Example sentences of "if he really " in BNC.
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| 1 | She looked at him longingly , Wondering if he really did want to have an affair with her . |
| 2 | It 's a way of saying to yourself , if he really loves me , he 'll stop doing that because I want him to ’ , Roz says . |
| 3 | She hesitated , then said that she would like that rather than a drink , if he really would n't mind . |
| 4 | If he really disliked what the beastly troika had done to it , he could have resigned — or , perhaps more effectively , threatened to . |
| 5 | What happens if he really makes the break for a market economy ? |
| 6 | Or , if he really wants to worry aloud , he recalls the time not long ago when he woke one morning to find a black man looming over him in his bedroom carrying most of the clothes from wardrobe in one hand and the family carving knife in the other . |
| 7 | What would Keith say if he really knew what it was like to be a Slattery ? |
| 8 | When he woke he gazed up at Dot almost as though he knew her , yet she could n't be sure if he really saw her , for his eyes had a distant faraway look like a sailor in the Navy staring across the Pacific seas . |
| 9 | Poindexter 's expression all through his testimony was one of mystification , shrouded in patient smoke , as if he really could not think why all these people wanted to ply him with questions . |
| 10 | Lying back , sponging soapy breasts , Anna wondered if she really loved her husband , and if he really loved her . |
| 11 | Some of them poked him with sticks to see if he really was a savage and threw books shouting , ‘ Build us a tower . |
| 12 | Her long , strong legs folded under her and she sat down on the rug in the hallway and sobbed to her heart 's content , while Alex patted her shoulder and wondered if he really understood his sister at all . |
| 13 | If he really hated them , nothing would stop him . |
| 14 | He 'd sounded as if he really believed in Angelica 's death . |
| 15 | If he really wants to ensure that ring-rustiness does n't get him this time and given his limited comeback action , would n't he seek more serious preparatory work than dressing up as Santa Claus , albeit for charity ? |
| 16 | ‘ And if he is not prepared to fight , then he should say so but there is no point in lying to the people around him saying he can do the job if he really believes he ca n't . ’ |
| 17 | If he really thought this would be his father 's reaction , he was cruelly deluding himself . |
| 18 | ‘ If he really had a divine mission , ran the objection , he would not be surrounded by this rag-tag band , but by the best and the brightest . … |
| 19 | Later on Adam wondered if his father had made all this up or if he really believed it himself . |
| 20 | He was looking at me as if he really hated me ; he seized me by the shoulders and pushed me over to the bathroom mirror . |
| 21 | I said , coldly and pompously — he had put me in such a strong , moral position by hitting me — that if he really felt I was such an awful wife , if would be better if we got a divorce . |
| 22 | He spoke anxiously , as if he really cared about this , and I thought : what a nice man he is . |
| 23 | But if he really wants to build up his muscles for a gold , he should try lifting his wallet . |
| 24 | If he really has got another job , as you say , I want to know where . ’ |
| 25 | If he really had left his boat in the cove round the point , he would have to come this way again , and I would certainly be able to see if he brought anything with him . |
| 26 | He then asks " how should one recognise authority ? " and answers that " degrees only prove knowledge ; look among those who really love art and literature " , and he goes on to conclude : " The artist , if he really is an artist , possesses absolute value which he can not lose : the man of science , once refuted or superseded , retains no absolute but only an historical importance . " |
| 27 | It was as if he really had struck her , then . |
| 28 | Preston wondered if he really did n't know about the deathbed pantomime . |
| 29 | I look at him but ca n't tell if he really forgot the name or not . |
| 30 | A little later she indicates that I am partially returned to favour when I plan to write to The Times condemning the industrial action that was taken by the consultants : ‘ If he really produces this letter to The Times I shall begin to have some faith in him . ’ |