Example sentences of "if [verb] [pron] [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are also the exciting poses that come at the end of some of Ashton 's pas de deux as the two characters declare their love , for example , when Oberon cradles Titania in his arms at the end of The Dream and , even more excitingly , when Colas lifts Lise high on one arm it the end of their dance in Act II of La Fille Mai Gardée as if to crown her queen of the harvest |
| 2 | He stared at her , almost as if seeing his daughter for the very first time , his eyes boring into her , and she suffered his scrutiny as best she could . |
| 3 | One of the children pawed at my lap , as if returning my attention to the lady on the velvet throne . |
| 4 | Brian Everthorpe takes a chair at the far end of the table , slightly withdrawn as if to mark his difference from the engineers . |
| 5 | Lucier stood up , with his hand spread across his breastbone as if to protect his heart from the jolt , and weighed up the possibilities of escape . |
| 6 | Sheldukher stared down at her suddenly , as if registering her presence for the first time . |
| 7 | Dacourt looked at me under lowered brows as if recognising my existence for the first time . |