Example sentences of "[prep] if she could " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seemed as if she could n't do anything right and everyone grumbled at her . |
| 2 | The different ages of her life seemed to exist simultaneously , as if she could move from age to age according to how she felt . |
| 3 | She looked as if she could have stepped straight out of an urchin 's game on the street of a Northern Italian village or off the front cover of Vogue . |
| 4 | She closed her eyes as we did this as if she could not bear the spectacle of herself , a helpless , groaning hulk , being rolled about the bed . |
| 5 | On duty she strode about looking as if she could not wait to get off duty and chuck a discus . |
| 6 | She felt as if she could float up into the starry night . |
| 7 | She felt as if she could trust Bernard . |
| 8 | The girl had a way of looking at her as if she could read her mind and Ida did n't like it . |
| 9 | Ruth felt as if she could do nothing but stare . |
| 10 | Ruth saw she could n't last long ; her face had a blind look , as if she could no longer see through the dazzling fire . |
| 11 | She gripped Fand almost roughly , as if she could hold her back from dying . |
| 12 | The girl looked as if she could do with a fairy godmother , or perhaps just a mother . |
| 13 | For all her beauty , Katherine had a wary look about her , as if she could n't afford to laugh or cry or show any sign of emotion . |
| 14 | She spoke almost as if she could read his mind . |
| 15 | The crows attacked and her movements were strangely slow and disorientated as if she could not quite see them , or make her wings and talons move as she intended . |
| 16 | as if she could bear it no longer , she dropped her knife and seized the chalk . |
| 17 | She just sat there , staring out at us with her face all blank and closed up , as if she could n't see us any more , and as the bus lurched forward we all waved and ran off to our big school up the hill . |
| 18 | as if she could leave all her troubles behind . |
| 19 | Then suddenly she kissed him again and again , as if she could not stop . |
| 20 | She walked back to the mantelpiece again and stared at the card as if she could contact its writer by clairvoyance . |
| 21 | It sounds as if she could cope all right on her own . ’ |
| 22 | But he 's English originally , is n't he ? ’ she prompted Florian , as if she could alter the truth by uncovering an error . |
| 23 | There was a slight tremor to the hand she had raised , as if she could hold off the madness that way , and she dropped it swiftly as she absorbed the hardness of his saturnine face and the overt demand glittering hotly in his eyes . |
| 24 | as if she could forget , although she tried her hardest ! |
| 25 | Ana seemed to pick up the vibes very quickly and tagged along with Mitch , laughing at his humour , turning her head from time to time in Maggie 's direction as if she could hear steam coming from her ears . |
| 26 | ‘ When Señor Mitchell gets back I would like us all to have a nice little trip , ’ she announced , sitting and smiling round almost as if she could see them . |
| 27 | Araminta 's face screwed into a mask of rage and she breathed deeply , as if she could barely contain herself . |
| 28 | Dropping to her knees , as if she could no longer stand on her trembling legs , and heedless of the new peach gown and the pretty fawn pelisse she had bought that covered it , Theda set down her candle on the floor with quivering fingers , and covered her face with her hands . |
| 29 | She gazed at the pages as Carolyn read , as if she could see the events unfolding there . |
| 30 | Lou 's heightened colour betrayed her embarrassment , as if she could read Melissa 's unspoken disapproval at this example of male chauvinism . |