Example sentences of "if [to-vb] me " in BNC.
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| 1 | His face goes white , then red , and he raises his fist to me as if to hit me , thinks better of it , pushes his nose in the air and his voice down to his boots . |
| 2 | Coombes leaned out of the window and shouted ‘ Come on then , this time ’ as if to pull me off the road . |
| 3 | I know something about you that you do not know yourself ’ He paused , again as if to let me prepare myself . |
| 4 | A girl in an apple-green school tunic advanced on me , her hand raised as if to give me a slap . |
| 5 | Without warning she reached her hand sideways and took mine and pressed it , as if to give me courage ; and perhaps to make me identify her with the original , gentle Lily . |
| 6 | But then he stood , although his hand rested momentarily on my shoulder , as if to reassure me ; to say it did not matter . |
| 7 | ‘ Have a cigarette , ’ he says , and as if to persuade me he lights one himself in the corridor . |
| 8 | The doctors laugh and the surgeon says : ‘ Yes we do know how to examine our patients , even without proper equipment , ’ as if to convince me of their capabilities . |
| 9 | She put the receiver down quickly as if to stop me from asking anything else about her illness , and it reminded me sharply of my Aunt Viv , bright , spirited and horse mad to the end . |
| 10 | Two doors shut the glass away when it was not in use , as if to remind me that too much self-admiration was unacceptable . |
| 11 | He looked up , studying my face , ‘ All black , ’ he said , as if to comfort me . |
| 12 | Whether he guessed what I was likely to say I do n't know , but he spoke with a sudden rush as if to prevent me from saying something that we would both have to accept and talk about . |