Example sentences of "[prep] if she [verb] " in BNC.

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1 And he knew that Marama , because of her title , would always be looked after if she stayed on Koraloona , so it would be wrong of him to be selfish and expect her to live in semi-starvation on a strange island .
2 ‘ What about if she does say no and sticks to it , finally ? ’ said Dionne .
3 How about how about if she had erm say just the two of us
4 what about if she lets us keep the walkman
5 what about if she lets us keep the walkman 's
6 Bernard smiled at Jenna and looked even then as if her wanted her to refuse to go with Alain .
7 I could hear her breath go , as if she knew this was the beginning of the end .
8 Nan looked at him thoughtfully , as if she knew he was in her power now .
9 But , as if she knew her life depended on it , Bunny had attached herself to her .
10 She , like other woman-centred psychologists , does not pursue this question , but she manages to write as if she knew the answer .
11 Hepzibah sounded as if she knew about this .
12 as if she knew what Carrie was thinking and found it mildly amusing .
13 I 've turned it over and over in my mind , and it seems to me — I ne'er told the lad this , lovey — but it seems to me she waited till she 'd borne my Jake a son in his own image , as if she knew that 'd grieve him as nothing else could .
14 Her talons grasped the mesh of the cage , her beak strained at the front as if she knew that something important was happening .
15 She nodded , as if she knew he was right but doubted whether forgiveness was possible .
16 as if she knew .
17 She had a way of looking slightly obliquely at me , as if she knew something I did not — not anything to do with the role she was playing , but about life in general ; as if she too had been taking lessons from the stone head .
18 as if she knew she was the topic of conversation Blossom turned her head and looked at him .
19 There was a faint affront on the girl 's face , as if she knew Rachaela had denied herself a similar vileness and suffering , the secrets of the female club .
20 She had to look as if she knew where she was going , move as if she had every right to be there ; one challenge could ruin it all .
21 ‘ Do n't pull corks , Nico , ’ Lal spoke as if she knew something .
22 She threw away the explanation , as if she knew he did n't really need it .
23 She experienced a strong feeling of déjà vu , as if she 'd seen him before , as if she knew him .
24 And she walked as if she knew where she was going .
25 It was hard , when a man worked as hard as he did , making money for her — yes , and with an ache in his heart — that she should sit there , looking — as if she saw the walls of the room closing in .
26 She stared at him a moment , her eyes narrowed slightly , as if she saw through the flesh to the bone itself , and while he met her staring eyes unflinchingly , something in the depths of him squirmed and tried to break away .
27 Lalage looked into her drink , swirling and looking as if she saw money in the bottom of her glass .
28 Lady Usk was studying her face , as if she saw there more than she spoke of .
29 She used passionate verbs such as ‘ adore ’ and ‘ detest ’ , as if she wished to proclaim her readiness to fight for every one of those five strokes , for every one of those five points .
30 I looked towards the chateau entrance and saw Queen Poison , dreadful as an army in battle array , sweep towards me across the lowered drawbridge , arms extended as if she wished to clasp me to her deceitful bosom .
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