Example sentences of "if [verb] [pron] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | She made as if to poke him in the eye . |
2 | She sat down before the dressing-table , automatically picking up a hairbrush , but the sight of her own reflection in the mirror distracted her , and for long moments she simply stared at her own face , as if seeing it through the eyes of a stranger . |
3 | Coombes leaned out of the window and shouted ‘ Come on then , this time ’ as if to pull me off the road . |
4 | I 'm sorry if landing you with the girl 's clothes is an embarrassment . |
5 | It is no more than the action of clashing their teeth together as if sinking them into the neck of the prey , in the specialized killing bite of the cat , but it has become a sound signal that many observers have commented on . |
6 | Jannie put her spare hand over her eyes as if shielding them from the sun , and closed out the sight of her husband . |
7 | For a moment , he almost wished he were at home , but then he shook his head as if to rid himself of the thought . |
8 | The old woman settled back in her chair and shook her shoulders as if to free them from the burdens of the present . |
9 | Slowly , the guide bent down , as if to steel himself for the fight . |
10 | He and his sister stood on either side of the bed , bending over her as if to protect her from the perils of the night with their own flesh and bone . |
11 | These icy cold droplets seemed to cut through to the bone as if to punish him for the way he was . |
12 | as if to remind him of the past , Controller Macdonald had a large video print of that moment on one wall of his office , which was in the basement . |
13 | Before Mungo and Emily could focus on it , Vic made as if to throw it into the air . |