Example sentences of "if [pron] had just been " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I beg your pardon ? ’ said Mrs Cramp again , reeling back as if she had just been slapped in the face . |
| 2 | as if she had just been in actual combat she dropped down on to the couch and sat gasping , drawing in long , shuddering breaths . |
| 3 | I read the other day a well praised first novel in which the narrator — who is both sexually inexperienced and an amateur of French literature — comically rehearses to himself the best way to kiss a girl without being rebuffed : ‘ With a slow , sensual , irresistible strength , draw her gradually towards you while gazing into her eyes as if you had just been given a copy of the first , suppressed edition of Madame Bovary . ’ |
| 4 | It looked as if it had just been brought home by Susan from Blackpool . |
| 5 | She noticed that his hair had scissor marks in it , as if it had just been dry cut . |
| 6 | Because no one could have found that brooch if it had just been a wilderness . |
| 7 | I stared stupidly at the bag in my hand as if it had just been dropped there from a helicopter . |
| 8 | The Z88 's line editor may then be used to edit the line as if it had just been typed in . |
| 9 | The line to be edited is now in the input buffer and may be edited as if it had just been typed in . |
| 10 | 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 ’ . |
| 11 | He had a half-beard and he looked dirty , as if he had just been working with hammers and bricks and wood and chisels . |
| 12 | 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 . |