Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] if he [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was nodding , looking as if he understood . |
| 2 | Joe appeared , looking as if he 'd just finished knocking the Army into shape , and the Navy as well . |
| 3 | Once the lids of the outer case and the leaden shell had been removed , the workman prised off the lid of the inner coffin ; the slightly yellowed silk sheets were drawn back and there lay the body of the child , looking as if he had gone off to sleep but a few moments before . |
| 4 | Eric Verrico was the one who most frequently posed , for , looking as if he had stepped out of a Caravaggio , he was the most beautiful of Johnny 's Circus . |
| 5 | Of similar vintage I can recall Billy Lane turning up for an open match on the Swadlincote waters , looking as if he had just stepped out of a time warp . |
| 6 | Walker always looked at home until his move to Italy sapped his self-belief and left the normally swift-heeled defender looking as if he had feet of clay . |
| 7 | The film , a polished study of the early days of Lucky Luciano and his fellow hoodlums , is not so much The Godfather as The Godchild , as Christian Slater — looking as if he has n't started shaving yet — sets out with three cherubic buddies to conquer New York 's Lower East Side . |
| 8 | But he did see that his usually tough , self-sufficient male parent was , for once , looking as if he needed bolstering up . |
| 9 | All the time he 's writing as if he 'd seen her undressing , but there 's something just a bit more theatrical about the last two . ’ |
| 10 | Corbett took his seat , trying to ignore de Craon who was grinning as if he had suddenly found something amusing . |
| 11 | But Patrick was acting as if he lived her kind of life , which indeed he had once . |
| 12 | 'T IS never right him acting as if he owns the girleen . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'll mosey on down now , ’ he said , now sounding as if he came from Alabama rather than Texas . |
| 14 | ‘ It inspected me , ’ said Caspar , sounding as if he had found this amusing . |
| 15 | ‘ Yes , ’ said Jordan , sounding as if he meant No . |
| 16 | Jim , seated , or perched on his chair , could not settle , but got up and stumbled about , laughing helplessly , or sat and laid his head on the table and laughed , sounding as if he wept , then in an excess of happiness and gratitude , banged his two fists on either side of his head , which banging turned into a little sharp jubilant rhythm . |
| 17 | This machine should have run out of petrol many hours ago , ’ said the Doctor , sounding as if he did not want to be interrupted . |
| 18 | ‘ They beat me , ’ he said , his teeth chattering as if he had a fever . |
| 19 | Anderson 's praise of McKendrick through praising Stoke University is undermined by the fact that , only one turn before , he reveals that he does not know which university McKendrick works for , despite beginning as if he does ( " And how are things at … er … " , ( p. 47 ) ) . |
| 20 | Patrick , on the other hand , Ludens noticed , proceeded in the opposite direction , occasionally speaking as if he had been , when Marcus arrived , not just dying but actually dead . |
| 21 | His voice sounded thick with hunger , deep and growling as if he wanted more from her . |
| 22 | He took to pacing the streets of London , very often in the poorer areas , in all weathers , alone , seldom speaking to anyone but staring , staring as if he had never seen a poor person in his life before . |
| 23 | His mouth was open and drooling and his tongue lolling between his lips and his eyes staring as if he did n't see her and everything about him red , and his hands bruised her skin where he tugged at her to move her where he wanted her , and he was making awful noises and pushing at her and pushing at her without the slightest gentleness almost as if he did n't realise it was her . |
| 24 | He looked at Kopyion , loitering as if he wanted to say something . |
| 25 | His stance was apologetic , almost cringing as if he expected to be dealt a blow . |
| 26 | Outside in the street , where she could raise her voice again , she almost shouted at him , telling him he was to stop behaving as if he had been right and she wrong — as if he believed she now shared his views and endorsed his ridiculous maunderings . |
| 27 | John Lukic 's Ibrox error passed into folklore and Andy Goram playing as if he held responsibility for Frank Haffey ( 9-3 England ) , Stewart Kennedy ( 5-1 England ) , and Alan Rough ( Peru , Iran ) in his hands was a Scottish goalkeeper inspired . |
| 28 | It was a relief when Stephen Copley , the Senior Chemist , arrived just before ten , bustling in as usual , his rubicund face with its tonsure and fringe of black curly hair glistening as if he had come in from the sun . |
| 29 | Silence hung on the air , and when he turned back he saw that Suragai was still watching as if he did not understand what had occurred . |
| 30 | He was smiling as if he recognized her , and she had a queer , uncanny feeling that she knew him very well … |