Example sentences of "if she have just " in BNC.
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| 1 | Charlie was dead keen on Lilian doing him credit and she always did , always looked as if she 'd just stepped out of a bandbox . |
| 2 | Then drew back quickly , as if she 'd just been burned . |
| 3 | She wore a large white straw hat and looked as if she 'd just been to church . |
| 4 | She asked , ‘ What was that ? ’ as if she 'd just failed to catch some remark that Luke had made . |
| 5 | She looked small , frail , and feeble ; her face was dazed and vacant , as if she 'd just been woken up and could n't quite remember where she was . |
| 6 | She felt as if she 'd just escaped a raging tornado , flung to one side just in time . |
| 7 | Her heart raced like a riptide ; her ears rang and lights fizzed at the back of her eyes as if she 'd just dived deep into the bosom of Ocean . |
| 8 | Bad enough to feel the way she did , let alone have to spend time with a man who treated her as if she 'd just crawled from under a stone . |
| 9 | Her prosecutor was looking at her as if she 'd just crawled from under a stone . |
| 10 | Marc made her feel as if she 'd just had a battle with a steamroller — but she was mildly pleased with herself . |
| 11 | She looked as if she had just got out of bed , and McLeish had a sudden vision of a dark basement flat with greasy mugs on every surface . |
| 12 | ‘ I beg your pardon ? ’ said Mrs Cramp again , reeling back as if she had just been slapped in the face . |
| 13 | Tina looked guilty , as if she had just betrayed a secret . |
| 14 | Her blonde curls looked as if she had just come from a hairdresser rather than from the hand basin in her own bedroom which was where she had washed her hair this morning . |
| 15 | She opened the door before Massingham had time to ring , her handsome shield-shaped face composed under the light brown fringe , and looking in her shirt , slacks and leather jerkin as elegantly informal as if she had just come in from a country walk . |
| 16 | Not if she had just moved . |
| 17 | Her arms felt languorous , her flesh soft and relaxed as if she had just awakened from sleep . |
| 18 | She looked as stunningly elegant , as poised and assured — because even her slight nervousness seemed professional — as if she had just stepped out of a cabine at Dior . |
| 19 | She felt as guilty about running away as if she had just robbed a lame beggar of his last groat . |
| 20 | Sybil made a faint tutting noise and shuddered , as if she had just discovered an unpleasant insect on one of her flowers . |
| 21 | ‘ You do want something to eat ? ’ she asked , turning to Loretta as if she had just remembered her manners . |
| 22 | as if she had just been in actual combat she dropped down on to the couch and sat gasping , drawing in long , shuddering breaths . |
| 23 | She simply looks satisfied , as if she had just bitten into the most delicious slab of chocolate she ever tasted . |
| 24 | Meeting his eyes , their expression now cool and shuttered , Luce wondered if she had just imagined that blazing look . |
| 25 | Nicolo had flung his head back ; he was laughing as if she had just told the world 's funniest joke . |
| 26 | A teenage girl gets on the bus , then , as if she 's just remembered , takes out a comic story magazine and holds it out of the window . |
| 27 | It is unquestionably a pleasure to see Paul Scofield wrap his voice round a sentence ; Vanessa Redgrave laugh as if she 's just been caught off guard ; and Daniel Massey inflect his expression just so , to suggest a man on the cusp between debonair and disintegrating . |
| 28 | Belushi exudes all the erotic charisma of a frozen carp , Bracco looks and acts as if she 's just signed up with a Dial a Dime Hostess service and there are various large signposts pointing firmly at The Murderer . |
| 29 | But what if she 's just had a tiny indiscretion , a few drinks with a work colleague that went too far , followed by tears and remorse and ‘ I swear to you it 'll never happen again , I love only you , darling ’ ? |
| 30 | Occasionally flicking back a stray blonde hair , Mrs Bottomley comes to the despatch box as if she has just leapt out of a hair spray advert . |