Example sentences of "[prep] if in a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor can it be compared with the ballerina 's dance in Rhapsodie where she wafts to and fro as if in a dream before breaking into her solo . |
| 2 | ‘ Our island will be as if in a state of war ’ one senior official was quoted as saying yesterday . |
| 3 | But in winter , ‘ As the darkness thickened the wind increased , and each blast raked the iron railings before the houses till they hummed as if in a song of derision ’ . |
| 4 | ‘ Father of evil , ’ he intoned as if in a travesty of prayer , ‘ and Grandfather too … ’ |
| 5 | For a second the boat seemed to be frozen as if in a frame of news film . |