Example sentences of "[prep] if [pron] [verb] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There the rise and swell of incomprehensible Latin seemed to have a grandeur that aroused the spirit of poetry in the Gaels , as if they stood on a rocky shore communing with the waves . |
| 2 | ‘ Contemporary writers , ’ she said , as if they bordered on the unmentionable . |
| 3 | Up there on the top step , looking down on Lucenzo 's bright fair head , she felt as if she stood on the brink of a great change in her life . |
| 4 | Then as if he had on the spur of the moment decided to take her into his confidence , he added , ‘ But she was always a tiny bit sad . |
| 5 | It looks as if he decided on a do-it-yourself habit modelled on those of Augustinian hermits who wore a basic white garment and scapulary which for outside wear were covered with a black cowl and hood tied round with a black leather thong . |
| 6 | No one knows what society would be like if everyone acted on the advice of those who openly advocate it . |