Example sentences of "[prep] if i could " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | They were using pictures well and I felt as if I could contribute . ’ |
| 3 | On that immaculate morning , I felt as if I could do no wrong . |
| 4 | I felt liberated without the load , as if I could fly , and I found the cruel surroundings suddenly beautiful . |
| 5 | It was as if I could n't act on my own behalf . |
| 6 | as if I could . ’ |
| 7 | It 's not as if I could tell you much , anyway , seeing I never met her . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ as if I could . |
| 9 | Despite the phone ringing insistently in the background , I felt as if I could have sat there for ever . |
| 10 | But do n't worry , I 'm not going to get academic here ( as if I could ! ) ; research is possible by many methods and it 's simply a matter of what you fancy doing . |
| 11 | " O.K. " I yawned , sounding as if I could take it or leave it . |
| 12 | ‘ as if I could in some way decide for those leaving us what they will go on to do . ’ |
| 13 | I felt as if I could not go on . |
| 14 | ‘ as if I could n't see for meself . |
| 15 | He is talking to me as if I could be a partner in his business : he is drawing me in . |
| 16 | Nevertheless , each day the company under his command suffered an average of 20–30 casualties from the shelling ; his Company HQ , a hole in a shattered trench , ‘ inundated with the blood of the wounded , who came to take refuge close to me , as if I could do anything , alas … ’ his mother on reaching the Mort Homme during the calm before the storm , he described it as ‘ an excellent corner , the best in the sector ’ . |
| 17 | plus if I could get something doing a job like that I 'd still have the holidays off , cos I 'll need |