Example sentences of "if [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah , thought Jay , as if wading through cement , let's be semantic , let's forget the way our eyes met , the way our bodies clung so hungrily together . |
| 2 | If cooking by microwave the surface may appear sticky . |
| 3 | Look straight ahead as if gazing at a place on a wall . |
| 4 | A woman , on the other hand , is used to moods and can often change them at will , as if stepping into a new outfit of clothes ( Robert A. Johnson , He — Understanding Masculine Psychology ) . |
| 5 | Boswell feared vermin ; Johnson anticipated the chill as if stepping into a cold bath , and tied a coloured handkerchief around his head . |
| 6 | On the top of the cart , as if resting on a bed of cushions , a young boy with breeches cut high above the knee lay fast asleep . |
| 7 | There was a narrow alley with dustbins in it at the bottom of the garden and , beyond that , the rude and unkempt backsides of a row of tenement houses with blind , curtained windows and washing ( long pants , vests , sheets , shirts ) limp in the windless air , strung out on high lines running from pulleys at far-up windows.Tin baths , like giant snails , stuck half-way up the walls as if resting in a trip to the top . |
| 8 | Mosley , as if capitulating to the iron logic of Fascism , confronted the question of race at a final Albert Hall rally on 28 October 1934 . |
| 9 | McKillop seemed to be thinking hard as if struggling with some mathematical conundrum . |
| 10 | In the presence of a Norman magnate of such power and dignity this other Norman Robert , monastic though he was by choice , harked back to his own heredity , and blossomed as if preening before a mirror . |
| 11 | ‘ as if contending with the elements were not enough , ’ Matthau recalled , ‘ Barbra kept asking Gene whether he did n't think it would be better if I did this on this line , and that on the other , etc , etc- and I told her to stop directing the fucking picture … |
| 12 | Googol fiddled ostentatiously with the bandana round his brow as if toying with the idea of removing what masked his third eye , the warp-eye , a hostile glare from which could kill , as was widely known though seldom tested . |
| 13 | Peckle , Throgmorton and others joined us , though I was surprised to see Millet , the effeminate clerk , dressed as if returning from a visit to the city . |
| 14 | But she put an involuntary hand to her belly , as if checking for signs of life . |
| 15 | Josie glanced over the arrangements , as if checking for anything that she may have missed . |
| 16 | The £7 applicant 's fee ( or £14 if applying to both UCCA and PCAS ) must be sent to UCCA/PCAS with the completed application form . |
| 17 | But if disposing of the waste generated by the Hinkley C reactor during its normal operation was a problem , what about the waste that would result from the eventual shutdown and dismantling at the end of its hoped-for forty years of operational life — the process described as ‘ decommissioning ’ ? |
| 18 | He swallowed the small fish as if disposing of her very soul . |
| 19 | Samples can also be brought to the house if matching with curtains and/or furnishings . |
| 20 | She clapped her hands together , as if dusting off the flour . |
| 21 | If painting in powder colour and using a large sized brush you will want a reasonable size of paper . |
| 22 | Made payable to " The Playhouse , Harlow " crossed and with address on the back ( with a bank card if booking in person ) . |
| 23 | If booking by telephone , please ring York ( 0904 ) 658338 and your tickets will be posted to you . |
| 24 | He pondered gloomily for a moment , then with an effort stretched himself as if climbing into an uncomfortable Sunday suit , and gave judgement . |
| 25 | If appearing on behalf of a respondent in such a case it would be essential to argue the alternative reasons when showing what was the reason for dismissal . |
| 26 | If driving in town , keep your car doors locked and valuables away from open windows . |
| 27 | Rather — for years — he had denied himself banality , as if disbelieving in the possibility of such physical transcendence . |
| 28 | If praying to God to humble ourselves is dangerous , praying the father to send labourers into the harvest field is equally dangerous . |
| 29 | Hence , if stripping of the anal mucosa with encoanal anastomosis is used in older patients , we think that it is more likely to lead to lower anal pressures and faecal leakage after operation than the technically simpler alternative of end to end anastomosis . |
| 30 | Usually he would choose the next direction without hesitation , but sometimes he would wait , head cocked , as if listening for far-off sounds . |