Example sentences of "[prep] if [pers pn] [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fed up of seeing a box of if I collected those tins and put them Back door open or not ? |
| 2 | Co-producer Robert Relea hit back : ‘ It 's not as if we like working nights . ’ |
| 3 | Remarks ( i ) On the face of it , it looks as if we have six results to prove , namely : |
| 4 | It is as if we have two pairs of eyes , one pair inside and another outside the blinkers : without this , Golding 's technique would not produce its ironic effect of dual vision . |
| 5 | as if we have enough droughts without we it , people like |
| 6 | It was about how to deal with a road accident and I arranged for a smashed-up car to be towed into the studio , and for actors to sprawl around , made-up to look as if they had appalling injuries . |
| 7 | Hyam also deplores the recent ‘ willingness of Third World governments to adopt the peculiar Purity laws and conventions of Britain in the 1880s as if they represented ultimate truths about human civilisation ’ . |
| 8 | But at all times I would prefer them to act as if they have non-speaking parts . |
| 9 | Now the 27 year-old sculptor specialises In beautifully complex human and animal forms , steeped in classical influences and burnished or weathered to make them look as if they have several lifetimes of history behind them . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ And it 's not as if he had any convictions of his own , ’ said his Auntie Ethel . |
| 12 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 13 | As well as being practical , the end result will look as if it cost many times as much . |
| 14 | It is important that fieldwork should be properly supervised and that is why all professional research agencies get their field supervisors to make check calls on people who have been included in a sample and why fieldworkers should always have someone to turn to if they have any doubts or are in any difficulties . |
| 15 | Well I 'd rather give to if I had any children I 'd have give to them . |
| 16 | They look after themselves , but there is always someone responsible around if they have any problems . |