Example sentences of "if [pron] have just " in BNC.

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1 As I got up Terry looked at me as if I 'd just announced I had a private income .
2 Actually , I missed some good ones in the couple of days ' holiday I took ; if I 'd just bothered to look at a single fucking news-stand after I left Stromeferry I 'd have seen this story starting to break about this guy — ‘ The Red panther ’ the tabloids decided on eventually — murdering these right-leaning pillars of the community .
3 ‘ I would n't be if I 'd just lost twenty million , ’ Plummer said humourlessly .
4 ‘ The whole thing was a perfectly natural mistake , but , thanks to him , they went on as if I 'd just attempted to rob the Bank of England .
5 I made sure I looked as if I 'd just got out of bed and dressed in a hurry — hence no socks and the sweatshirt — and went down to front garden to wave them in .
6 The big one looked down at me as if I 'd just crawled out from under .
7 " It 's as if I 'd just taken a photograph . "
8 I think the other thing also , I found it a disadvantage actually having it on the table , I think if I 'd just left it on the like that
9 He giggles a sudden twit-giggle as if I 've just farted and scrunches up his flipping funny face as if the stitches in some private part have just popped open , and at that moment he is the very image of a nervous comic wreak .
10 How can I face people when I must look as if I 've just gone ten rounds with an all-in wrestler ? ’
11 ‘ Damn it , stop looking as if I 've just hit you again !
12 I felt as if I had just given birth .
13 Though the landscape was flat , it seemed , both visually and from the effort it was taking to move the wheelbarrow , that I was continually walking up a hill , but when I looked back , it was as if I had just walked down one .
14 Feeling as if I had just won a gold medal , I ran home , carefully examined my treasure to find that the ‘ bone ’ handle was only painted tin .
15 Earlier I had felt as if I was being torn in two , but now the decision was made , I was floating on a warm tide of physical ease , as if I had just given birth .
16 The letter announcing my visit lay unopened on the mat when she opened the door , and an hour later I came away believing that I admired a woman who could , under these circumstances and in some pain , treat me as if I had just stepped round the corner for a packet of tea ten minutes before , and talk to me about this and that , and nothing at all .
17 ‘ Sprechen kommandant , bitte , privaten , ’ I said very slowly , as if I had just learned these words and found difficulty in repeating them .
18 ‘ Fuck off and leave you alone ! ’ echoed Quigley , as if I had just taken pi to sixteen decimal places off the top of my head .
19 Jessamy felt the touch of his lips again and shivered deeply , as if someone had just walked over her grave .
20 His chest hurt and he felt sick , as if someone had just kicked him in the gut .
21 ‘ Oh no , ’ she said , ‘ oh no , ’ in a shocked , incredulous way as if someone had just slapped her in the face .
22 He looked as if someone had just hung a mop on his nose .
23 He wrote : ‘ If someone has just stepped out of your life you 'll be better reaching for this single than a bottle , razor blade or handkerchief . ’
24 Charlie was dead keen on Lilian doing him credit and she always did , always looked as if she 'd just stepped out of a bandbox .
25 Then drew back quickly , as if she 'd just been burned .
26 She wore a large white straw hat and looked as if she 'd just been to church .
27 She asked , ‘ What was that ? ’ as if she 'd just failed to catch some remark that Luke had made .
28 She looked small , frail , and feeble ; her face was dazed and vacant , as if she 'd just been woken up and could n't quite remember where she was .
29 She felt as if she 'd just escaped a raging tornado , flung to one side just in time .
30 Her heart raced like a riptide ; her ears rang and lights fizzed at the back of her eyes as if she 'd just dived deep into the bosom of Ocean .
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