Example sentences of "[prep] if [art] child " 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 | Everything was white and clinical as if the child were in a hospital . |
3 | as if the child were sensing her dilemma , she said , ‘ I am going to see Mama today , am I not , Mrs Aggie ? ’ |
4 | She was talking now as if the child were not present , but the child was present , and she spoke up : ‘ An hour a month ? |
5 | This is at the heart of Wittgenstein 's criticism of St Augustine 's account : it is ‘ as if the child could already think , only not yet speak ’ ( PI 32 ) ; as if it were learning , not its native language , but a subsequent one . |
6 | as if the child was n't very important . ’ |
7 | I had no time for those who advocated abortions of convenience , as if the child was somehow an invading organism , like gonorrhoea . |
8 | You can just imagine what it would be like if a child was actually wearing this at the time of ignition . |