Example sentences of "[prep] if [pron] [vb mod] come " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then there was a strange silence , as if we 'd come to a full stop , as if he 'd expected me to react in some other way . |
| 2 | My ear bends towards my receiver , and I keep my eye on the kitchen door as if they could come bursting through right now . |
| 3 | Later that day , after many interviews with ladies who looked as if they 'd come straight from an enthralling hour knitting at the foot of the guillotine , we found our garret . |
| 4 | They looked as if they 'd come out of a medieval illustration . |
| 5 | Yet it was a feeling of deep pain , as if she 'd come too late , as if the chance had gone and would never come again . |
| 6 | Her hair was messed up as if she 'd come straight from bed , and her cheeks despite the coolness of the day were flushed as if she 'd recently made love . |
| 7 | It almost seemed for a moment as if he would come over to the table and speak , but then he turned away , looking rather puzzled and began to order his tea . |
| 8 | It gets more and more embarrassing to watch Dustin Hoffman coughing and limping as if he 'd come straight to the film from a Broadway theatre . ’ |
| 9 | It was as if he 'd come to her mother like a refugee , because there were no mementoes of his childhood or his youth . |
| 10 | The proposition that fax was invented by a Scot in the middle of the 19th century sounds rather as if it might come from the repertoire of E. L. Wisty , a companion piece to such wisdoms as " Did you know that Leonardo da Vinci invented the compact disc ? " |
| 11 | Microsoft Corp has been talking a little more about its planned Cairo — now called Windows Cairo — object-oriented operating system , and far from being a distant prospect , it looks as if it will come hard on the heels of Windows NT , with a professional developers ' kit available as soon as early next year according to the late Systems & Network Integration . |
| 12 | As I stood on the tufted grass , surrounded by natural beauty , I felt as if I 'd come to another world |