Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] if [pers pn] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her hands were splayed across his broad shoulders as if she would push him away , and for some reason she could n't seem to relax them . |
| 2 | The Thames was flowing full and furious , the water greedily lapping their feet as if it would like to catch them and drag them under its swollen black surface . |
| 3 | Aching in bones as if they would break |
| 4 | Aching in bones as if they would break is the main feature of this remedy that accompanies all of its complaints . |
| 5 | On the way to the toilet , flashy black guys , who keep their hands permanently on their balls as if they might drop off onto the floor , stand directly in my way to get noticed . |
| 6 | ‘ Sounds as if we could do with Dad aboard right now , ’ Hawkins said . |
| 7 | She looked pleadingly at the man in overalls as if he might step in and save her . |
| 8 | They avoided our glances as if we might bestow the evil eye . |
| 9 | Picking up her thoughts as if she 'd broadcast them , he added mockingly , ‘ There is no winding stair and I promise not to eat you . |
| 10 | They snarled at them as if they were criminals and took their papers as if they 'd like to tear them to shreds . |
| 11 | It crashed around the mountain walls as if it would split them in two and she never heard the plane arrive . |