Example sentences of "if [pron] was try " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was like — almost as if I was trying to answer them , in my mind . |
| 2 | Well I think , Bill , if I was to try and sum it up I 'd say that the Social Services settlement was the best of a bad job . |
| 3 | They had heard loud banging from the boxcars , as if someone was trying to attract their attention . |
| 4 | He started to play one and a look of pain flickered across Blanche 's face as if someone was trying to shave her legs with a blunt razor . |
| 5 | In the final days before they met , Mother 's face began to harden when she sat and watched Boy and O , as if she was trying to push them together by sheer force of will power . |
| 6 | She looked right at O and Boy when she said this and it was as if she was trying to scare them in particular , even as if she was trying to frighten them away from each other , as if she was saying , to them , and to all of us , this is what you have to go through , right ? |
| 7 | She looked right at O and Boy when she said this and it was as if she was trying to scare them in particular , even as if she was trying to frighten them away from each other , as if she was saying , to them , and to all of us , this is what you have to go through , right ? |
| 8 | She tilted her head on one side as if she was trying very hard to understand . |
| 9 | Of course , it ends up making things look worse for him — as if she was trying to cover his tracks . ’ |
| 10 | If she was trying to impress Luke with her willingness to play by his rules , acting like a jealous child over what was undoubtedly a business phone call was hardly the way to begin . |
| 11 | She felt sticky and heavy , as if she was trying to pull herself out of the chlorinated pool with the water dragging at her bulk , breaking the surface tension with an effort . |
| 12 | The dress did n't suit her , it was too stiff and smart , it looked as if she was trying too hard . |
| 13 | She covered it with her hand immediately as if she was trying to hide it from prying eyes . |
| 14 | She shut her eyes , unsure if she was trying to blot out the unexpected hunger in his kiss , or opting for her ostrich trick again and trying to pretend this was n't happening to her . |
| 15 | It was as if something was trying to break into the room . |
| 16 | It would n't go in a straight line and kept squeaking , as if it was trying to draw the attention of the customs officers to the person pushing : ‘ Hey , take a look at this chap 's bags . ’ |
| 17 | The brain was throbbing rhythmically , looking as if it was trying to well up out of the hole in the scalp . |
| 18 | The hand was not quite flat : it looked as if it was trying to get up . |
| 19 | Folly 's face was too pink with the heat to blush any more , but it felt as if it was trying . |
| 20 | Why was her own heart starting to beat so hard again , frantically , as if it was trying to tell her something she could not or would not hear ? |
| 21 | Only Leila noticed Roirbak 's quick glance upwards , as if he was trying to peer through the ceiling . |
| 22 | One more story about O : he told me ( it was as if he was trying to explain the oddity of his lovemaking to me , as if he was trying to account for or apologise for the way he 'd treated me , or perhaps to reassure me concerning the effect he 'd had on me , I do n't know ) , in the morning he told me that there was one man , this had been just a couple of years previously , there was one man who had summoned him to his bedside to be counted amongst a farewell gathering of lovers , dear friends and great passions . |
| 23 | One more story about O : he told me ( it was as if he was trying to explain the oddity of his lovemaking to me , as if he was trying to account for or apologise for the way he 'd treated me , or perhaps to reassure me concerning the effect he 'd had on me , I do n't know ) , in the morning he told me that there was one man , this had been just a couple of years previously , there was one man who had summoned him to his bedside to be counted amongst a farewell gathering of lovers , dear friends and great passions . |
| 24 | I looked to see if he was trying to be unpleasant but he was obviously making an effort to be polite . |
| 25 | I looked at the faces of the other soldiers to see if he was trying to make a fool of me . |
| 26 | Occasionally , as if he was trying to control it , he would exhale three times in succession , and the sound would be forced from his throat in rhythmic grunts : ‘ Aha aha aha ’ . |
| 27 | He was staring at the floor , keeping very still as if he was trying to be part of the wall . |
| 28 | I wondered if he was trying to hide from the Eladeldi , but he was just nosing for something somebody else had dropped . |
| 29 | He pulled the duvet off the bed and tried to wrap it round her , but she reacted violently , as if he was trying to suffocate her . |
| 30 | as if he was trying to get rid of a whole cloud of false ideas I probably had about it . |