Example sentences of "if he 'd [adv] " in BNC.

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1 His expression was severe and disapproving as if he 'd just been sucking on a slice of lemon .
2 Joe appeared , looking as if he 'd just finished knocking the Army into shape , and the Navy as well .
3 ‘ Yes , ’ he said slowly , as if he 'd just completed a mental calculation , ‘ that 's quite right .
4 Singer 's face was flushed as if he 'd just got out of a hot bath .
5 He was a red-faced man with a pitted complexion who always looked exhausted , as if he 'd just completed a marathon .
6 If he 'd just kind-uncled me .
7 Rohmer smiled again , and this time it was as if he 'd just heard the best news of the evening .
8 In deck shoes , casual close-fitting denim Bermudas , and black polo-shirt , his hair tousled as if he 'd just jumped off a boat , he looked very large and male and intimidating .
9 Roman dropped his arm from her shoulders , faced her as if he 'd just returned , mentally , from some distant place .
10 If he 'd just been trying to clear the hell out , then it meant there were probably other FAKINTIL escapers at large who had n't been able to make it back to the mountains either .
11 It 's as if he 'd just had a snort of it .
12 ‘ Steve ! ’ she cried in amazement as he let himself into the apartment , grinning all over his silly face as if he 'd just popped out for a paper that morning and found he 'd won the state lottery .
13 When we chatted , Hastings looked as composed as if he 'd just spent the afternoon at his office rather than sending Wales homeward to Cardiff to think again .
14 as if he 'd temporarily mislaid her .
15 But his skin would crawl as if he 'd somehow sensed that he was being watched , and he 'd switch on every light that he could find , including the big spotlights out over what would one day become the car park .
16 It was as if he 'd known — as if he 'd somehow been alerted to the fact that she was about to cave in , to spill the beans on their bogus relationship .
17 If he 'd already known Ryan , which it now seemed he did , had he then looked up her parents deliberately ?
18 He gave her a strange look , and she wondered why he had called her Sarella Vila if he 'd already forgotten about Peter .
19 Even if he 'd already identified me as his deadly rival , at that point it did n't have much relevance . ’
20 If he 'd actually had a flashing blue light on top of his head , I might have rumbled him sooner .
21 So gi given the unless somebody 's out unless you 're if he 'd actually tells me to do it I will say I was sort of oh alright and do it .
22 In fact I broadcast that material , but I cut it into three programmes , and I , I cut in the questions I would have asked if he 'd actually given me a chance to ask them .
23 And if he 'd any sense he would have guessed my reaction .
24 ‘ But what if he 'd deliberately planned it ?
25 It would have made her task easier if he 'd still been in the bitter , brutal mood that had possessed him after William Ash had delivered his ultimatum , but she did n't understand him at present .
26 I thought Seb had gone out , but it sounds as if he 'd there with his friends . ’
27 He could have come back on that one , if he 'd really tried , but sometimes it was much easier to lie on the floor and watch the lights on the ceiling and listen to the count going on .
28 There was a look about him , as if he 'd recently returned from the Front .
29 His damp hair was slicked back as if he 'd recently been for a swim or taken a shower .
30 If he 'd only told them he 'd just had a baby , things might have been different .
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