Example sentences of "[prep] if it [vb past] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | His face was thin and emaciated , drawn together as if it spent each night in some kind of linen press . |
2 | But Luke only nodded , as if it made perfect sense . |
3 | Rupert repeated his earlier greeting and came towards her with a glass jug that looked as if it contained some kind of cocktail . |
4 | He leaned forward once again , subjecting her to the unnerving illusion of being pinned by his shadow , trapped and oppressed by it , as if it carried physical weight , composed of all that he felt for her , lust and contempt . |
5 | Christians quote from the Bible as if it had divine authority . |
6 | If this were so in the present case , he concealed the fact with remarkable aplomb ; but my impression was that he rather welcomed this degree of personal contact , as if it provided some sort of relief from the heavy intellectual conversation repeatedly forced upon him . |