Example sentences of "if [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We shall come back to two of these references inspired by dreams of his mother and the hope that if reprieved he could ‘ comfort the autumn of her life ’ — and the remainder are mere passing notes . |
| 2 | She made as if to poke him in the eye . |
| 3 | As we have noted , the Nuer have fairly definite ideas about sin , certainly if pressed they would happily deliver a sermon on the subject . |
| 4 | Again Tallboy found it hard to judge the tone but if pressed he would have said it was sarky . |
| 5 | Interestingly , both versions feature that talented Baroque specialist tenor Christoph Pregardien , superb in both , although if pressed I would have to say that he sounds in fresher voice on Capriccio . |
| 6 | If th'expect me to help , then th'better not . |
| 7 | If the patina chemical is too strong , dilute with a little water and , if using it for the first time , do a test on a sample piece of copper . |
| 8 | For the closing phrases , by which time she 'd completely lost it and was just plain screaming , we all fell silent , because it was awesome ; and then when she had finished the victim of her fury slowly exited right on cue in complete silence , complete silence except for Madame 's heavy breathing and the sound of Gary playing recitative on the piano , for he had been playing along under her rage all the time , as if to support it , as if this really was music to our ears . |
| 9 | Jayne 's more placid but if provoked she can come back with an equally strong response . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ So he went down , ’ said Frome , as if puzzling it out , ‘ and he helped himself to the headmaster 's sherry . ’ |
| 11 | She swung her arm as if to hit him , but Johnny caught hold of it and pushed her hand away . |
| 12 | His face goes white , then red , and he raises his fist to me as if to hit me , thinks better of it , pushes his nose in the air and his voice down to his boots . |
| 13 | Haughtily I will now declare that even if asked I could not endorse anything in which I did not believe . |
| 14 | It rarely speaks , though if frightened it may bleat like a goat . |
| 15 | She held her injured hand to her breast as if frightened it might drop off , and at a nod from |
| 16 | He looked at her for a moment as if seeing her for the first time then paused , giving the question serious thought . |
| 17 | The man looked at the boys as if seeing them for the first time . |
| 18 | Julius looked at her jeans and T-shirt , as if seeing them for the first time . |
| 19 | Eddie 's gaze ran on round the room , taking in , as if seeing them for the first time , the stool and easel , the framed reproduction Leonardo drawings on the walls , the low divan bed . |
| 20 | Vincent looked at him , as if seeing him for the first time . |
| 21 | She looked up at Trent , as if seeing him for the first time : ‘ I 'd have drowned if you 'd left me on the Key . ’ |
| 22 | He moved round and joined them and stared intently at the portrait as if seeing it for the first time . |
| 23 | Sam looked at the revolver as if seeing it for the first time . |
| 24 | Charles found he was watching much of the play as if seeing it for the first time . |
| 25 | She sat down before the dressing-table , automatically picking up a hairbrush , but the sight of her own reflection in the mirror distracted her , and for long moments she simply stared at her own face , as if seeing it through the eyes of a stranger . |
| 26 | On the one hand he smiled upon human endeavours ; however , if irritated he enlisted the aid of the monster Labbu and wrought tempests , specifically floods or hail . |
| 27 | Finn opened his arms as if to embrace her but she was still holding the tears in her eyes with her fists . |
| 28 | as if to confirm it , enter George Soros , for now the leader of the speculators ' pack . |
| 29 | A translucent figure appeared before him , its three fingered hand outstretched as if to claim him for death . |
| 30 | And sometimes — ’ She looked away from Ben towards the corner of the room where a picture was hanging at a slight angle , and her head moved to one side as if to see it better . |