Example sentences of "if she [was/were] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | She moved as if she were in a dream , wading through viscous liquid . |
| 4 | A short time later , while riding beside Silas , Lucy felt as if she were in a dream . |
| 5 | If she was on a plane with the engines on fire she would want to be with someone like Matthew Blake . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | If she was at a rave , how come we have n't had anything from the patrol cars about it ? ’ |
| 8 | Karl certainly would n't stop and speak to her if she was with a crowd from the theatre . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | She felt as if she was in a dream , trying to escape , but unable to . |
| 11 | 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 . |