Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] if he [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The document states that Richard Walter Jenkins shall ‘ absolutely renounce and abandon the use of the surname of the parent and shall bear the surname of the adopter and shall be held out to the world and in all respects treated as if he were in fact the child of the adopter ’ . |
| 2 | When in the course of my explanation I mentioned the word pagan , he jerked as if he were on the end of a wire . |
| 3 | Jesus , the man looked as if he was in mourning . |
| 4 | You know if he starts throwing up or well you , you think he seems he looks as if he 's in pain or something . |
| 5 | As he stared at her he actually did feel as if he were in short pants , and he could n't find words to answer her . |
| 6 | Less than a mile to go as they pinged over the three obstacles set close together at the far end of the back straight , and Mill House was ail of three lengths ahead : as they stretched out round the long sweeping turn towards the Pond Fence , the third from home , it really seemed as if he was at last going to take his revenge on Arkle . |
| 7 | Corbett felt as if he was in a nightmare ; the very smallness of the man made him a false opponent , almost cutting off Corbett 's blood lust and desire to protect himself . |
| 8 | He felt as if he were at one of Mama 's evenings . |
| 9 | He felt as if he were at yet another family wedding . |
| 10 | He felt as if he were in a trance , speaking the words of someone else ; the pressure of this rare ocean heave of happiness had re-baptised him , and the words came from out of the air . |
| 11 | I picked a man who looked as if he was in his late thirties or early forties . |
| 12 | Number 47 looked as if he were in a conversational mood . |
| 13 | Still sitting as if he was in the saddle , the Corporal loosed off a defiant burst , then swung over and down to us . |