Example sentences of "if [pron] have just [vb pp] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " It 's as if I 'd just taken a photograph . " |
| 2 | Feeling as if I had just won a gold medal , I ran home , carefully examined my treasure to find that the ‘ bone ’ handle was only painted tin . |
| 3 | He looked as if someone had just hung a mop on his nose . |
| 4 | She felt as if she 'd just escaped a raging tornado , flung to one side just in time . |
| 5 | Marc made her feel as if she 'd just had a battle with a steamroller — but she was mildly pleased with herself . |
| 6 | She felt as guilty about running away as if she had just robbed a lame beggar of his last groat . |
| 7 | Sybil made a faint tutting noise and shuddered , as if she had just discovered an unpleasant insect on one of her flowers . |
| 8 | Nicolo had flung his head back ; he was laughing as if she had just told the world 's funniest joke . |
| 9 | Tina looked guilty , as if she had just betrayed a secret . |
| 10 | But what if she 's just had a tiny indiscretion , a few drinks with a work colleague that went too far , followed by tears and remorse and ‘ I swear to you it 'll never happen again , I love only you , darling ’ ? |
| 11 | ‘ Diana came off that plane in Korea as if she has just had a stand-up row with Charles , ’ the aide said . |
| 12 | But , anyway , if you had just killed a man and taken his pocket-book , would you quietly go through it there ? |
| 13 | Particularly if you had just had a row with your wife , and rather suspected that you were in the wrong . |
| 14 | How could something that felt so right make you look like this , as if you had just committed the worst crime in the world ? |
| 15 | If you 've just done a 12-mile ridge-walk then I 'm sure nothing will be further from your thoughts , but if you plan a weekend away with a person you 've fancied for ages and somehow end up heading for a bothy , unless you are totally alone any thought of a fumble in the sleeping-bag should be out of the question . |
| 16 | Yet it 's a theory without logic : if you 'd just had an Austin Utterly Dependable break down and fall to bits , would you really want another one ? |
| 17 | If you have just saved the document , the screen will clear . |
| 18 | If you have just missed a limitation period do not panic , get a second opinion , and keep your firm and your insurers informed . |
| 19 | As they straighten , curve the spine and pull in the tummy , as if you have just received a blow . |
| 20 | If you have just gained the exam results you need for a place at university or college , or for a job , than congratulations ! |
| 21 | It is natural to find sleeping difficult if you have just suffered a bereavement or you are experiencing difficulties in a close relationship . |
| 22 | If you get any irritation — or if you have just overdone the sun a little — put three camomile teabags in your bath to soothe your skin . |
| 23 | Whenever I saw her and Shadwell together they always looked pretty intense , as if they 'd just had a fight or shared a lot of secrets . |
| 24 | If they had just kept the stuff they removed , it would have saved us six months of work . ’ |
| 25 | They looked rather as if they had just raided an old clothes shop , few of the items of their clothing being a match , and for the most part , fitting only where they touched . |
| 26 | It felt to her as if they had just unlocked the key to the whole universe , but she had a feeling that was not what he meant . |
| 27 | How can anyone be so arrogant as to talk about this Creature , this Thing , as if they knew It , as if they had just had a letter from It or had chatted to It over the phone , when the It can not be conceived , understood , described , or even proved to exist . |
| 28 | In 1965 , in the Brezhnev era to which many old-style Communists were to look back with fond nostalgia , an Englishman observing the May Day festival on Red Square wrote : ‘ The tourists , even the Americans , are delighted : they clap , cheer , photograph , and at the end simply gasp , as if they have just seen the greatest show on earth … |
| 29 | Islington could have saved its council and charge payers a great deal of money if it had just asked the advice of a local geography teacher and been told that it is better to go to France to learn French . |
| 30 | What about , if it 's just got a and a it ? |