Example sentences of "[prep] if [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | as if she wants some money off you as well |
| 32 | ‘ It sounds as if she wanted this house more than she wanted him , ’ Lucy mused , knowing that if she herself loved a man she 'd be happy to live in any humble abode . |
| 33 | She looked as if she needed that weekend away . |
| 34 | Midnight briefly intercepted his look , then turned to the side table , exchanging a platter of carved meats for cheesecake , as if he rejected any attempt to penetrate his wall of reserve . |
| 35 | Only Zed Juron was wholly uninjured — that slab of a man was so nimble at dodging , as if he had second sight — though a ricocheting shuriken had smashed his communicator . |
| 36 | He is a man of about fifty-five , with a quick ‘ nervous manner , as if he had pressing engagements elsewhere , which seems unlikely : the university has run out of steam and its faculty members are all jumping ship , if they can . |
| 37 | Sometimes it felt as if he had less substance than the images in this room . |
| 38 | He could imagine Galland , a small man who looked as if he had permanent indigestion . |
| 39 | ‘ I should think so , ’ he said severely , and paused , and swallowed as if he had some constriction , and then asked , ‘ Where were we ? |
| 40 | Meredith spoke as if he had some power over his cousin . |
| 41 | ‘ And it 's not as if he had any convictions of his own , ’ said his Auntie Ethel . |
| 42 | It is as if he glimpses absolute Truth in and through particular instances of truth . |
| 43 | He looked at Huy half-apologetically , cringing , as if he feared another blow . |
| 44 | Edouard looked at him , red in the face with indignation , reaching for the brandy-bottle , glancing towards his brother uneasily , as if he feared more self-justification would be needed . |
| 45 | He walked slowly , not daring to look at the drop on his right and becoming ever more aware of the cold , biting wind and eerie sense of loneliness , as if he hung half way between heaven and earth . |
| 46 | It was as if he exerted some kind of gravitational pull over her . |
| 47 | It was as if he needed this quality of attention to be fixed upon him in order to be completely silent . |
| 48 | It sounded as if he needed another pair of hands for the trip ahead — which was another reprieve so far as Robbie was concerned . |
| 49 | His face was thin and emaciated , drawn together as if it spent each night in some kind of linen press . |
| 50 | ‘ Then if there 's time she wants a ‘ Guess the Weight ’ cake making as well — I 've got to make it look as if it weighs five pounds when it really weighs ten . ’ |
| 51 | But Luke only nodded , as if it made perfect sense . |
| 52 | Rupert repeated his earlier greeting and came towards her with a glass jug that looked as if it contained some kind of cocktail . |
| 53 | He leaned forward once again , subjecting her to the unnerving illusion of being pinned by his shadow , trapped and oppressed by it , as if it carried physical weight , composed of all that he felt for her , lust and contempt . |
| 54 | Christians quote from the Bible as if it had divine authority . |
| 55 | As well as being practical , the end result will look as if it cost many times as much . |
| 56 | If this were so in the present case , he concealed the fact with remarkable aplomb ; but my impression was that he rather welcomed this degree of personal contact , as if it provided some sort of relief from the heavy intellectual conversation repeatedly forced upon him . |
| 57 | ‘ Because each shaft is slightly thinner , hair starts to feel as if it has less body and volume , ’ says trichologist Philip Kingsley . |
| 58 | Hugh de Tracy refused me his daughter as if I had less worth than the slave who cleans out the garderobe tunnel . |
| 59 | Dear God , as if I needed this complication ! |
| 60 | as if I needed any incentive . |