Example sentences of "if he were [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was matter-of-fact about it , as if he were telling me what time it was . |
| 2 | He lifted Patrick 's hands and arms and let them fall , he shook his shoulders and moved his head to and fro , then he began to stroke his face , carefully as if he were moulding it . |
| 3 | She was staring at herself in the mirror in the curtained dressing-room , wondering what a certain gentleman might do and say if he were to see her in it , when she became aware of hushed voices in the salon outside . |
| 4 | as if he were touching her , the tips of her nipples contracted into tight buds of awareness , pointing tell-tale peaks beneath the thin fabric . |
| 5 | It was as if he were touching her , physically caressing her with that dark , gold-flecked gaze . |
| 6 | But if Fen were in love with her — if he were to make love to her again , the way he had last night … if he were to ask her … |
| 7 | But how would these be preserved if he were writing them now , and what would the historian of the future make of the sanitised , word-processed , spell-checked notes that might be left behind with every trace of the intellectual evolution of his argument having been edited and re-edited from the text ? |
| 8 | Before leaving he stood for a moment at the door and let his eyes range round the room as if he were seeing it for the first time . |
| 9 | That same day he told me , as if he were giving me a magnificent present , that he thought he could pull strings and have me posted with him . |
| 10 | She knew she would feel slightly better about the situation if he were forcing her to stay at his flat in London . |
| 11 | If he were to assault her now , hurt her and rape her , there would be no redress . |
| 12 | that time he took this fridge and you kept asking him if he were selling it cos w it were empty were n't it , and he says no it 's a load of rubbish . |
| 13 | He said , ‘ Angie … ’ and she stood aside to let him in , lost for words , then followed him to the kitchen , as if he were showing her the way . |
| 14 | When he did rise in the chair it was slowly and grudgingly and he followed McQuaid out into the stone hallway as if he were finding it difficult to walk or move . |
| 15 | If he were to read it with a less selective eye , he would benefit considerably . |
| 16 | She lay still , quaking a little to start with , at the thought of him sitting down there , angrily riddling the fire as if he were punishing it because his sister had left him , and then she began to feel angry herself . |
| 17 | Otherwise it was largely a stunt — the saxophonist acting like a contortionist while continuing to play , the bass-player straddling his instrument on the floor , as if he were raping it ; and it was de rigueur for the pianist to stand at his instrument , and play with one hand , thus giving himself freedom for muscular improvisation . |