But my chest felt heavy, and my heart pounded in my body as if it were going to explode.

VOA: special.2010.08.01

But as if it depended upon that hot-blooded princess, her soul at a white heat under the fires of sadness and jealousy.

VOA: special.2009.04.18

Stress results when something causes your body to act as if it were being attacked.

VOA: special.2009.03.24

It made his uniform seem as if it belonged to a general.

VOA: special.2009.12.14

One of the hands keeps a flat hand shape and it just kind of lightly moves back and forth as if it were a flickering image on a screen."

VOA: special.2011.04.13

So it's much more targeted and it doesn't address HIV as if it's a generalized epidemic.

VOA: standard.2010.07.07

Unfortunately the response from Israel was an announcement to build 1,600 houses in East Jerusalem, as if it was a response to our support for the proximity talks."

VOA: standard.2010.04.30

"We think because of the long term effect of the bone, there may be stress fractures that are not repairing and I think the bone is becoming brittle, and it's not exactly as if it occurs without any warning, but it occurs suddenly with minimal trauma."

VOA: standard.2010.03.14

It seemed as if a heavy body was thrown against the table with a force that pushed against his chest.

VOA: special.2009.10.31

Former president Bill Clinton said it was as if somehow school boards "could legislate differences in algebra or math or reading."

VOA: special.2010.07.22

As a boy,Carl said he knew if it was time to go to school by the sound of a train.

VOA: special.2009.11.01

And the other part about it is if feathers were twice as heavy, or half as strong, then birds couldn't fly."

VOA: special.2010.06.01

He moved around very slowly as if every move he made was carefully thought about before he made it.

VOA: special.2010.05.08

"If your marriage is equal, holistically, in what you contribute it makes very little difference as to who's earning more money."

VOA: special.2010.02.19