Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] if [pron] be be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oscars , by contrast , are handed out to an industry that thrives on glittering events and spends money as if it were being withdrawn from circulation tomorrow . |
| 2 | These two look as if they were being careful not to disturb things too much . |
| 3 | Let your head float upwards from your shoulders as if it was being lifted from above . |
| 4 | They put a red blanket over her in the ambulance and it was soft to her touch but then the pain did come , up in the wall of her back as if something was being pulled away like the backing from sticking plaster . |
| 5 | Around the catafalque are some of his most powerful magical items , which lie scattered around in a strange quasi-circular pattern as if they were being drawn to the catafalque in a spiralling motion and suddenly stopped . |
| 6 | When I think of getting married and all that means I get this feeling as if I am being physically choked . |
| 7 | A young girl with a carrier bag pushes her way through the crowd as if she was being pursued . |
| 8 | Frazer also mentions a sanctuary whose mephitic area contains only ‘ the eunuch priests of the Great Mother Goddess ’ , who have ‘ a look on their faces as if they were being choked ’ . |
| 9 | The Collector looked at Mr Simmons as if he were being obtuse . |
| 10 | He grabs my wrist as if I was being arrested for shoplifting . |