Example sentences of "[prep] if it [vb mod] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a faint sticky feeling to it , as if it might trap you if you tried to struggle against it — but no one would want to struggle against this , thought Fenella , bemused with delight . |
| 2 | She had a glass of gin in her hand , but she was not drinking it , just holding it as if it might offer her the cheer and support that she might not otherwise find elsewhere . |
| 3 | The Monster continues to scream as if it would blast me from the cosmos . |
| 4 | It crashed around the mountain walls as if it would split them in two and she never heard the plane arrive . |
| 5 | He held out his leather tobacco pouch : the young man looked at it as if it would bite him who touched . |
| 6 | They looked at the radio , as if it would tell them something , and then their cold eyes settled on Bruno , who was not laughing any more . |
| 7 | The river immediately floated my free legs away as if it would have them , and I had to grab the wire fiercely to avoid going with the current . |
| 8 | Miss Phoebe gave her head a slight shake , holding on to the arms of her chair as if it would save her from drowning . |
| 9 | He was regarding her questioningly , searching her face as if it could tell him something . |