Example sentences of "[prep] if [pron] could [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The girl had a way of looking at her as if she could read her mind and Ida did n't like it . |
| 2 | She spoke almost as if she could read his mind . |
| 3 | She walked back to the mantelpiece again and stared at the card as if she could contact its writer by clairvoyance . |
| 4 | as if he could arrest their development at that stage , and set them working like articulated models in a shop window , mechanically repeating the same gestures — Mrs Mallory always pouring out a cup of tea with a warm , motherly smile ; Mr Mallory always easing himself blissfully into his chair ; Patricia always reaching for the aspirins with womanly resignation , Clare always shyly yielding to the one good-night embrace … |
| 5 | He nodded , as if he could read her thoughts , and moved to leave . |
| 6 | But then she realised that the customer in question was looking at her as if he could read her thoughts — and found them highly amusing . |
| 7 | His hands left her shoulders as he breathed a sigh of relief , and his gaze locked with hers as if he could read her soul in its depth . |
| 8 | She was about to ask him why the party had been using the OBEX pool when , as if he could read her thoughts , he said , ‘ I used to take them to the public swimming-pool in town , but it gets so crowded that some of them used to get frightened . |
| 9 | ‘ I think , ’ he continued as if he could read my thoughts , ‘ logic has shown me a way to solve the murders of Selkirk and Ruthven . ’ |
| 10 | Len , however , had his gaze fixed on David 's face and almost as if he could read his mind , and ignoring the other two , he said roughly , ‘ They 're not taking the case , are they , Doc ? ’ |