Example sentences of "[prep] if he [be] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His response to this problem is to grip the kitten 's neck tighter and tighter , as if he is dealing with an awkward adult mate . |
| 2 | are less bitter and more as if he is reasoning with the sun or with fate , saying ‘ If the sun can make a whole plant grown from a little seed , or even create life on a dead planet , why can it not arouse my friend ? ’ |
| 3 | Is he , perhaps , a greater poet and a great operatic tenor who merely sings pretentious bollocks in a voice that sounds as if he 's drowning in his own snot as a sort of joke ? |
| 4 | Like an unearthly cross between Paul McCartney , Gerry Sadowitz and someone you beat up every day at school , Louis is Kinky Machine 's trump card , illegally bad leather jacket cast aside to reveal bare chest within seconds , silly guitar played above the head on all-too-many occasions , halfway-house haircut shaken at the crowd as if he 's trying to violently throw off a wig . |
| 5 | Manipulating a lump of putty from finger to finger , hand to hand , he looked as if he was auditioning for the lead role in The Caine Mutiny . |
| 6 | I went to see my doctor and he wrote everything down and listened with his head on one side and a finger in his ear as if he was listening to folk music . |
| 7 | The little boy leaned his face to one side as if he was listening to some signal inaudible to mere mortals , and he whispered , ‘ I am going to destroy Malik . |
| 8 | Henry concentrated on Donald 's face and , as so often these days , found it easier to look as if he was listening by doing the reverse . |
| 9 | Doctor Plumfield shook his head as if he was dealing with two recalcitrant children . |
| 10 | Thomas was polite , matter-of-fact , as if he was speaking of everyday matters . |
| 11 | Patrick patted the books under his arm , and then deliberately pointed to the window , as if he was speaking about a book . |
| 12 | At first he sounded distant , as if he was calling to her from the basement of a big house , but he came nearer very quickly and suddenly he was shouting in her ear . |
| 13 | ‘ He stood watching them , ’ said Raynor , ‘ and it was as if he was searching for something . |
| 14 | He was staring at the floor , keeping very still as if he was trying to be part of the wall . |
| 15 | It was as if he was looking into a pinhole camera , as if the scene before him was a mirage . |
| 16 | He assessed her as if he was looking for flaws in a jewel . |
| 17 | It was as if he was looking for something so ill-defined , so vaguely comprehended that even he could not say what it was . |
| 18 | Connon stared down at the young man in the picture as if he was looking at a stranger and trying to analyse what made him seem vaguely familiar . |
| 19 | But his eyes were glinting , as if he was looking at something no mere human could see . |
| 20 | as if he was looking at his life and not enjoying what he saw . |
| 21 | And people say they noticed how tightly O was holding Boy , pulling him closer and closer to him , as if he was clutching at him ; and how he smelt Boy too , taking in big draughts of the air around him , as if he was a man just escaped from drowning holding onto something and pulling the sweet night air down into his lungs in great grateful gulps . |
| 22 | Then he fell silent , as if he was thinking of some way to turn this promise into a purpose , and he added , in the barest of trembled whispers , ‘ As I am an eagle of Wrath do I promise it . |
| 23 | as if he was singing to someone he loved . |
| 24 | It looked as if he was copulating with the ice . |
| 25 | ‘ Yes , well , I always thought Augustine was a bit simplistic in his ideas , ’ said William , waspishly , as if he was talking about a rival academic . |
| 26 | His voice was low and urgent , as if he was talking about something completely different . |
| 27 | He stopped speaking and gazed hard at Corbett and then continued quietly , almost as if he was talking to himself . |
| 28 | He interrupted Michael as if he was talking to a little child . |
| 29 | Athelstan snorted with laughter and leaned forward , his arms crossed , as if he was talking to himself and had forgotten the coroner sitting beside him . |
| 30 | The man whispered his answer , as if he was talking inside a church . |