Example sentences of "if [pron] had [adv] [vb pp] in " in BNC.
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1 | She opened the door before Massingham had time to ring , her handsome shield-shaped face composed under the light brown fringe , and looking in her shirt , slacks and leather jerkin as elegantly informal as if she had just come in from a country walk . |
2 | He did not take his readers back into history so much as bring Thomas Paine , William Hazlitt , Sir Arthur Conan Doyle , Sir Walter Scott [ qq.v. ] , and others forward , as if they had suddenly walked in from the street . |
3 | Then , when the horse is brought out of the stable , instead of just walking quietly along ( which it would if it had just come in from the paddock ) , it is jumping out of its skin , ready to spook and shy at anything , nostrils dilated , eyes bulging , and tail hoisted high . |
4 | Ray Shepherd looked up at them as coolly as if he had just driven in to work on a routine day . |
5 | The Santerres were waiting for us with Bowyer who looked as if he had really settled in , shirt open at the collar , stubby feet enclosed in buskins whilst his fat face was flushed with drink and his breath smelt like a wine press . |