Example sentences of "if [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She paused as if gathering her courage . |
| 2 | There are also the exciting poses that come at the end of some of Ashton 's pas de deux as the two characters declare their love , for example , when Oberon cradles Titania in his arms at the end of The Dream and , even more excitingly , when Colas lifts Lise high on one arm it the end of their dance in Act II of La Fille Mai Gardée as if to crown her queen of the harvest |
| 3 | as if to signal their displeasure the Dutch parliament passed a constitutional amendment in 1952 incorporating West New Guinea into the Netherlands and closing off further discussion of the issue . |
| 4 | He stared at her , almost as if seeing his daughter for the very first time , his eyes boring into her , and she suffered his scrutiny as best she could . |
| 5 | However , it hardly seems satisfactory to say that it is conscience which tells us that conscience should be at the controls , for presumably self love would say the same of itself if given its head . |
| 6 | as if to confirm her agitation , waves of a hyacinth-like perfume reached Montgomery 's nose . |
| 7 | as if to confirm her statement , a tall powerfully built man came round the corner of the house carrying a box of potatoes . |
| 8 | as if to confirm her pedestrian turn of mind , Miss Logan at this point revealed that it had been a matter of curiosity to her since childhood how the Ark had succeeded in resting upon the top of a mountain . |
| 9 | as if to confirm his train of thought there came a great crashing and a screeching of metal . |
| 10 | ‘ Did you really miss me ? ’ he asked cautiously , as if doubting her answer even now . |
| 11 | Wonder if got his carpet down Friday . |
| 12 | He paused for a moment , as if to gather his thoughts . |
| 13 | One of the children pawed at my lap , as if returning my attention to the lady on the velvet throne . |
| 14 | The morning looked grey and gloomy too , as if matching her mood , and Kate was reminded that January was hardly the most romantic month for a honeymoon in the English countryside . |
| 15 | " But it was my fault , " Patrick continued , wrapping his hands around the cup , bringing it up to his lips as if to hide his face . |
| 16 | Sometimes they 'd stand it up and watch it fall over , as if justifying their negligence . |
| 17 | as if to increase my terror , there came at that instant a pause in the electric war overhead . |
| 18 | When Doohan clenches his right hand , as if to grip his NSR 's handlebar , a gruesome lump of muscle protrudes from the underside of his forearm . |
| 19 | He held up his car-keys between the thumb and forefinger of his right hand , as if saving his nostrils the distress of some malodorous handkerchief . |
| 20 | And instinctively she reached out her arms as if to circle his neck and draw him down into an imaginary embrace . |
| 21 | She held the seahorse out and gazed at it , as if searching its curves for an answer . |
| 22 | If fitting your blind inside a window recess you will need to measure the full recess width and depth . |
| 23 | Hearing what sounded like a muttered exclamation of fury at her elbow , Melissa looked around and saw Dora turn on her heel and march off into the orchard , where she stopped under an apple tree and stared up into the branches as if inspecting its heavy crop of fruit . |
| 24 | Then , as if to answer her question , he pushed his chair back abruptly and left the table . |
| 25 | Gothic he stated was not the national style its exponents claimed , but a foreign importation and as if to counter his own question to Scott , he recited a long list of classical public buildings in Britain and Ireland . |
| 26 | Its efforts to ingest the last scattered parings of modern existence seemed half-hearted , as its voice rose to a crescendo as if to bewail its incapability and incompetence . |
| 27 | And , as if to celebrate her freedom , she dipped her cutwater into a sudden trough of the sea and then sprayed white water high over her bows . |
| 28 | ‘ Anything but , ’ he replied , as if remembering her dainty appetite when she had dined at his home . |
| 29 | Here and there , they caught sight of a fluid red-gold figure in between the trees and once a huge oak tree seemed to bend forward as if inclining its head to inspect them . |
| 30 | Mrs Quinton closed her eyes for a moment as if recalling her cousin relating this girl 's history , which had not included the scissors ' business with Sister Mary as being the reason for her leaving because that might have put any caring mother off from engaging such a virago . |