Example sentences of "if [pron] have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I 've read about it , you do exercises and train yourself , and then when the time comes you pop behind a bush and reappear with the baby slung on your hip , and go on toiling in the paddy-fields as if nothing had happened . " |
| 32 | For a time the eagles were speechless with surprise at what had happened and could only stare through the Cages to Woil who had now taken stance again on the branch where he had originally been and was grooming himself as if nothing had happened . |
| 33 | Back again , he behaved as if nothing had happened . |
| 34 | He strode briskly into the building as if nothing had happened . |
| 35 | We were back at the university , sitting on the bench as if nothing had happened . |
| 36 | He noticed how in other wealthy families the wife or the husband often seemed quite cheerful and calm despite the recent death — just as if nothing had happened . |
| 37 | He waved and grinned as if nothing had happened . |
| 38 | ‘ Good morning , ’ said Floy , as if nothing had happened and Caspar , who looked uneasily over his shoulder , then said , in an urgent whisper , ‘ I did n't like locking you in , you know , but I did n't have any choice . ’ |
| 39 | ‘ At about 6am they said I should eat something and if nothing had happened by 8am they 'd ask a doctor to break my waters . |
| 40 | I had to walk out into the street to find my way home as if nothing had happened . ’ |
| 41 | The employees were occasionally terrified of Bernard ‘ as if he had one over him , ’ as they described it , but they all knew that however much he might stamp and shout while the anger lasted , he could go for a walk and come back as if nothing had happened . |
| 42 | Then afterwards talk as if nothing had happened , but inject enough sympathy into your voice to show you 're still aware that something has . |
| 43 | He 'd spoken as if nothing had happened , she realised , too stunned and distraught to retaliate . |
| 44 | Herriot quite skilfully opens up with one or two of the more moving tales , and stitches it all back together again , quite painlessly , but when you wake up at the end , it is as if nothing had happened . ’ |
| 45 | Her voice was gentle and emphatic , as if nothing had happened . |
| 46 | That with one word from him she would behave as if nothing had happened ? |
| 47 | If anyone thought she 'd go back to the laboratory and behave as if nothing had happened then they wanted their head examined . |
| 48 | ‘ Did you honestly expect me to stay home at the barn and carry on as if nothing had happened after you threw all those accusations at me ? |
| 49 | as if nothing had happened . |
| 50 | ‘ Looking after my own , that 's what I do , ’ Scamp continued as if nothing had happened . |
| 51 | Now you 're going to the dance , and there 'll be Susan and Carrie there , and you 're going to smile as if nothing had happened here tonight . |
| 52 | ‘ What ? ’ he said mock-innocently and drew away from her as if nothing had happened . |
| 53 | Meanwhile , the choir 's busy preparing for the carol service as if nothing had happened . |
| 54 | But no , the country carried on as usual with its football , its treks to the supermarket and its favourite TV programmes , as if nothing had happened . |
| 55 | He recalled with a shudder his futile attempts to pull together the shreds of his old life as if nothing had happened , his tangled emotions , the trouble at school . |
| 56 | But like I said if it if you , if you do that then it 's for them and for yourself but them being up your arse is irritating if you just fucking carry on as if nothing had happened , but you 're aware of the th them doing that then I think it 's a fucking I 've that 's a psychological edge over them anyway it 's just the personalities obviously , but er |
| 57 | He said , said you were just standing there and all of a sudden he said you looked at me looked back at the wall just went pee he said it 's all come out , it 's all splattered all over the wall he said , you did your fly up , wiped your mouth , washed your hands and went out again as if nothing had happened . |
| 58 | A spokesman for the largest opposition group , the People 's Party , said the Prime Minister was acting ‘ as if nothing had changed ’ . |
| 59 | A spokesman for the largest opposition group , the People 's Party , said the Prime Minister was acting ‘ as if nothing had changed ’ . |
| 60 | She heard him coming upstairs in quite an ordinary way as if nothing had changed , nothing had happened . |