Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] if i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You know that I would do it properly for if I had to . |
| 2 | I do it without premeditation , as naturally and wearily as if I did it every night . |
| 3 | I have no compass to tell me what I am destined for ; and yet , when I look back , everything seems to fit as well together as if I 'd been following a benevolent daimon all along … |
| 4 | I 've been banned from the rest of the house — just as if I had some awful contagious disease ! ’ |
| 5 | I was in no mood to stop , and continued past as if I thought they wanted to film me from behind . |
| 6 | I sat there silent for a moment while he went on looking at me sympathetically as if I 'd been telling him a hard-luck story . |
| 7 | It was almost as if I had received a blow to the heart . |
| 8 | I gave her the number and hung up feeling baulked of my escape , almost as if I 'd expected that the thing could be done now , tonight . |
| 9 | Then I commenced a tremulous search through its pages , almost as if I expected to find details of a timeslip between Geneva and where I now was . |
| 10 | ‘ After all , from what you told me before you went to Japan you intend to go on living a bachelor life , almost as if I do n't exist . ’ |
| 11 | Whatever the activity , I still see this as the old style … it 's teacher-led from that point of view in that they rely on me to start them off and I mean it 's almost as if I stand there with a gun and say ‘ Go ! ’ |
| 12 | Whenever I smiled , he smiled back happily as if I 'd given him something . |