Example sentences of "as if [pers pn] [modal v] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They avoided our glances as if we might bestow the evil eye . |
| 2 | Yes , yes , we erm , we 're obviously in Japan and erm , and increasing the sales slowly there but it 's a very good market for us , very good advertisement market er , for us and er , I think I 've told you before , even before , before the recession , it started , it looked as if we would recoup the extra spending in the first year . |
| 3 | It sounds as if we could learn a great deal from Germany and Holland about , in the health service , erm because their systems by now by all statistical tests of mortality and illness and so on , seem to be doing a better job than ours . |
| 4 | In the words of his 1906 paper , ‘ the seismograph enables us to see into the earth and to determine its nature … as if we could drive a tunnel through it . ’ |
| 5 | Here was her chance to find out exactly what the police were up to — it sounded as if they might have a new lead . |
| 6 | The quality of the ball suffered accordingly and although Biarritz scored two tries to Toulon 's one they never looked as if they could win the game . |
| 7 | ‘ I knew you was n't one of his usual harem — none of that lot look as if they could boil a kettle , never mind an egg . |
| 8 | It 's not as if they could read the Radio Times and see |
| 9 | It is as if they can find no other way of being in school than one which feels phoney and uncongenial . |
| 10 | Favourites look as if they will have a good run at Catterick with Royal Greek , Black Spur , James Joy and Pyjamas in particular . |
| 11 | But , when the times comes , his proposers look as if they will have an incontestable piece of evidence . |
| 12 | Mick Jagger , David Mellor , Michael Winner , and many other middle-aged , ego-tripping men who look as if they 'd need a Zimmer frame to get a leg-up and a miracle to get it over . |
| 13 | They fell apart , breathing fiercely , as if they 'd run a race . |
| 14 | Nicola was examining her bruise , her fingertips stroking the place and moving only in one direction , as if she might draw the pain down and away . |
| 15 | The girl gave a worried glance over her shoulder , as if she might find the dinner guests all crowded inside the room with them . |
| 16 | She rubbed as if she would erase the images that flitted through her mind as she worked , like an unconnected pageant — the images , and the thoughts that crowded her mind around them . |
| 17 | " Christ , " said Faye violently , " what utter bloody shit , " and she even held out her pretty hands , clawed to show slender nails painted bright red , as if she would scratch the pictures off the walls . |
| 18 | She thrust her eyes open , as if she would banish the image from them . |
| 19 | But he 's English originally , is n't he ? ’ she prompted Florian , as if she could alter the truth by uncovering an error . |
| 20 | She gazed at the pages as Carolyn read , as if she could see the events unfolding there . |
| 21 | It was as if she 'd let the qualities of courage and daring , which were only masks she wore to protect herself , slip from her face . |
| 22 | Why on earth was her heart hammering as if she 'd run a marathon ? |
| 23 | It looked as if she 'd need every ounce . |
| 24 | The 24-year-old , runner-up in the recent Welsh Amateur Championship , scored his best win to date by two strokes from MacPherson , when at one stage it looked as if he would miss the cut . |
| 25 | The gentleman to whom I was presented was an upright , elderly man with piercing eyes and a chin that looked as if he would stand no nonsense . |
| 26 | For a moment he looked as if he would pass the script to Tallis , but he changed his mind . |
| 27 | Alain looked as if he would follow an inch behind them all the way to the farm . |
| 28 | But Crumwallis in his present state did not look as if he would provide a soothing influence upstairs . |
| 29 | However it does n't look as if he 'll take the presidency there . |
| 30 | For a second it looked as if he might make a stab at it , but then he saw John Wakeham , looking a little crestfallen , coming out in front of him , while behind John Patten , Tony Newton , Michael Portillo and Sir Patrick Mayhew were about to swing through Downing Street gates . |