Example sentences of "[prep] if [pers pn] wanted " in BNC.
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| 1 | The whole family liked to be heard , as if they wanted people to know they were alive in a world where young and old alike were here one day and gone the next . |
| 2 | That struck Edward as suspect , as if they wanted to have their cake and eat it too . |
| 3 | Bernard smiled at Jenna and looked even then as if her wanted her to refuse to go with Alain . |
| 4 | ‘ Foreigners have no God , ’ she claimed , as if she wanted to weaken my resolve and then , correcting herself and asking God 's pardon , she changed this to ‘ Our God , the God of Islam , is different from theirs in the West . ’ |
| 5 | This girl seemed as if she wanted to become our friend . |
| 6 | Then both her arms were round his waist as if she wanted to crush his ribs . |
| 7 | Although she was not suicidal the therapist agreed that she might have been feeling as if she wanted to die at the time of the overdose . |
| 8 | She was beginning to speak more quickly now , as if she wanted to rush all the words out . |
| 9 | Harriet Jarman was speaking to Jess but looking at her sister , who was standing a little apart as if she wanted to fade into the wall behind . |
| 10 | The Buddha of suburbia nodded regally , while Eva looked as if she wanted to cut off Fruitbat 's eyelids with a pair of scissors . |
| 11 | Aunt Sarah did not so much as lift her head from the rug she was making , but Ruth watched the way the rug hook stabbed the canvas with increased speed and vigour , as if she wanted to hurt it , and Ruth knew that her aunt was as tense as she was herself . |
| 12 | Each time she heard her name the girl stared at them more anxiously than ever , as if she wanted to speak , to excuse herself , but was too exhausted . |
| 13 | Dolly looked as if she wanted to spit . |
| 14 | If Buzz protested without cause , it might even sound fishy — as if she wanted to control Nell 's money . |
| 15 | It was almost as if she wanted the intellectual stimulation , the fascination of the difficult . |
| 16 | She looked as if she wanted to go back in but her mum kissed her goodbye and shut the door flat in her face and went off back to bed . |
| 17 | On the one farthest away lay Iritnefert , her arms at her sides , held there stiffly , as if she wanted to deny the downward pull of the earth . |
| 18 | Roxie drew herself into the corner as if she wanted to get as far away from them as she could . |
| 19 | It was n't as if she wanted or needed his complete understanding . |
| 20 | Her eyes looked anxious , as if she wanted me to absolve her . |
| 21 | ‘ It sounds as if she wanted this house more than she wanted him , ’ Lucy mused , knowing that if she herself loved a man she 'd be happy to live in any humble abode . |
| 22 | They liked her because she did n't put the book down in the middle to go and do something else , and because she read stories properly , as if she wanted to know what happened too . |
| 23 | The word computer was peculiar , and so was the word Creator , for her father would never say God , but always Creator , as if he wanted to limit God 's significance to his engineering activity . |
| 24 | He was speaking very slowly and clearly , as if he wanted to make sure that the boy understood . |
| 25 | He rewarded me with a puzzled smile , as if he wanted to show he did not quite believe me , then with a kiss from sun-blistered lips , dry and firm . |
| 26 | It was as if he wanted to see but not be seen . |
| 27 | Again he hesitated , as if he wanted to say something more ; but he evidently decided against it . |
| 28 | Instead of talking about the job he said some words to me in Punjabi or Urdu and looked as if he wanted to get into a big conversation about Ray or Tagore or something . |
| 29 | Wright 's spot kick was so hurried it was as if he wanted to get it over and done with while no one was looking . |
| 30 | I was glad he had spoken as if he wanted to , but I felt I should apologize , once they had gone . |