Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] if [pron] knew [pron] " in BNC.

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1 If he publishes untrue defamatory matter recklessly , without considering or caring whether it be true or not , he is in this , as in other branches of the law , treated as if he knew it to be false .
2 But he was all right to work with if you knew your job .
3 ‘ I felt as if I knew you , and you knew me — almost from the beginning of time .
4 Unable to say , Because I felt as if I knew you , as if I 'd always known you ; because your face was as familiar to me as my own , she replied weakly , ‘ Sometimes a particular face stands out .
5 He says he felt as if he knew her from a previous life — of course he did .
6 The boy laughed as if he knew something Gina did not , and his teeth gleamed white in the dark hallway .
7 She even had to struggle to answer him and he looked as if he knew it .
8 In the far corner , the cat cowered as if it knew it was in the presence of death .
9 ‘ Do n't pull corks , Nico , ’ Lal spoke as if she knew something .
10 Since they had n't spotted me earlier , there was no embarrassment attached to my circuitous ramble and I hailed them with a tone of voice that sounded as if I knew what I was doing .
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