Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] if she [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a moment it seemed as if she would pull away from him , then she nodded , and , still weeping , allowed herself to be led away . |
| 2 | While the early days of autumn lasted , it seemed as if she might settle down . |
| 3 | She trotted beside Miss Honey with wild little hops and her fingers flew as if she would scatter them to the four winds and her words went off like fireworks , with terrific speed . |
| 4 | She rubbed as if she would erase the images that flitted through her mind as she worked , like an unconnected pageant — the images , and the thoughts that crowded her mind around them . |
| 5 | There was an ache in her solar plexus , growing and expanding , until she felt as if she would explode with the pain of her suppressed emotions . |
| 6 | The fire spread through her limbs , nerve-ends felt red-hot , and still the heat increased until she felt as if she might burn up completely . |
| 7 | Still , she felt as if she should feel … some remorse . |
| 8 | Robyn gave a small cry of frustration and wrapped the gown close around her naked breasts , cursing the flush of embarrassment that surged upwards until she felt as if she 'd burn with the intensity of it . |
| 9 | Gwendoline Mary Lacy a sneak , all because she just wanted to drop a kindly hint , Gwendoline did n't no what to say she felt as if she 'd like to burst into tears , but Miss Potts always got very impatient with girls who did that . |
| 10 | She felt as if she could float up into the starry night . |
| 11 | Ruth felt as if she could do nothing but stare . |
| 12 | She felt as if she could trust Bernard . |
| 13 | She looked as if she might explode at any moment . |
| 14 | The new Lady Woodleigh looked as if she might take her riding-crop to him if he so much as uttered another word . |
| 15 | Give us the letter C. ’ Joy Prentice looked as if she would have liked the earth to open under her feet . |
| 16 | It looked as if she would have news for Mademoiselle Rabier when she saw her . |
| 17 | Although in the event the old lady died first , towards the end it looked as if she would need to be taken in by one of her descendants and this caused distinct tension : ‘ we had least room and everything — and least money ’ , but ‘ there was a bit of squabbling in family . |
| 18 | She looked as if she could have stepped straight out of an urchin 's game on the street of a Northern Italian village or off the front cover of Vogue . |
| 19 | It looked as if she 'd need every ounce . |
| 20 | For a moment it looked as if she 'd ask him more , she raised her face to his . |
| 21 | He looked as if she 'd hit him . |
| 22 | She spoke as if she should have known about more than the dying town . |