Example sentences of "if [pers pn] be [v-ing] some [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When this song failed to make the impact she clearly expected it to make , she turned to Henry as if she was addressing some Yugoslav peasant and did a lot of the kind of lip and tongue work she had used on Elke , their one and only au pair . |
| 2 | At first Jennifer remained silent , as if she was fighting some immense inner struggle , then quietly she began to explain . |
| 3 | If the adventurers are successful in picking the lock , this trap wo n't be activated , but they will have to be very careful taking out the money without breaking the glass sphere ( no test needed , but you should roll dice as if you were making some secret test just to scare the players ) . |
| 4 | It looks as if they were making some slight effort of their own up here to maintain the quality of life . |
| 5 | He nodded a greeting to the other three visitors , who crowded into the cell as if they were playing some bizarre game of sardines . |
| 6 | A horse standing perfectly in the show ring , with its ears nicely pricked , may indicate that it is cross by pressing its lips tightly together , as if it is refusing some nasty-tasting medicine . |
| 7 | It was as if it was harbouring some great consuming sadness and had lost the urge to live . |
| 8 | She seemed fascinated by Benjamin as if he was telling some mysterious tale on a cold winter 's night and she was a spectator , not a party to it . |
| 9 | But if he was playing some bizarre game he was hardly likely to admit it . |
| 10 | He fired his pistol in the air and charged over the top as if he were chasing some errant fox . |
| 11 | He giggled girlishly , as if he were contemplating some impromptu lobotomies , and the beard , which flowed down over the steering wheel , rustled suggestively in the hollow socket of the speedometer . |