Example sentences of "[prep] if [pers pn] [vb mod] [vb infin] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Without me going into any other detail what do you think about if you 'll fit in ? |
| 2 | Almost as if we can go on forever if that 's how it 's got to be . |
| 3 | On the way to the toilet , flashy black guys , who keep their hands permanently on their balls as if they might drop off onto the floor , stand directly in my way to get noticed . |
| 4 | ’ It 's not as if they would add up to a great sum . ’ |
| 5 | LEE WEARS a shiny nylon jacket that 's on loan from the Sir Alf Ramsey estate , and cheesy sports pants that look as if they could walk home on their own . |
| 6 | These olives — their trunks warped , gouged , carbuncled , abrasive to the touch — seem indestructible , as if they could survive even a nuclear winter . |
| 7 | Later that day , after many interviews with ladies who looked as if they 'd come straight from an enthralling hour knitting at the foot of the guillotine , we found our garret . |
| 8 | They looked as if they 'd come out of a medieval illustration . |
| 9 | While the early days of autumn lasted , it seemed as if she might settle down . |
| 10 | The fire spread through her limbs , nerve-ends felt red-hot , and still the heat increased until she felt as if she might burn up completely . |
| 11 | ‘ Looks as if she might harbour quite a temper there . ’ |
| 12 | Her eyes stung , as if she might cry again . |
| 13 | For a moment it seemed as if she would pull away from him , then she nodded , and , still weeping , allowed herself to be led away . |
| 14 | In the scorching heat she had felt as if she would pass out ; now she wished she had . |
| 15 | In chapter seven of The Form , leading his disciple on from the initial perspective of striving to order her inner life as if she should die tomorrow — a challenge which sets the adrenalin running and wonderfully sharpens awareness — he potently reminds her in terms of his own cultural coinage that the world is indeed " charged with the grandeur of God " by instructing her to see all her physical experience in terms of the sacrifice also offered at the Mass : By means of keeping in remembrance this little incantatory prayer at meals and indeed at all times not otherwise taken up with prayer or speech ( " and thynk it noght anely whils etes , bot bath before and after , ay bot when prayes or spekes " , 7.104.39 – 40 ) the disciple will maintain a constant perception of all aspects of sustaining life as a divine gift mysteriously available in time only through the processes of death and resurrection . |
| 16 | She felt as if she could float up into the starry night . |
| 17 | It sounds as if she could cope all right on her own . ’ |
| 18 | She stripped off her clothes and dropped them where they fell , then ran a bath and climbed into it , scouring her skin over and over with a loofah as if she could wash away the memory of his body on hers . |
| 19 | Her hair was messed up as if she 'd come straight from bed , and her cheeks despite the coolness of the day were flushed as if she 'd recently made love . |
| 20 | Yet it was a feeling of deep pain , as if she 'd come too late , as if the chance had gone and would never come again . |
| 21 | At Glasgow Cross , near the famous steeple , I gave him a knowing wink , shook his hand , and advised him to go straight home ( as if he would do otherwise ) . |
| 22 | It almost seemed for a moment as if he would come over to the table and speak , but then he turned away , looking rather puzzled and began to order his tea . |
| 23 | Hopeful Bid looked as if he would win easily but was taken on by the Clive Brittain-trained Braveboy inside the final furlong . |
| 24 | I 'm ready to believe yowl admit of their recommendations all I presume to say of him is that he writes me he shall be really dilligent and the enclosed specimens he has grown which I hope yowl puruse make it look as if he would prove so . |
| 25 | He swept his hat from the dresser and crushed it on his head and went outside as if he might break down the doors in his way . |
| 26 | She looked pleadingly at the man in overalls as if he might step in and save her . |
| 27 | At precisely the minute it looked as if he might step back inside the lodge , a young couple , obviously very much in love , got up and left , leaving a place for him to sit . |
| 28 | He fills it with a restless , bristling energy , as if he might clamber out of the frame and into real life . |
| 29 | But then he se he seemed then as if he 'd think twice before he 'd do anything when he used to come in you know I er I said to him I said look we used to call him in them days you know , now what did you that for ? |
| 30 | It gets more and more embarrassing to watch Dustin Hoffman coughing and limping as if he 'd come straight to the film from a Broadway theatre . ’ |