Example sentences of "[prep] if [pron] 'd [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What about if you 'd received a harsher sentence ? |
| 2 | A pick up a penguin right , great , come on then Jeff say something pardon it did n't pick that up he said bollocks , Jeff just said bollocks , that 's good oh if tonight we would , see me driving along in the car and got that on , oh no , it 'll be really funny , we 're gon na be sitting there going come on as if we 'd said that today |
| 3 | ‘ We were over the moon and had a great sense of achievement — as if we 'd done something terribly clever , ’ says Susi , who has just given birth to her first baby . |
| 4 | It looked as if we 'd travelled a very long way to get nowhere . |
| 5 | I nodded , feeling a sense of relief , as if we 'd cleared some giant obstacle in a fog . |
| 6 | I do n't exactly feel as if we 'd had our monies worth there . |
| 7 | In the ground it was , as Strach said , as if we 'd won the cup or something . |
| 8 | Without exception they were splattered in paint as if they 'd gone in for action art . |
| 9 | Shelves lined the walls on which stood magical pots — organic , looking as if they 'd grown rather than been made , with the colours of the trees , the earth and the sea merging in the glaze . |
| 10 | Sticking straight up out of the sea as if they 'd grown there . |
| 11 | as if they 'd robbed him of something . |
| 12 | They just disappeared , as if they 'd popped into trap doors and been spirited away . |
| 13 | Around the inner walls the Annamese soldiers of the imperial guard , who looked as if they 'd stepped out of the pages of one of his adventure-story books , stood sentinel with their muskets . |
| 14 | As local residents packed a meeting of Nailsworth Town Council in Gloucestershire , it looked as if they 'd lost their battle to save one of the town 's landmarks . |
| 15 | The man took a couple of steps back as they headed for him ; but then they stopped , as if they 'd sensed his fury and found it to be a wall that they hesitated to scale . |
| 16 | They 'd clinked glasses and laughed and just cruised onto the dance floor as if they 'd known each other for years . |
| 17 | Even the drainpipes , clinging half-heartedly to cracked walls and rusty gutters , looked as if they 'd had enough . |
| 18 | ‘ I feel women are pushed out of hospital , just as if they 'd had a minor operation , or a very mild illness . ’ |
| 19 | Then , as if they 'd recovered from the surprise , they began to laugh , snorting and giggling in delight at the water being thrown at them , like two children playing a game . |
| 20 | She began to be uncertain whether she would be able to recognise him ; she tried out her set of mental snapshots , but they were dim and amorphous , as if they 'd rubbed in the wallet of her fantasy for too long . |
| 21 | ’ I still have my doubts , ’ she said , almost as if she 'd heard my thought . |
| 22 | One woman drifted away with a couple of the children as if she 'd heard it all before . |
| 23 | Bewildered , she felt as if she 'd stepped back into a dark cave and was falling into the unknown . |
| 24 | The phrase ‘ as if she 'd lost her only friend ’ bears this out . |
| 25 | Nicolo looked at her as if she 'd lost her mind . |
| 26 | She was smiling , she knew ; oh , this was the opposite of " her look " , when she felt like this , as if she 'd drunk an extra-fine distilled essence of danger , and could have stepped out among the stars or run thirty miles . |
| 27 | They stared at her as if she 'd turned into a circus freak . |
| 28 | She experienced a strong feeling of déjà vu , as if she 'd seen him before , as if she knew him . |
| 29 | She 'd looked as if she 'd seen the devil himself . |
| 30 | She wrote as if she 'd hated me all my life . ’ |