Example sentences of "[prep] if [verb] [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Occasionally one of them would glance the youth 's way as if expressing some general unease about him . |
| 2 | Then , aside to me , she said : ‘ She 's got a way with policemen , ’ as if confiding some dark secret . |
| 3 | ‘ We are citizens of the British Empire and subjects of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second , ’ she announced , as if to pre-empt any further questions , pushing the photograph into her grandchild 's hand . |
| 4 | That they were carrying something she did not doubt , for they moved slowly , carefully , as if bearing some precious burden … |
| 5 | as if obeying some obscure stage direction , the dog barked . |
| 6 | as if obeying some universal command , the diatoms move simultaneously back into the sand . |
| 7 | He brushed his blond hair back from his cheek with a swift gesture , leaving the hand poised on his shoulder as if touching some invisible insignia . |
| 8 | ‘ Gilbert , Gilbert … ’ said Rohmer , as if pacifying some nervous child . |
| 9 | He bobbed his greasy head at Benjamin as if greeting some great lord . |
| 10 | Gilbert turned to stare in Cardiff 's direction as if contemplating another mad dash for the reception doors and then remembered the thing that lay beyond them . |
| 11 | The woman turned , meeting Karr 's eyes briefly , her own eyes wide , her whole body tensed as if to meet some other threat , then she turned away , a faint shudder passing through her , letting her co-workers carry the three men off . |
| 12 | The physician smiled as if relishing some private jest . |
| 13 | He turned away as we entered , shoulders shaking as if relishing some private joke . |
| 14 | Sophie said it as if describing some tiresome duty . |
| 15 | as if to prove this very fact , the beast loosed its ear-shattering boom of a roar once more . |
| 16 | She smiled , as if recalling some secret happiness . |
| 17 | Then he smiled as if savouring some secret joke and slumped at the end of the table so he could stretch his leg . |
| 18 | He smiled as if savouring some secret joke . |