Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] if [pers pn] could [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What was at best a speculative investment six months ago by five of the six major accountancy bodies , the BBC and accountancy trainers BPP , looks now as if it could turn into a roaring success . |
| 2 | She spoke almost as if she could read his mind . |
| 3 | ‘ When Señor Mitchell gets back I would like us all to have a nice little trip , ’ she announced , sitting and smiling round almost as if she could see them . |
| 4 | Len , however , had his gaze fixed on David 's face and almost as if he could read his mind , and ignoring the other two , he said roughly , ‘ They 're not taking the case , are they , Doc ? ’ |
| 5 | She flushed , almost as if he could have known the part he 'd played in her extraordinarily sensual dreams . |
| 6 | Sure , there are no working clocks in the entire flat , just one lively broken green thing that ticks happily as if it could tell the time , though the second hand only pulses and stays in one place . |