Example sentences of "if he [was/were] under " in BNC.
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| 1 | His own voice sounded rather odd , as if he was under strain . |
| 2 | ‘ Give me one good reason , ’ he demanded , somehow his voice reaching her as gruff and as if he was under some powerful emotion too . |
| 3 | She wondered if he was under business pressure . |
| 4 | It beat so fast as if he was under a strain . |
| 5 | For a moment he did not know where he was : the darkness lay upon him like a leaden weight , crushing him as if he were under a ton of river-water . |
| 6 | I come in and put the bedside light on , and he lies there with his eyes half-open , conscious but immobilized , as if he were under some strange paralysing drug , unable to tell me what the trouble was , unable to nod or smile or shake off his dream . |