Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [prep] if it " in BNC.
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| 1 | I always intended to , but I wanted a reason or some credibility to go back with , so that our gesture was n't completely fruitless or looked as if it had been a complete waste of time . |
| 2 | All the time , we were making love as we wrote our poems , in a great wave of inspiration and tenderness that seemed as if it could never end . |
| 3 | Althusser 's procedure has been to show that , within a notion of history that seemed as if it could be invoked on its own as self-evident , there rests an entire presupposition about the conception of the social whole that is not derived from Marxist theory . |
| 4 | Claudia , waking with a head that felt as if it were filled with lead , almost fell out of bed as her alarm rang . |
| 5 | She put the envelope down on the small table that served double duty as desk and dining surface , eased off her shoes , and stepped out of the cotton dress that felt as if it were struck to her damp skin . |
| 6 | I turned my head away quickly , but I had had time to take in another feature — his rather sharp , small nose that looked as if it might have been broken in a boxing match . |
| 7 | Delaney stood with one foot on the hull of the craft that looked as if it owed more to space technology than to marine engineering . |
| 8 | Ray Shepherd was a tall man with a craggy , lined face that looked as if it had once been weathered but was now the colour of chalk . |
| 9 | In the part in which she was standing was a small table and two chairs and an iron contraption that looked as if it might be used for some form of heating . |
| 10 | The bomber that looked as if it was always flying downhill is the subject of this account of 4 Group 's operations during 1939 and 1940 . |
| 11 | ‘ I believe we 're the only ones left , ’ said Jed as they stopped at East Acton , a rather dark little station that looked as if it might be out in the country . |
| 12 | But it was , in fact , a bundle of dark clothing that looked as if it had been hurled against the far wall of the darkened yard . |
| 13 | There was a heavy entrance door that looked as if it might be airtight , but it was wedged back . |
| 14 | One of them was a slim pamphlet that looked as if it might be the catalogue . |
| 15 | He was dressed in a suit that looked as if it needed pressing . |
| 16 | Rupert repeated his earlier greeting and came towards her with a glass jug that looked as if it contained some kind of cocktail . |
| 17 | He was thankful she was n't wearing boots but her hair had disappeared again under an awful black felt hat that looked as if it might have been her father 's , and when she handed her coat in at the cloakroom she kept the hat on . |
| 18 | Long , unkempt hair , several missing teeth , and a nose that looked as if it had met more than one fist in its owner 's lifetime did nothing for his general appearance . |
| 19 | She had taken , this spring , to a sort of generalized reverence that looked as if it was planned to accommodate any new religion to which her son or his girl-friend might have become attached . |
| 20 | She was wearing a chartreuse dress that looked as if it had been spray-painted on . |
| 21 | He had plenty of routine , and a new one that looked as if it might be interesting : the murder of a whole family in a bright new Span house in Blackheath . |
| 22 | The radio was on , whatever it was that shrieked was at it full-blast , and from somewhere upstairs came music that sounded as if it proceeded from a violin . |
| 23 | In a clipped French sentence that sounded as if it had been well rehearsed , she told Agathe that she may have lost the produce of her labour but she had not lost the fruit of her labours . |
| 24 | The fatal , fateful thing was that for a century the device appeared to work : Canada felt and behaved as if it was still part of the empire . |
| 25 | She put her bag with the story on the passenger seat and drove as if it were a newborn baby . |
| 26 | It had all trees on it and looked as if it had been made for picnics . |
| 27 | As the orchestra took up the refrain once more , she came to take her mother 's hand at centre stage , and sang as if it was the most natural thing in the world . |
| 28 | Hilary , coming out of his reverie , noticed his discomfiture , and smiled as if it was something of not the slightest importance : ‘ The suggestion has been made , ’ he said . |
| 29 | He shifted his body towards her and spoke as if it were important that she , of all those present , should understand . |