Example sentences of "if [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She paused as if gathering her courage . |
| 2 | Her flesh shrank away from the paw 's touch , as if gathering and compressing itself on to the bone . |
| 3 | He paused , as if gathering breath for an ascent up a steep mountainside . |
| 4 | She looked into the Doctor 's eyes , noticing that they glowed faintly , as if gathering and enhancing the available light . |
| 5 | If nursing already recruits 25% of leavers with between 5 " O " levels and 2 A levels , this is easier said than done , particularly when one considers that other employment agencies are also preparing to compete more aggressively to obtain their share from the pool . |
| 6 | Lawyers say that the original reasons merge into the decision of the arbitrator or the judgment of a court , which , if binding , becomes res judicata . |
| 7 | She wondered if eating when you did n't feel hungry was brave . |
| 8 | One argument is that if building the CIT involves cutting into present research programmes then it may be preferable to run the present experiments for longer . |
| 9 | But if building rocky edifices is not your style then you can keep them in a tank with just a few normal caves ( or flowerpots ) ( Lanistes shells being regrettably unavailable to hobbyists ) . |
| 10 | Sometimes men in mackintoshes stared in at the bookshop windows as if building up to a flash . |
| 11 | And then , across this orderly slow progression where all was held in a great round , three lights moving together pursued their way , little glow-worms busily creeping in a straight line across the dome , one green , one red , in movement , then one white at the same pace ; now one winking now the other , as if flashing messages . |
| 12 | ‘ The Beat poets invite you to a press conference at noon , at the Albert Memorial ; if raining , inside the Memorial . ’ |
| 13 | The point is , I know solicitors individually are totally immoral ’ — Gerald nodded assent as if accepting a compliment ‘ — and I suppose , as with any other bunch of thieves , there is honour among you . ’ |
| 14 | as if realising that these were the last days of his anonymity , he took to walking the New York streets at night , staring into people 's faces . |
| 15 | She looked at Sir John more guardedly , as if realising the coroner was not the fool he liked to appear . |
| 16 | It would enable world leaders if encountering opposition world leaders to come into harmony before they started . |
| 17 | If dissuading people from ever starting to smoke is the primary aim then limitation of long term cigarette smoking presumably comes second . |
| 18 | We turn up to funerals in everyday clothes , we refuse to let people send flowers so there is no opportunity for a communal expression of feeling , we are reluctant to take more than one day off work on the grounds that we 're better getting on with life as if weeping and mourning had no part in real life . |
| 19 | Yeah , thought Jay , as if wading through cement , let's be semantic , let's forget the way our eyes met , the way our bodies clung so hungrily together . |
| 20 | Even if manufacturing America looks relatively healthy , financial America does not . |
| 21 | I will count to three , ’ the corner continued as if enjoying himself , ‘ and then , if you are not out of this alleyway and back whence you came , you will answer to me ! |
| 22 | Now , while as if bestowing some order of merit she fastened the beads round my neck , her face wore a motherly expression and for the first time I was with the Aunt Louise of my childhood . |
| 23 | ‘ There were the customary acclamations from the populace as I rode in procession to the Guildhall this morning — indeed it seemed to me that my subjects had never before greeted me with such enthusiasm , ’ Edward told her , gazing into the fire as if reliving the morning 's events . |
| 24 | If cooking by microwave the surface may appear sticky . |
| 25 | He brushed his blond hair back from his cheek with a swift gesture , leaving the hand poised on his shoulder as if touching some invisible insignia . |
| 26 | But , when you do check , make certain that you have maintained straight and level flight just previously , and that you continue to do so if re-setting the DI . |
| 27 | This new , familiar girl fussed around the table , patting at the rotting food as if plumping a baby 's eiderdown , waiting , waiting , waiting for the guests to arrive . |
| 28 | If gazing could gobble you up , she 'd have been picked clean . |
| 29 | Look straight ahead as if gazing at a place on a wall . |
| 30 | ‘ The death of the remand prisoner , ’ Fairham interjected , as if reminding Nicholson of something he might have forgotten . |