Example sentences of "[pers pn] [prep] if [pron] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the Master of the Roll 's reasoning it would appear to me as if nothing can preserve the true character and origin and parentage of the income paid to the beneficiaries through their bankers unless that be done by lodging with those bankers the dividends , share warrants and the like received by the trustees but not cashed . |
| 2 | A small , dark , intense man with a beard and drooping moustache , who is probably looking at me as if he would like to put daggers in my back ? ’ |
| 3 | The bastard smiled evilly at me as if he would have loved to have put a noose round my neck and had me swinging on a branch of the overhanging elm tree . |
| 4 | He looked at me as if he could not believe his eyes , and a faint , doubtful smile began to move his lips . |
| 5 | He turned his head to stare at me as if he could n't at once comprehend my interest , but then , understanding , said of course I could go if I wanted to . |
| 6 | I asked about the baby and she looked at me as if I should know . ’ |
| 7 | He is talking to me as if I could be a partner in his business : he is drawing me in . |
| 8 | My feet got so hot and sweaty I took my trainers and socks off and walked along in my bare feet till I saw a traffic warden looking at me as if she 'd get me arrested . |
| 9 | It sounds to me as if it could be a bit worrying to think that when you went to see your doctor you 'd be faced by a machine instead of a human being the other side of desk . |
| 10 | He seemed fascinated by his hands ; he was flexing the fingers rhythmically and gazing at them as if they could tell him something important about himself . |
| 11 | Erm , right , the , what I 'd like you to if you can , is to open the yellow things up please . |
| 12 | My Lord there is a final part of our submission on on this is because I do n't know whether your Lordship has a copy of the report this is the report of the fact that My Lord erm what I wish to refer you to if I may , is erm that paragraph three one of the report which is erm that solicitors and er he instructed himself er from the law society who told him that the law society in paragraph three page five , do n't issue any specific directional guidance duty of care in relation to the plaintiffs transaction , the Law Society view obligation to be have to be considered on the basis of and he then goes on from there to depart from that approach to speculate as to what his approach would be erm |
| 13 | She felt the steel strength of his arms around her and her skin quivered from the warmth of his breath on her cheek before he released her as if she might contaminate him . |
| 14 | He loved her like a woman and he ran his hands lightly over her as if she would respond to his touch . |
| 15 | Rosa laughed and looked at her as if she should know . |
| 16 | The girl had a way of looking at her as if she could read her mind and Ida did n't like it . |
| 17 | He treated her as if he would love and defend her under any circumstances . |
| 18 | FitzAlan was holding her as if he would make her part of himself , as if he could not bear to be separate from her . |
| 19 | Pascoe looked at her as if he could n't make the connection . |
| 20 | But then she realised that the customer in question was looking at her as if he could read her thoughts — and found them highly amusing . |
| 21 | He ran a tremulous fingertip over her lips in a further gesture to silence her as if he could n't bear the pain of hearing the words spoken . |
| 22 | The Poet evidently wants to detach himself totally from the Friend , stand away from him as if he might suffer corruption or contagion by going any nearer . |
| 23 | Then words , distant and unknown to him , began to form in him and to speak through him , and a name loomed before him as if he could feel the place it represented ; and the name was Callanish . |
| 24 | I talked at him as if he could easily be normal . |
| 25 | Her eyes followed him as he unpacked the bike , and she wondered if he was just going to take it for granted that she would sleep with him of if he would offer her the choice . |
| 26 | He held out his leather tobacco pouch : the young man looked at it as if it would bite him who touched . |
| 27 | She had a glass of gin in her hand , but she was not drinking it , just holding it as if it might offer her the cheer and support that she might not otherwise find elsewhere . |
| 28 | His hands left her shoulders as he breathed a sigh of relief , and his gaze locked with hers as if he could read her soul in its depth . |