Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [prep] if [pron] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We had plenty of the ball but we did not look as if we could do anything from our set plays and we did not look likely to score from them . ’ |
| 2 | She did not look as if she might be dying of some dreadful disease . |
| 3 | Nearly ten years after Belsey 's book appeared , there has been no revolution in the first sense , and it does not look as if there will be . |
| 4 | But Crumwallis in his present state did not look as if he would provide a soothing influence upstairs . |
| 5 | Paul , in his shabby old suit , did not look as if he could pay for anything ; and the lawyer had sized him up . |
| 6 | ‘ I believe there is n't anyone here that I would not meet with if they would be willing to meet with me . |
| 7 | He just felt as if he 'd run full tilt into a brick wall . |
| 8 | GEORGE Carey has always looked as if he might be more comfortable in a cloth cap than a mitre . |
| 9 | I WAS SAD to hear that ‘ Gaffer ’ ( Walter Mimpriss ) is dead , but sadder still that his obituary ( by John MacDougall , 25 September ) did not evoke the memory of a tall , lean , gangly man , with bent shoulders , who always looked as if he should have cow-dung on his theatre wellies , writes Marion Crouchman . |
| 10 | My head rang with that particular vibration of accidental pain , a tintinnabulating effect that always feels as if it should have preceded its cause — by way of a warning . |
| 11 | Your , your correct address is , is road is n't it , it 's still reads as if it might not be , please note that on the membership list , Velma 's address is not Avenue . |
| 12 | His bony legs , which usually felt as if they would collapse beneath him , felt firmer , stronger . |
| 13 | It always sounded as if one should have known , had been told before and was rather foolish to have forgotten . |
| 14 | Both highly desirable , the one on the left especially ; both looked as if they would n't get on their backs for anything less than Edouard de Chavigny himself ; both had the kind of accent that made his toes curl , and made him wish he 'd opted for the more costly tailor . |
| 15 | Yet another pianist — and one who also sounds as if he might list Herbie Hancock or Chick Corea as his most direct influences — is Kenny Kirkland ( b. 1957 ) with an eponymous album just released over here ( ) . |
| 16 | It now looks as if we will have try again . ’ |
| 17 | MITI had hoped to get the legislation through by next month , but it now looks as if it will have to wait until autumn before the ministries have talked it over . |
| 18 | Mr Clinton wanted energy producers to absorb the tax ; after strenuous lobbying , it now looks as if it will be fully passed on to consumers . |
| 19 | Sophia tried to see her sister as a spinster and it was not so very difficult — a rather eccentric spinster not even looking as if she might once have been ennobled by some tragic love affair . |
| 20 | ‘ I do n't feel as if I 'll ever be thirsty again . ’ |
| 21 | The armholes looked too short , the sleeves did n't look as if they would fit and the bust size was nowhere near the size that was required . |
| 22 | It does n't look as if it 'll factorize easily . |
| 23 | He says ‘ SAG efforts are frozen , it ca n't decide which way to go and does n't look as if it will ever get its act together . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ You do n't look as if you could get anything right . |
| 25 | However it does n't look as if he 'll take the presidency there . |
| 26 | Alexander was a tall man with a thin , unsmiling face and black , cold eyes who did n't look as if he could possibly be anybody 's very dear friend . |
| 27 | Very handy with a hip flask , but did n't look as if he could tell a Renoir from a Renault . |
| 28 | After all , he knew Mr Parnham better than she did and he did n't look as if he could be fooled at all . |
| 29 | ‘ I know he does n't look as if he can , but it 's a very strong possibility . ’ |
| 30 | par but bad news for American Kristal Parker who we also saw earlier , she 's finished nine over par and does n't look as if she 'll be going through to the next stage . |