Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [adv] [prep] if " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apart from looking into market deals and reports of cheques being repeatedly endorsed and passed around as if they were like cash , Inland Revenue investigators have been checking if farmers have undedeclared Government grant payments . |
| 2 | He never smiled , and moved slowly as if ill . |
| 3 | These flickered and danced wildly as if blown upon by unseen lips . |
| 4 | and walked around as if we owned the place . |
| 5 | Delaney went in , and pulled up as if he had been hit with a magnum at close range . |
| 6 | " Nonsense ! " roared Dr Dunstaple and started forward as if he meant to make a physical assault on Dr McNab . |
| 7 | There was none of the coy evasion of most women in her , he was thinking ; and went on as if she had not spoken . |
| 8 | He swept his hat from the dresser and crushed it on his head and went outside as if he might break down the doors in his way . |
| 9 | Very slowly and deliberately Isambard slipped his feet clear of the stirrups and leaned forward as if to swing himself out of the saddle , but in the act he jabbed home hard into the beast 's side with his right spur , and drove him not forward , but flinching sidelong into the bushes in a wild leap ; and leaning both hands on the pommel of his saddle he vaulted out of it and dropped crashing into the bushes almost on top of Owen . |
| 10 | He ignored the raw , splintered mess , and leaned forwards as if to kiss where her lips had been . |
| 11 | ‘ Sometimes I hate him , ’ he said with undoubted truth , and wheeled away as if he had said enough . |
| 12 | I was in no mood to stop , and continued past as if I thought they wanted to film me from behind . |
| 13 | The way that had been made through the fallen rock was very narrow and uneven and to take John out he was laid on a board and pushed along as if on a sledge . |
| 14 | She saw that Talvi 's frizzled up as it met Rosa 's , like a brand which is doused , and she also saw that Rosa did not notice , but went on as if a bubbling sulphurous spring rose inside her . |