Example sentences of "[prep] if [pron] [vb mod] [vb infin] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , what what the meaning of If you can think of how much you spent , |
| 2 | Then there was a strange silence , as if we 'd come to a full stop , as if he 'd expected me to react in some other way . |
| 3 | ‘ Sounds as if we could do with Dad aboard right now , ’ Hawkins said . |
| 4 | His knees were wobbling as if they might collapse under the strain of holding his body upright . |
| 5 | He beamed at them again and Caspar was beginning to relax , because it seemed as if they might escape after all and Fenella was remembering about magic being very nearly everyday here , when Pumlumon said , ‘ Of course , that 's so long as I can remember the words . ’ |
| 6 | The nervous tension of dodging and ducking about a sky crowded with equally dodging and ducking planes , some firing , some looking as if they might fire at any instant , some sheering wildly away to avoid a collision ; and all the time trying to grab a quick shot at a mere point of light : all this brought back the strain of combat , when you were pressed on by the excitement of chasing the enemy , pulled back by the horror of shooting a friend , and periodically shaken with fright by the thought that at any second you might be cut in two . |
| 7 | But as one commentator has remarked , ‘ the trouble is some of these directives look as if they may take until the 21st century to be adopted let alone implemented ’ . |
| 8 | as if they would move in the same circles . |
| 9 | His bony legs , which usually felt as if they would collapse beneath him , felt firmer , stronger . |
| 10 | She slouched from parent to parent , latching on to those who looked as if they would listen to her woes — not realizing , perhaps , that this was hardly the purpose of Parents ' Evening . |
| 11 | A tiny minority of landowners lived in enormous wealth and comfort , exacting feudal dues and enforced labour from farmers who had in effect become their tied peasants : these landowners still engaged in the grain trade as their families had done for generations , and as if they could think of nothing else to do . |
| 12 | It makes all the shoppers feel as if they could live in the style of Jane Austen . |
| 13 | Feel as if they could fly to pieces . |
| 14 | So pale , almost as if one can see through your skin . ’ |
| 15 | She looked as if she might explode at any moment . |
| 16 | The Queen Mother is of course impeccably bred , though she 's failed to make it to the last 3 Chelsea Flower Shows and looks as if she 'll remain at home again this year . |
| 17 | There was an ache in her solar plexus , growing and expanding , until she felt as if she would explode with the pain of her suppressed emotions . |
| 18 | She had an impression of being lifted up from the bed — she had cried out in agony , feeling as if she would break in half — and laid upon a stretcher . |
| 19 | Some reason why he was watching her cautiously as if she would erupt with anger . |
| 20 | And when Cadfael came slowly back to her across the empty court , she stood in his way great-eyed , fronting him gravely as if she would penetrate into the most remote recesses of his mind . |
| 21 | He loved her like a woman and he ran his hands lightly over her as if she would respond to his touch . |
| 22 | Although in the event the old lady died first , towards the end it looked as if she would need to be taken in by one of her descendants and this caused distinct tension : ‘ we had least room and everything — and least money ’ , but ‘ there was a bit of squabbling in family . |
| 23 | The girl looked as if she could do with a fairy godmother , or perhaps just a mother . |
| 24 | The different ages of her life seemed to exist simultaneously , as if she could move from age to age according to how she felt . |
| 25 | There was a slight tremor to the hand she had raised , as if she could hold off the madness that way , and she dropped it swiftly as she absorbed the hardness of his saturnine face and the overt demand glittering hotly in his eyes . |
| 26 | But Gudrun 's admiration for Breadalby is grudging , perhaps because it is still in private hands : ‘ she spoke with some resentment in her voice , as if she were captivated unwillingly , as if she must admire against her will ’ . |
| 27 | Robyn gave a small cry of frustration and wrapped the gown close around her naked breasts , cursing the flush of embarrassment that surged upwards until she felt as if she 'd burn with the intensity of it . |
| 28 | as if she 'd dream of approaching Lubor for inside information ! |
| 29 | But his eyes never left her distant , shadowed figure , seeing at once how slowly she moved , how awkwardly , hobbling down the steps one by one , stopping time and again to rest , her whole body crooked , one hand clutching the side rail tightly , as if she 'd fall without it . |
| 30 | I mean , he looked as if he would cope without having to pretend that everything was fine . ’ |