Example sentences of "[prep] if they [was/were] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It did n't sound as if they were discussing Hugh Puddephat . |
| 2 | All sounds were muffled except the song of the birds and the pigeons were puffed up , looking as if they were wearing greatcoats , as they waited for the generous breakfast which they knew Jane would bring out to them . |
| 3 | He proposed that decision-makers should be understood to act as if they were maximizing utility . |
| 4 | My hands dart indignantly about my desk as if they were offended mice , opening files , annotating minutes , picking up the receiver . |
| 5 | In the papers the next day it looked as if the funeral parlour heads were sanctioning the transfer of power , as if they were acknowledging Creed 's pre-eminence , as if they were paying homage . |
| 6 | But it , it was so varied that you went through the , the cities and the highland scenes where they went through the highlands and in the country and then you ended up with coming on to a crossroads in a modern , a futuristic city , where if you look down you , the pavements were elevated and you walked down to where all the models of General Motors were displayed as if they were crossing roads . |
| 7 | Under s393(9) , excess charges on income arising in the final accounting period of a vendor company can be deducted as if they were trading losses for the purpose of carry-back or carry-across of losses , whereas charges on income can usually be deducted only in the accounting period in which they are paid ( though excess charges on income can be group relieved where the vendor is a member of a group of companies within s402 TA 1988 ) . |
| 8 | But at Pipeline on a non-competition day there might be over twenty in a scrum around the peak as if they were shooting Marilyn Monroe . |
| 9 | She hated the way boys looked at you , as if they were giving marks at a cattle show . |
| 10 | Now , plays in that stage were the things that were performed two or three times then forgotten , here is Johnson saying , no , I 'm gon na write down all my plays , I 'm gon na publish them , you 're gon na read them you 're gon na read them as if they were learned things . |
| 11 | Thinking of the faith as though it were a philosophical position , and of those who had come to preach to them as if they were travelling intellectuals , led the Corinthians to imagine themselves as judges between the various emphases they heard . |
| 12 | In the papers the next day it looked as if the funeral parlour heads were sanctioning the transfer of power , as if they were acknowledging Creed 's pre-eminence , as if they were paying homage . |