Example sentences of "if [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She looked to the young man as if for reassurance , and he smiled back and nodded for Ellie to go on in , which she did without , much to her surprise , suddenly finding herself sitting upright at home in bed , clutching her thin bedding around her and wondering how her mind could imagine such things . |
| 2 | Rousing herself , she glanced at the huge diamond solitaire on her left hand as if for reassurance , before picking up her luggage and heading for the steps which led down to the landing-stage and the vaporetti . |
| 3 | She pushed on the door as if for support , turning towards him and settling into her seat again as if that had always been her intention . |
| 4 | Unconsciously they had moved together as if for support . |
| 5 | Her neck rested on the top curve of the seat and this lifted her mouth as if for kissing . |
| 6 | scrabbling at a window as if for air . |
| 7 | Afterwards treat as if for shock with rest and a sweet drink . |
| 8 | The empath looked up at Fox as if for help , genuinely puzzled as to how to express his feeling in words . |
| 9 | Back in the house , she went from one ordinary object to the next , chairs , tables , bookcases , touching and leaning against them as if for help . |
| 10 | She stood up and scanned the room , as if for inspiration . |
| 11 | He lay on his back for a few moments as he always did , then turned onto his right side , arranging himself as if for sleep . |
| 12 | Someone appeared in the doorway and stood close to Hepzibah , as if for protection . |
| 13 | She slipped her hand into Mervyn 's and moved closer to him , as if for protection against some unnamed horror . |
| 14 | The committee , as if for protection against the masses , elected to follow Auguste 's example and had reserved a first-class railway compartment on the 10.45 express from Victoria . |
| 15 | Huddled together in the large lounge u if for protection against the monster they had unwittingly unleashed by their programme , the members of the committee were fully aware of the literally sobering fact that Scotland Yard was on its way . |
| 16 | She smiled again and reached for her handbag , sliding the diary free , laying it beside her as if for reference . |
| 17 | If for instance , an employee has been employed for six months or more , the governing body must give the LEA a written statement of the reasons for dismissal . |
| 18 | Just a reply to that though if for instance the foyer bar became a jazz club and it was it was a the jazz club all the time then it would get a name of it 's own and it would get a reasonable quality . |
| 19 | If for instance the market was temporarily down , following a sharp rise , a dealer would address the client with whichever of the following pitches both suited his sales needs and clicked with the client 's mood and personality : ( 1 ) Buy another stock using fresh capital . |
| 20 | So if for instance you 're quite well off and you have two hundred thousand pounds in your own estate that you want to leave , if you make it all to the children there would be an exemption of the first hundred and fifty thousand pounds and there would be tax payable on the fifty thousand . |
| 21 | The operator has the choice of turning down one microphone — if for instance the class is working in groups and you only want to hear one group at a time — or of recording the combined sound of , say , teacher and student microphones on one audio track . |
| 22 | If for instance , Hanslick found it impossible to take his libretti seriously as poetry , so much the worse for Hanslick . |
| 23 | If for instance erm Fred Bloggs at the end of the office is sick on Friday he turns off his P C at lunchtime and goes home and we do the software upgrade during the afternoon on Friday , then his P C wo n't get the upgrade to the software because we 're sending it down the network . |
| 24 | If for instance this was a criminal trial as to which will rule this to inadmissibility exactly the same . |
| 25 | Ca n't think for one minutes if for instance was interested in a deal with that he , that er that he would n't , only just to have flick his fingers and would crap themselves |
| 26 | Well if for instance it 's approaching receivership |
| 27 | has n't started driving yet , but if for instance , erm , I 've left my car out , just left it in , in the way , cos nobody nobody said they were gon na go out and all of a sudden they wan na go out before I get up or something , fucking this cars reversing here , fucking everywhere , but that , and that |
| 28 | He entered into it as if for sanctuary . |
| 29 | Until now , Fenway Court has always retained the feeling of a private home , enhanced by such domestic touches as little vases of flowers , evening concerts and even a table laid out as if for tea ; it never seemed wholly incredible that Mrs Gardner herself would suddenly stroll through the door . |
| 30 | In the robin ( A ) the ‘ arm ’ beneath the feathers is extended as if for flight , and folded within the ‘ wrist ’ well up under the cheek . |