Example sentences of "[prep] if [pron] [adv] [vb past] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's as if everyone else had given up and the Government then said , ‘ Oh , give the workers some money and let them have a go . ’ |
| 2 | The work was unplaced , but the concept was electrifying — a smooth , lacquered black box with an ominous bulge at one end , looking for all the world as if something inside wanted to escape . |
| 3 | There was a faint light of amusement in her eyes , but faint , as if she already regretted asking him . |
| 4 | She felt as if she never wanted to go back into the house , as if it had tied her with a million cobweb fine lines , as the Lilliputians had trapped Gulliver , and that she could not get free . |
| 5 | She found Helen in the last one of all , sitting on the floor with her head on her knees , crying as if she never intended to stop . |
| 6 | ‘ Those were his words , ’ said Nancy , looking round uneasily , as if she still expected to see Sikes . |
| 7 | as if he suddenly wanted to return the girls ' favour on this Monaghan Day , he spoke to them openly about the war for the first time in their lives . |
| 8 | Christopher 's serious childish voice , making that odd little pause between words , as if he still needed to think of them . |
| 9 | ‘ But the coronation of whom , my lady ? ’ enquired the prince , as if he too had accepted that she was indeed the lady Anne . |
| 10 | It was as if he really had struck her , then . |
| 11 | as if he really needed to know … |
| 12 | Who the hell did he think he was , sitting there as if he really did own the place , stuffing his face with food , its aroma making her stomach cry out — but , worst of all , trying to destroy her new future ? |
| 13 | He was acting so strangely , as if he never had suspected her of being a thief , nor followed her doggedly . |
| 14 | But only dimly , since she was wrapped in Lucenzo 's arms , and he was madly kissing her face and muttering loving words , holding her as if he never intended to let her go , his face now showing all he felt for her ; his undying love . |
| 15 | Like many tall men , he had a perpetually upright , weary look , as if he usually slept leaning in a corner . |
| 16 | It was n't as if I even wanted to sit down and write in the first place . |
| 17 | I shrank away from him , feeling a coldness run out all over me as if I really had died . |
| 18 | She 'd tacked the first sketches for this picture up on the wall and they looked as if someone else had drawn them . |
| 19 | It 's as if someone today wanted to write down Napoleon 's words and deeds without being able to consult a single written document , only vague memories and anecdotes . |
| 20 | In all three works it seemed a little too often as if you simply had to programme in the appropriate music , push the right button , and out it came with a pat brilliance , with an irreproachable but impersonal expertise . |
| 21 | ‘ After our night together , when Peter turned up next day , you were so savage , as if you really did believe all those terrible things you were saying about me — I do n't understand why you changed so suddenly — ’ |
| 22 | On the couple of occasions that we accidentally met , you looked as if you actually wanted to hit me ! ’ |
| 23 | You 're , you , so you 're perhaps here just to find out what trouble you could get into if you ever did agree to do an interview ? |