Example sentences of "if he [was/were] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , reading his piece ( Market Place , July 112 ) I wonder if he was at the same Royal Show as I was . |
| 2 | Less than a mile to go as they pinged over the three obstacles set close together at the far end of the back straight , and Mill House was ail of three lengths ahead : as they stretched out round the long sweeping turn towards the Pond Fence , the third from home , it really seemed as if he was at last going to take his revenge on Arkle . |
| 3 | If he was at all interested it was up to him to make the first move . |
| 4 | It was if he was at home at St Andrews . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm not even sure if he was at school at the same time as me . ’ |
| 6 | Her mother never tired of speaking of her own father , Don Humberto , who had been a gentleman adventurer and a favourite at the court of King John , but she had never met Dom João and could only assure Sara that if he was at all like his grandfather or his Uncle Pedro ( the one who had died at sea ) he would be a man of great charm , intelligence and wit . |
| 7 | He raised the Browning automatic as if he was at target practice , levelled the sight at the thing 's one remaining monstrous yellow eye — and pulled the trigger . |
| 8 | ‘ Khan , you argue that unless you are permitted to build the kind of ship you require , the embassy will fail — ’ He broke off , shaking his head as if he was at a loss to know how to deal with the notion . |
| 9 | If he was at home we were always welcome in his study . |
| 10 | They had enquired if he was at the pottery and been told that he was not . |
| 11 | Alexandra took her father over every inch of her domain and he nodded at her enthusiasm , but if he was at all impressed by what she did , what she planned , he gave no sign . |
| 12 | ‘ If you 're looking to buy , I 've nothing to sell , ’ said Alan for openers as if he was at a jumble sale . |
| 13 | If he was at the County ground a penalty probably would n't have been given , but there was no arguing about Andy Hinchcliffe 's finishing . |
| 14 | His dad was Mickey who keeps goal for Colchester United , I do n't know if he was at the match , but he was , er had a very good game . |
| 15 | Deep gashes of black under the eyes , skin the colour of ashes , a slight wobbliness to his movements , His speech is fastidious , precise in a way that would seem pompous if he were at all ebullient ; but with his small , gave voice — sometimes withering , always withered — the impression is of a wary distrust of words and the ways they can be misconstrued . |
| 16 | He felt as if he were at one of Mama 's evenings . |
| 17 | He felt as if he were at yet another family wedding . |