Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] if a [noun sg] had " in BNC.

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1 The sitting-room was long , and looked as if a child had been let loose with buckets of primary colours .
2 Turns round and looks as if a bus had hit it .
3 They had apparently felt as if a burden had been lifted from them and why tempt fate by attempting to get her back ?
4 But not one of them had made her feel as if a candle had been set to kindling within her .
5 Ruth felt as if a blow had been delivered to her ribs with a mallet .
6 When Virginia Woolf first read Lawrence , she said she felt as if a curtain had been thrown back , so she could see , clearly , for the first time , the intensity of family relationships .
7 The interior was probably quite well furnished in the ordinary way , but right now it looked as if a tornado had been through it .
8 The car was so low it looked as if a giant had tried to stub it out and it was clear that getting out of the bucket seat gave the Greek momentary altitude sickness .
9 The shelf was full , except for a small gap , where it looked as if a book had been taken out .
10 The rain ceased as if a tap had been turned off .
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