Example sentences of "if [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her flesh shrank away from the paw 's touch , as if gathering and compressing itself on to the bone . |
| 2 | She looked into the Doctor 's eyes , noticing that they glowed faintly , as if gathering and enhancing the available light . |
| 3 | Britain annually publishes three times as many titles , relative to population , as the United States ; and most books published in Britain sell abroad , if calculated as to copies . |
| 4 | The young measure just under one foot in length at birth , they are more aggressive than their parents and can rear up , spread the hood and strike while emerging from the egg if aroused or annoyed . |
| 5 | She wondered if eating when you did n't feel hungry was brave . |
| 6 | as if realising that these were the last days of his anonymity , he took to walking the New York streets at night , staring into people 's faces . |
| 7 | We turn up to funerals in everyday clothes , we refuse to let people send flowers so there is no opportunity for a communal expression of feeling , we are reluctant to take more than one day off work on the grounds that we 're better getting on with life as if weeping and mourning had no part in real life . |
| 8 | The writer ventures to think , for instance , that the final chord of the 1st movement of Tchaikovsky 's ‘ Pathetic Symphony ’ would be more satisfactory if arranged than thus |
| 9 | ‘ Oh , ’ Nellie said , glancing quickly at Carrie as if to signal that her father was being secretive about his work again . |
| 10 | as if to signal that the working day was about to begin , the telephone rang . |
| 11 | Oswald opened his mouth again as if to continue but he coughed , choking on his own blood and his head fell to one side , his solitary eye fixed in a glassy trance . |
| 12 | If proven that it constitutes Treasure Trove ( i.e. it was buried with the intention of later removal , rather than as part of a funerary burial ) , it is most likely to be retained by the Crown for the British Museum and the finder paid a sum equal to the market value of what is retained . |
| 13 | If diagnosed and treated correctly , the disease is not life-threatening . |
| 14 | But I think the person is not an ingredient in the single thought : he is rather constituted by relations of the thoughts to each other and to the body … the grammatical forms ‘ I think ’ , ‘ you think ’ , and ‘ Mr Jones thinks ’ , are misleading if regarded as indicating an analysis of a single thought . |
| 15 | Suddenly her ‘ Society for Cutting Up Men ’ SCUM Manifesto became popular reading , if regarded as eccentric , on women 's oppression , but interesting none the less . |
| 16 | The figure held his lasgun upright , the nozzle against the tip of his visor , as if sniffing or kissing the weapon . |
| 17 | Maybe it 's the Border Culture ! g Staff do enjoy this work immensely — if treated as adults within an open management system they will treat residents likewise and are so committed and enthusiastic . |
| 18 | If delayed and rain come followed by frost the crop perishes . |
| 19 | as if to confirm that they had rejected the old emphasis on local political organizations , the new studies gave themselves a new title . |
| 20 | Only if registered and paid up as road running clubs will they be able to elect officials on to the Road Running Commission . |
| 21 | She was fast recovering , Dr Neil saw ; the pretty , wilful , if swollen and bruised face was vital , the springing blue-black curls were a sign of vigour and health . |
| 22 | But if you do n't want to hear it … ’ he made as if to go but Herr Nordern took him by the elbow . |
| 23 | He rose then as if to go but impulsively Robyn caught at the sleeve of his robe . |
| 24 | Rachel asked the patient to sit in the small waiting area then turned as if to go and prepare herself to see to him . |
| 25 | Graham started to smile , though he thought the joke itself might be in rather poor taste , but then he was aware of Sara turning quickly , putting her glass on the mantelpiece and looking straight at him , coming closer , her face set in strange hard lines , eyes bright , taking him by the elbow and turning her head as if to emphasise that she was talking to Graham , ignoring Slater , saying , " You do dance , do n't you ? " |
| 26 | He examined them from beneath pink-rimmed lids — as if checking that they were his , Trent thought . |
| 27 | He or she will glance ostentatiously at his watch , as if to indicate that an expected arrival is late for an appointment and if he happens to meet the glance of a passer-by , he will more often than not look once again at his watch and cast a long-suffering glance at heaven ; as if by recruiting sympathy for a familiar predicament he will pre-empt any suspicion of more suspect motives . |
| 28 | That does not mean , however , that the McKinsey-GE grid approach has no value , especially if modified as indicated in figure 4.4 . |
| 29 | Dried flowers and potpourri are irresistible to small hands but could prove dangerous if sucked or swallowed , so our advice would be to move them out of harm 's way or to do without . |
| 30 | Benjamin stepped to one side as if to pass and both men stood back , their hands going to their swords . |