Example sentences of "if he had [adv] [vb pp] [adv prt] " in BNC.

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1 He looked as if he had just stepped out of a drawing room in the shires .
2 Of similar vintage I can recall Billy Lane turning up for an open match on the Swadlincote waters , looking as if he had just stepped out of a time warp .
3 Ray Shepherd looked up at them as coolly as if he had just driven in to work on a routine day .
4 If he had indeed come up here determined to end his life , then he might have climbed over the guard rail , leaving a scrap of thread behind as he did so .
5 The Santerres were waiting for us with Bowyer who looked as if he had really settled in , shirt open at the collar , stubby feet enclosed in buskins whilst his fat face was flushed with drink and his breath smelt like a wine press .
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