolled .
11 I had never had him down as a kerb-crawler either , but from the state of the car it looked as if it had had a good kicking .
12 It was as if I 'd had a bad dream .
13 It made me feel sick — as if I 'd had a clout ; in the stomach . ’
14 Last time I let you talk me into having a go , I felt as if I 'd had a session in a tumble dryer . ’
15 On the way back from moving the sheep , I felt as if I 'd had a night in the pub , started feeling very wheezy and , Oh this is good .
16 You always reacted as if you had had a leg amputated when people are just … oh , really .
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