Example sentences of "as if she have [been] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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1 | She shook her head as if she had been swimming , and complete consciousness came back to her . |
2 | Right leg bent double , knee red from impact , a scatter of dark soil across her calf , as if she had been trying to run even as she fell . |
3 | Gina went down the stairs feeling as if she had been reading someone 's letters , or had been forced to eavesdrop on a conversation she did n't want to hear . |
4 | Sophie 's voice dipped in disappointment , as if she had been hoping for a graphic account of overturned furniture and blood on the walls . |
5 | She crouched forward in the chair , her muscles stiff , as if she had been sitting in the cold for a long time . |
6 | All their eyes were turned on Rose but she , with just a glance at Moran , took up the Second Mystery as if she had been saying it with them all the nights of their lives . |
7 | When she had finished , her whole body throbbed , ached , was raw , as if she had been cutting up small pieces of herself . |
8 | It felt as if she had been travelling for days instead of only one , on and off , and she arrived as dusk was falling . |
9 | It was as if she had been waiting for him for all these years . |
10 | It was as if she had been waiting for this moment for four years or more . |
11 | It was as if she had been waiting all her life to find this man , this moment . |
12 | Unbelievable as it seemed to him , she almost looked as if she had been crying . |
13 | ‘ The Seraglio complex is through there , ’ her guide croaked , with as little drama as if she had been showing the way to the bathroom . |
14 | It was as if she had been having a nightmare — terrible , perhaps , but still only a dream in which the money could vanish like fairy gold — and woken up to find it was true . |
15 | At once it opened , as if she had been standing there waiting for the summons . |
16 | And then a sound , as if she had been standing next to a huge thunderclap . |
17 | It was as if she had been playing a part with all her might for several months , but it had sapped her energy . |
18 | As the shop door closed behind her , Miss Belle , speaking breathlessly as if she had been running , said , ‘ We 've been on the look-out for you . |
19 | Now wide awake , and breathing as if she had been running , she put her hand up to her brow and knew that the cold wetness she felt was sweat not blood . |
20 | She was breathing hard as if she had been running . |
21 | as if she 'd been wearing a coat of many many colours , and , beached on the desert island shore of Pity Me , had shredded the damn shrunken thing . |
22 | This might sound , to Albert , as if she 'd been looking for him . |
23 | Josie 's hand slid from around her as if she 'd been holding nothing more substantial than a wisp of smoke . |
24 | It was as if she 'd been calling on a dead line to an empty building . |
25 | as if she 'd been waiting outside for a convenient pause in their conversation , the vaporeuse knocked on the door and opened it . |
26 | The strong fingers peeling the nightshirt upwards , the exploring hunger of the hard mouth on her stomach , her breasts , her lips , it felt as if she 'd been waiting for ever for these feelings … |
27 | Her face and neck felt as if she 'd been sitting in the heat of an oven . |
28 | ‘ Thank you for the meal , ’ she said , and her voice sounded breathless as if she 'd been running . |
29 | Evidence from police and forensic officers said Mrs Prescott looked as if she 'd been sewing the hem of a curtain , when she was shot at close range in the back of the head . |
30 | She 'd felt as if she 'd been fighting with Guy Sterne all her life ! |