Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] if [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But alack , it does no bleat and bleat as if the little heart on it would burst . |
| 2 | The capital gains made by the trust on 31 December 1993 are chargeable to UK capital gains tax as if the trust were a UK resident . |
| 3 | ‘ Your pardon , ma'am , ’ said the lawyer , ‘ but you speak as if the battle were won ! |
| 4 | He felt his skin tingle , he felt the fine hair all along his spine react as if a low current had been run through him . |
| 5 | We act as if the anti-Semitism comprehended the Fascism — which would be true only if all Fascists were anti-Semites ( they are n't ) , and if all anti-Semites were Fascists ( even less true ) . |
| 6 | They can not exercise it without regard for the wishes of the German people , but neither can the German people act as if the ‘ German question ’ concerned nobody but themselves . |
| 7 | In other words , we act as if the brain of one species is very much like that of another . |
| 8 | Act as if the message is not inconsistent . |
| 9 | Mature evergreen trees , such as Ilex crenata , have been trained and clipped into formal shapes which look as if a green cloud is floating on each branch . |
| 10 | ‘ You look as if a good meal would n't come amiss . ’ |
| 11 | Ah but it 's silly because the thing is , th the they 're , well the , th those , th those two rooms look as if a bloody tip has hit it ! |
| 12 | Some of the erm stems on it look as if the not mouldy but they 're , they 're sort of |
| 13 | We fought over scraps of flesh and gristle as if the economy was a rotting carcass . |
| 14 | Once the child has calmed down the parent can make a brief comment about it all being over now and then continue as if the tantrum had not occurred . |
| 15 | You feel as if a group like the Spinners really mean it when they speak of tenderness and affection . |
| 16 | And yet now that he has passed away I feel as if a close friend has been lost . |
| 17 | I feel as if a bit of me had been chopped off . |
| 18 | But not one of them had made her feel as if a candle had been set to kindling within her . |
| 19 | As you look at the street , seeing movement and hearing none , you feel as if an unnatural deafness had come upon you . |
| 20 | I feel as if the woman I loved and looked up to never existed . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ It is a truth not generally acknowledged ’ Burrows points out ‘ that in most discussions of works of English fiction , we proceed as if a third of our material were not really there . ’ |
| 22 | However , if the rattle slips down so far that it is no longer visible , the infant will at once lose interest and behave as if the rattle had also slipped out of existence . |
| 23 | Most people behave as if the stars have been visible all along . |