Example sentences of "but [prep] if [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He spoke without looking at her , but as if confiding . |
| 2 | Fear sliced through her and she tried to close her ears to the sound , but as if to mock her it was joined by another and another until the air was filled with a shaking roar . |
| 3 | But as if fixed to a wall there . |
| 4 | ‘ Did you have a — ? ’ good trip , Leith might have said , but as if thinking he 'd given them enough time to sort themselves out , Naylor was butting in , and positively flabbergasting her by what he chose to interrupt with ! |
| 5 | She shrugged , not dismissively but as if to say she was helpless . |
| 6 | The third clock remained silent , but as if to compensate , a watch on the AC 's wrist gave a tiny chirp . |
| 7 | But as if to prove his powers of condensation in the autobiography , Sisson exercises remarkable reticence on matters of personal and family sentiment . |
| 8 | The meteorologists would prove to be right about the sun , but as if to prove their fallibility at four eleven a steady drizzle began . |