Example sentences of "from [pron] [prep] if [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | a very uncomfortable thing for me occurred — There were quite enough queens to register Casanova impotent , and yet every one of them shied away from me as if I had the plague . |
| 2 | She snatched her hand away from his as if she feared he might contaminate her and stalked ahead of him , not trusting herself to speak until they were inside her apartment . |
| 3 | He flung her hands away from him as if they had become loathsome . |
| 4 | Benedicta , cooler and more composed , was listening attentively to some story the nobleman was telling her , though now and again moving slightly away from him as if she had come to resent the young gallant 's attentions . |
| 5 | His shirt had been as cleanly stripped from him as if he had never been wearing it , although his skin appeared uninjured . |
| 6 | She flinched away from him as if he had raised his hand . |
| 7 | ‘ What ? ’ he said mock-innocently and drew away from her as if nothing had happened . |