Example sentences of "if he [verb] [adv] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he had simply been using her why , in that split-second of warning , had he called her sweetheart ? |
| 2 | He is ‘ a large , hard-breathing , middle-aged slow man , with a mouth like a fish , dull staring eyes , and sandy hair standing upright on his head , so that he looked as if he had just been all but choked , and had that moment come to ’ . |
| 3 | He had a half-beard and he looked dirty , as if he had just been working with hammers and bricks and wood and chisels . |
| 4 | Commentary : where an offender is dealt with for a breach of a community service order , he must be sentenced ( if the order is revoked ) in a manner in which he could have been sentenced by the court which made the order , if he is in breach of a probation order , the court may sentence the offender as if he had just been convicted of the offence concerned . |
| 5 | I put my arm across his shoulders , and as he leaned against me for a moment and sobbed I wondered if he had ever been able to cry like this — like a little boy with somebody to comfort him . |
| 6 | There is no doubt if he had ever been caught he would have hanged , ’ said Mr Stephenson , who left the police as an inspector in 1977 . |
| 7 | In April 1990 the Guardian carried a leader in which it described the ideal citizen as conjured up by Mr Hurd as ‘ active but elusive ’ : ‘ Apart from a minor sighting in a speech by John MacGregor , the Active Citizen has vanished from public debate as if he had never been . ’ |
| 8 | Dinner had been cheerful and alcoholic , Kevin playing host to his family and slipping back into his old environment as if he had never been away . |
| 9 | It would be as if he had never been taken in treason . |
| 10 | ‘ If he had never been found , you 'd have got away with it . |
| 11 | His shirt had been as cleanly stripped from him as if he had never been wearing it , although his skin appeared uninjured . |
| 12 | It is essential for his reputation that he again walk as Manager into the Branch which he managed as if he had never been dismissed . |
| 13 | He had taken over her affairs again , picked them up as if he had never been away , and she could do nothing about it unless she began to create a great fuss . |
| 14 | Francesca sounded rattled and hostile , and McLeish gazed at the wall , wondering if he had really been in love with her for over a year . |
| 15 | When Leith was not mutinying against him , she was alternately engaged — while still producing a fair output of work — in wondering if he had really been serious about taking her to Parkwood to meet Travis 's parents this weekend . |
| 16 | She knew he was not actually in the red at the bank , but he was pretty near to it at times , although he was now paid a very good salary , much more than Len would ever have been paid if he had still been alive and in the job . |
| 17 | Paul wondered if he had perhaps been remiss in his lectures with all that had happened ; but it was not that , as it turned out . |
| 18 | Doyle , he suspected , would have respected him more if he had occasionally been less accommodating . |
| 19 | It was as if he had suddenly been made to remember just what sort of girl he was talking to . |
| 20 | When he arrived he put his cold , white hand in hers for a moment and said , ‘ Hello , Tessa , ’ as if he had always been aware of her as part of the background furnishings . |
| 21 | What is more , de Man argues , metaphor overcomes the opposition between inner repose and outer action because Marcel 's imagination gives him access to the outside world ; of a kind that allows him to possess it " much more effectively than if he had actually been present in an outside world that he could then have only known by bits and pieces " ( 1979 : 60 ) . |
| 22 | His expression was severe and disapproving as if he 'd just been sucking on a slice of lemon . |
| 23 | If he 'd just been trying to clear the hell out , then it meant there were probably other FAKINTIL escapers at large who had n't been able to make it back to the mountains either . |
| 24 | It was as if he 'd known — as if he 'd somehow been alerted to the fact that she was about to cave in , to spill the beans on their bogus relationship . |
| 25 | It would have made her task easier if he 'd still been in the bitter , brutal mood that had possessed him after William Ash had delivered his ultimatum , but she did n't understand him at present . |
| 26 | His damp hair was slicked back as if he 'd recently been for a swim or taken a shower . |
| 27 | Asked if he 'd ever been arrested before , Mitchum replied , ‘ Only for speeding , drunkenness and disorderly conduct . ’ |
| 28 | The Forest boss said : ‘ I watched him in five-a-side training and it was as if he 'd never been away . |
| 29 | He just disappeared , as if he 'd never been there at all . |
| 30 | He 's just not there any longer ; and it 's as if he 'd never been , for none of the things he said are heard any longer either ; it 's a bad dream , and the Leader does n't have to sleep through it any more . ’ |