Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] if [pers pn] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He talked about events in the Middle Ages as if they 'd happened-yesterday and been fully aired on the nine o'clock news . |
| 2 | He was very bent over and was rubbing his eyes as if he could n't quite believe it . |
| 3 | Her hands were splayed across his broad shoulders as if she would push him away , and for some reason she could n't seem to relax them . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've got to get back , ’ said Adam , scrambling to his feet as if he could n't bear to stay still . |
| 5 | ‘ Yes , would you like us to go ? ’ asked Rachel while Jimmy sprang to his feet as if he could n't wait to get out of the ward . |
| 6 | The Thames was flowing full and furious , the water greedily lapping their feet as if it would like to catch them and drag them under its swollen black surface . |
| 7 | Aching in bones as if they would break |
| 8 | Aching in bones as if they would break is the main feature of this remedy that accompanies all of its complaints . |
| 9 | On the way to the toilet , flashy black guys , who keep their hands permanently on their balls as if they might drop off onto the floor , stand directly in my way to get noticed . |
| 10 | ‘ Sounds as if we could do with Dad aboard right now , ’ Hawkins said . |
| 11 | ‘ Sounds as if he should be here . |
| 12 | We have spoken about old partners as if they will always have had a long life together and that is indeed the case in many of the pairs whom we currently encounter . |
| 13 | And there are certain situations as if you ca n't have a photograph , in a sense , there 's no point in it , because it , in itself , it 's a rather dry little article , but if you can have a fun photograph with somebody doing something with it , that gives you another dimension , another possibility of a hook , another bit of scope for , for , for getting something into the media . |
| 14 | He contemplated the palms as if he might be seeing past and future in them , and then he turned her hands over and examined the backs . |
| 15 | She looked pleadingly at the man in overalls as if he might step in and save her . |
| 16 | They avoided our glances as if we might bestow the evil eye . |
| 17 | Joanne and her mother lingered , gossiping , by their adjoining gates as if they would n't see each other again for half a year . |
| 18 | He stared at her for several seconds as if he could not remember who she was . |
| 19 | Picking up her thoughts as if she 'd broadcast them , he added mockingly , ‘ There is no winding stair and I promise not to eat you . |
| 20 | They snarled at them as if they were criminals and took their papers as if they 'd like to tear them to shreds . |
| 21 | It crashed around the mountain walls as if it would split them in two and she never heard the plane arrive . |
| 22 | On the other hand , if we ignore the ego and its functions in man and concentrate on his instincts as if they could totally account for his behaviour as they do in animals who lack an ego , we should fall into the alternative trap of failing to account for his culture at all except as the outcome of doubtful instinctual behaviour of an altruistic or civilized kind . |