Example sentences of "be [prep] if it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Neither does Poulantzas explain what the peasantry would have been like if it had not had this pertinent effect , except in so far as he stipulates that they would not then have been a class . |
| 2 | What would love be for if it did n't solve everything ? |
| 3 | Please ! ’ she begged , all pride gone and only the shadow left , the thought of what it would be like if it swallowed her up and he should leave her wrenching the words from between her lips . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's as if it had a mind of its own ’ , ’ Grimma read . |
| 5 | It had been saddled up ready for him and as Li Yuan stood there , it turned its head curiously , its large dark eyes meeting the prince 's as if it knew its new owner . |
| 6 | ‘ Sometimes , it 's as if it takes a breathing space . ’ |
| 7 | It 's as if it 's always been . |
| 8 | That same night she had gone to Yeoman 's Lane for the last time , accepting without pain that she had thought their love was untouchable , yet now it was as if it had never been . |
| 9 | He did n't know the doctor and was very disorientated and frightened for the rest of that day and the next ; but on the following one it was as if it had never happened . |
| 10 | As they spoke , neither of them reminded each other of their passion a few hours earlier ; it was as if it had never happened . |
| 11 | About two-thirds of the sacks of refuse had gone , and the pit she had seen was as if it had never been , under a litter of dead leaves where a couple of blackbirds foraged . |
| 12 | It was as if it had all been planned . |
| 13 | It was as if it meant that you should love yourself as much as you should love other people . |
| 14 | ‘ It was as if it knew exactly where to go . ’ |
| 15 | The wall was as transparent as glass , but it was as if it revealed only another wall of uniform greyness . |