Example sentences of "as if [pron] [modal v] [verb] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now it looks as if nothing could stop West Germany taking the lead with her unbeatable combination of credentials : guilt , enthusiasm , material interest and money . |
| 2 | Lou 's heightened colour betrayed her embarrassment , as if she could read Melissa 's unspoken disapproval at this example of male chauvinism . |
| 3 | She felt as if she could trust Bernard . |
| 4 | Yet another pianist — and one who also sounds as if he might list Herbie Hancock or Chick Corea as his most direct influences — is Kenny Kirkland ( b. 1957 ) with an eponymous album just released over here ( ) . |
| 5 | Her father turned , to look suddenly up the stairs , as if he could sense Ellie hidden there , listening . |
| 6 | But Dad said only : ‘ You should have taken your sister with you — ’ ( as if I would take Ethel anywhere I did n't have to — and certainly not the lavatory . ) |
| 7 | It was as if I could see Dorothy looking at them , looking at them , trying to draw something from them to help her to hold on . |