Example sentences of "[prep] if [pers pn] [verb] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The road cut a swath through the centre of the belt of trees , and as the gig passed between them they seemed to menace , arms grotesquely waving , as if they resented this intrusion through their territory . |
| 2 | She used to ring Otto at his office , rather as if she felt this experience had some professional interest to Otto . |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . |
| 4 | It was as if he needed this quality of attention to be fixed upon him in order to be completely silent . |
| 5 | Dear God , as if I needed this complication ! |
| 6 | But that was what you put up with if you wanted this entity called Fleetwood Mac to continue . ’ |