Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] if he [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 With that , just as if he thought he had wasted more than enough time with her , he went , and Leith was left staring mutinously after him .
2 It looks to me more as if he wanted them to push off and abandon him .
3 When he sang to me — and he did not sound now as if he meant it very much — I tried to think of something else …
4 Jake gazed across the dim dunes again , still gripping her in his arm : and it felt now as if he held her just for comfort — his own , perhaps , as much as hers .
5 Almost as if he sensed her watching him , his eyes met hers across the pool .
6 He had dark eyes , thickly lashed and they regarded her steadily almost as if he knew her .
7 It is almost as if he feels he need only ask the lady in question to join him and she will have no hesitations about accepting his offer .
8 He left the desk and strode to the machine , manipulating it himself , almost as if he suspected she would refuse to do so .
9 This little ginger one of ours , he 's , he 's a terrier , me uncle looked after a Staff a Staff Bull Terrier and er his name 's Winston and he immediately walked through there as if he owns it , you know , the way they do .
10 She did n't have long to wait for illumination as he moved swiftly to front her , grabbing her roughly by the shoulders , holding her firmly as if he suspected she was about to take flight .
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