Example sentences of "[prep] if it [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 His face was thin and emaciated , drawn together as if it spent each night in some kind of linen press .
2 But Luke only nodded , as if it made perfect sense .
3 Rupert repeated his earlier greeting and came towards her with a glass jug that looked as if it contained some kind of cocktail .
4 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 .
5 Christians quote from the Bible as if it had divine authority .
6 As well as being practical , the end result will look as if it cost many times as much .
7 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 .
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