Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb pp] [prep] if [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The window looked as if it belonged to a toilet . |
| 2 | The room was deserted and desolate : the arctic blue bubble of the drinking water machine looked as if it had turned to ice , two desk lights burned pointlessly above unoccupied desks and the rubbish bins were still brimming with polystyrene cups and waste paper . |
| 3 | Her bottom stung as if she 'd sat on a nest of hornets , but she wanted to show them she 'd survived . |
| 4 | He looked down at her , and for a moment looked as if he regretted his actions . |
| 5 | The room looked as if it had been torn apart . |
| 6 | The offworlder looked as if he failed to comprehend the distinction between science and history . |
| 7 | The corpse looked as if it had been attacked by dagger-billed birds . |
| 8 | The his head lowered as if he intended to kiss her , but instead of his lips finding her own he paused as though changing his mind . |
| 9 | For Jane , that slice of life evaporated as if it had never existed . |
| 10 | Both mother and daughter looked as if they agreed with him but Mercer , smiling round clenched molars , said with surprising bitterness , ‘ You will do what I ask or accept the consequences . ’ |
| 11 | Marie rammed the drawer shut as if it had burned her fingers . |
| 12 | The miniature stainless-steel kitchenette looked as if it had never been cooked in . |
| 13 | The large teapots were filled from the boiling urns , and , thanks to the microwaves , the food tasted as if it had been freshly made . |
| 14 | She was a strange , skinny woman always dressed in dark clothes , and her face looked as if it had never seen the sun . |
| 15 | Though the groom looked as if he longed to get the whole thing over and done with , he obeyed the dictates of tradition and refused . |
| 16 | The office looked as if it had fallen under the same spell of passing time as Dexter , and been unoccupied for weeks rather than hours — the motes of dust , the grime of London gently settling on files , videotapes and yellowing newspapers . |
| 17 | The open sewer in the high street looked as if it had never been cleaned and at times we squelched ankle deep in human excrement . |
| 18 | The weeds that we 'd uprooted in the morning were shrivelled and brown ; the earth looked as if nothing had ever lived in it . |
| 19 | He slouched back in the chair , his face drawn as if he realised the mortal danger they were now in . |
| 20 | Her face stung as if he 'd slapped it , but her eyes held defiantly to his . |