Example sentences of "if she [was/were] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her voice had a lilt to it as if she were on the verge of laughter . |
| 2 | Mainly there was silence , in still greenish light , as if she were at the bottom of a pool . |
| 3 | Under his dark , quizzical gaze she felt as if she were under a microscope as she forced her legs to move , glued a polite smile on her lips . |
| 4 | And feeling rather as if she were in a dream , she found herself sitting on a sofa in a quaint old-fashioned parlour , with Roger Kenyon , housebreaker , beside her . |
| 5 | She moved as if she were in a dream , wading through viscous liquid . |
| 6 | A short time later , while riding beside Silas , Lucy felt as if she were in a dream . |
| 7 | If Bernard was busy with flying lessons then she could be left in peace to get on with her work ; once he was back , if he wanted her to go somewhere with him , he would just say ‘ Come on Laura , we 're going , ’ and even if she were in the middle of a meeting , she would put away what she was doing and go . |
| 8 | She felt as if she were in the middle of a minefield . |
| 9 | She could n't bear this any longer , this toing and froing of his emotions , tossing her around as if she were in the eye of a tornado . |
| 10 | If she was on a plane with the engines on fire she would want to be with someone like Matthew Blake . |
| 11 | At Folasade 's school , asking someone if she was on the Pill was the way of asking her if she was sleeping with her boyfriend or not . |
| 12 | ABC television memorably noted that " Sarah Brightman could n't act scared if she was on the New York subway at four o'clock in the morning " ; while Frank Rich of the New York Times — the feared " butcher of Broadway " — remarked that she " simulates fear and affection alike by screwing her face into bug-eyed , chipmunk-like poses " , and that Lloyd Webber 's score was " long on pop professionalism , and impoverished of artistic personality and passion " . |
| 13 | She was wearing high-heeled shoes — which is very unusual for a First Spiritualist — and she was smirking at people as if she was at a cocktail party rather than morning service . |
| 14 | If she was at a rave , how come we have n't had anything from the patrol cars about it ? ’ |
| 15 | Karl certainly would n't stop and speak to her if she was with a crowd from the theatre . |
| 16 | She was pressing it for dear life now as if she was in a panic , and she kept her finger on it until , through the glass door , she saw the flicker of a candle weaving its way down through the shop . |
| 17 | She felt as if she was in a dream , trying to escape , but unable to . |
| 18 | She appeared to be standing in her customary arms-folded , upright posture , staring into the smoke as if she was in a trance , which seemed decidedly odd , given the circumstances . |
| 19 | My mum looked as if she was in the middle of being kidnapped . |
| 20 | Rory shook her head disbelievingly , beginning to wonder if she was in the middle of a crazy dream . |
| 21 | ‘ None knew if she was in the family way ? ’ |
| 22 | She worked all the while , each hand doing something and no move wasted , as if she was in an obstacle race . |