Example sentences of "[pers pn] [prep] if he [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did see him , though , standing , looking after me as if he 'd been struck , very quiet , very separate . |
| 2 | The last time I had seen him , on the night of the fire , he had held my hands , told me I had saved his life , and looked at me as if he loved me . |
| 3 | He pulled me to my feet , and flung his arms around me and squeezed me as if he wanted to gather me right into himself , never let me go , and we stayed like that for a long time , not speaking , rocking to and fro . |
| 4 | He was treating her as if he knew her , as if he cared what she thought , and she could n't even get her face under control . |
| 5 | He flashed a glittering glance at her as if he felt her eyes on him and his gaze ran slowly over her face . |
| 6 | Roman dropped his arm from her shoulders , faced her as if he 'd just returned , mentally , from some distant place . |
| 7 | Alain had rescued her as if he cared what became of her , and she supposed he had to , anyway ; she was , as he had said , his responsibility . |
| 8 | Her father glared at her as if he suspected her of having the whole thing arranged behind his back . |
| 9 | His hand clasped warmly around hers , detaining her as if he did n't want her to go . |
| 10 | When he came , it was an anticlimax , but she squealed anyway and clung to him as if he 'd showered her with a gallon of spunk . |
| 11 | Down in the hold he 'd cracked his shins on the bumper of a small green car and she 'd laughed at his face and kissed him as if he 'd been a kid and for a moment he was thirteen and being hugged by Dave 's big sister , who was certainly large and confusing to thirteen year olds . |
| 12 | Rayleen looked at him as if he 'd dropped from behind peeling wallpaper . |
| 13 | The boy was still looking round him as if he expected someone to come . |
| 14 | After his visits to London his wife was waiting to welcome him as if he had been away for weeks , and she was always dutiful in bed . |
| 15 | Mrs Stych opened her eyes slowly and looked at him as if he had gone mad . |
| 16 | His shirt had been as cleanly stripped from him as if he had never been wearing it , although his skin appeared uninjured . |
| 17 | She flinched away from him as if he had raised his hand . |
| 18 | And here they were , nearly twenty-odd children , gaping back at him as if he had just asked them to run through the periodic table . |
| 19 | Blanche looked at him as if he needed urgent psychiatric treatment . |
| 20 | ’ But the slit-eyes looked through him as if he did not exist . |
| 21 | He smiles a lot , talks to himself and uses a tennis court like an officer patrolling it , owning it and thumping around it as if he has n't a care in the world . |
| 22 | His dark eyes met hers as if he felt her surreptitious appraisal , and she found herself at the receiving end of that long , sardonic smile . |