Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] if [pron] be be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each controversial assertion is treated as if it were being made for the first time . |
| 2 | Every activity in the left-hand path is treated as if it were being undertaken for the first time . |
| 3 | Earlier I had felt as if I was being torn in two , but now the decision was made , I was floating on a warm tide of physical ease , as if I had just given birth . |
| 4 | ‘ Run ! ’ he yelled to Lou , and the two boys , acting as if they were being pursued by the evil agents of an alien warlord , fairly streaked along the road . |
| 5 | I have had gill flukes ( not personally ! ) and my fish did n't scratch ; they acted as if they were being poisoned ( heightened colour , loss of control of movement ) , possibly because of oxygen depletion due to gill damage . |
| 6 | If you could try to look as if you 're being guarded , it would go a long way . |
| 7 | Erm even tapestries like the Devonshire hunting tapestry which you may have seen at the V and A. Er the tops look as if they 're been eaten by mice because they 're been so often snagged onto tenterhooks and moved and moved round and onto other tenterhooks , they just do n't seem to have had the same view of this kind of thing as we do . |
| 8 | A little earlier when they 'd listened to the Army vehicle 's wireless her hearing had been so acute that every syllable spoken sounded as if it were being shouted directly into her ear . |
| 9 | I know it sounds as if I 'm being clever , but I felt then we 'd won . |
| 10 | feel as if they 're being extorted and they will look to them and say well this is obviously the , the case whether this particular guy who is , who is our erm leader is , is erm |
| 11 | His deduction made her heart stop , and his choices made her feel as if she was being torn apart . |
| 12 | My mangled left hand feels as if it is being eaten by a rat , but I have so much adrenaline surging through my body I could sail . |
| 13 | Overworked and depressed , she felt as if she were being turned into a glamorous business machine . |
| 14 | Her body felt as if it were being wrapped in very , very tight bandages . |
| 15 | No one appeared as Charles approached the front door , but he felt as if he was being watched . |
| 16 | He felt as if he were being fished . |
| 17 | The minister said that he felt as if he were being pursued by a wild animal and could only throw off his clothes to distract its attention . |
| 18 | Ingrid watched in amazement as the eggs disappeared as if they were being sucked into quicksand , and looked up to see every man 's eyes riveted upon Ilse 's gaping crack . |
| 19 | The old stone pillars were shaking as if they were being brought back to life . |
| 20 | Harry whimpered as if he were being threatened . |
| 21 | always gon na see , to feel as if they 're being |