Example sentences of "[prep] if [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While they had not asked for permission to enter his lands and claimed they were not in a position to pay for the disturbance , they promised he would be well looked after if the find was as good as appeared . |
| 2 | If the War Altar is destroyed of if the Theogonist leaves it he is dealt no magic cards , and will not be able to cast spells . |
| 3 | You 're thinking about if the ball is coming to you you 're watching the ball . |
| 4 | ‘ What about if the company no longer exists ? ’ |
| 5 | Now how about if the cat if your cat had strayed how would you spell that ? |
| 6 | Erm number one asking for the completion had been worthwhile , very good there , reminded er John why , yeah that was excellent , thought you handled the objection well , you know , about if the person walked through , that was good , everything else was tick tick tick erm sound pretty enthusiastic there , that little extra note , excellent voice , quite enthusiasm again controlled but not appear too pushy , it was very controlled |
| 7 | Yeah well what about if the fire was down that end ? |
| 8 | Yeah well what about if the fire 's between the box room and this exit ? |
| 9 | Perhaps one of the reasons for his impact — as a man — on so many varied people was this great and lordly carelessness about where he was ‘ going ’ : as if a mapped-out course was just a waste of precious time . |
| 10 | ‘ When I saw you at the side of the road , it was as if a nightmare had come true . |
| 11 | He simply looked startled — as if a worm had just lifted its head and answered him back , Carrie thought . |
| 12 | This is not an experiment that can ever be done , although some people assume that certain remote and isolated faunas , such as those of Australia and Madagascar , can be treated as if they were ancient , as if a trip to Australia were like a trip backwards in a time machine . |
| 13 | But not one of them had made her feel as if a candle had been set to kindling within her . |
| 14 | It was as if a bit player had become a star , a menial suddenly promoted into the centre of things . |
| 15 | I feel as if a bit of me had been chopped off . |
| 16 | The sitting-room was long , and looked as if a child had been let loose with buckets of primary colours . |
| 17 | ‘ as if a person could belong to anybody other than themselves ! |
| 18 | Admittedly , we do sometimes talk as if a person could have a pain in his foot and be unaware of it , perhaps while his attention is on something else , but this is explained by there being different levels of consciousness , or self-consciousness , in the mind ; it does not require our saying that pains have the same sort of mind-independent existence as tables . |
| 19 | Coming in behind him , she did n't see Midnight 's glance flicker to James Lambert , then away , as if a question had been asked and answered . |
| 20 | But I always wonder , as if a film had been taken from my eyes and I saw new worlds . ’ |
| 21 | place , on the other hand , is a determination of space as a coincidence of event and geography that is itself productive of meaning : as if a film were made only to be seen in one place , not another . |
| 22 | erm as if a window had never been opened for years and years and years that type of a house . |
| 23 | It was as if a harvest festival were enacted daily , for throughout the hours of market the church bell tolled quietly . |
| 24 | Her face seems to glow with happiness as if a vision has of a sudden become reality . |
| 25 | He turned back , as if a thought had just struck him . |
| 26 | It was as if a statue had started to weep . |
| 27 | It was as if a looking-glass had been diverted . |
| 28 | His very own face frowned back at him doubtfully as if a homunculus was imprisoned in the card , a mute model of himself . |
| 29 | It was as if a door had opened before him into a dim but positive light . |
| 30 | It was as if a voice not my own was making the call . |