Example sentences of "[prep] if [verb] i " in BNC.
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1 | But then he stood , although his hand rested momentarily on my shoulder , as if to reassure me ; to say it did not matter . |
2 | His face goes white , then red , and he raises his fist to me as if to hit me , thinks better of it , pushes his nose in the air and his voice down to his boots . |
3 | There is a mystic , psychic quality about them that is pleasantly disturbing , and often one of them will gently take my hand and gaze steadily into my eyes as if willing me better and I feel sort of honoured to be welcomed into their society . |
4 | ‘ Have a cigarette , ’ he says , and as if to persuade me he lights one himself in the corridor . |
5 | Two doors shut the glass away when it was not in use , as if to remind me that too much self-admiration was unacceptable . |
6 | I know something about you that you do not know yourself ’ He paused , again as if to let me prepare myself . |
7 | She put the receiver down quickly as if to stop me from asking anything else about her illness , and it reminded me sharply of my Aunt Viv , bright , spirited and horse mad to the end . |
8 | A girl in an apple-green school tunic advanced on me , her hand raised as if to give me a slap . |
9 | Without warning she reached her hand sideways and took mine and pressed it , as if to give me courage ; and perhaps to make me identify her with the original , gentle Lily . |
10 | She drained her glass and swept her arm upwards , palm extended as if giving me a gift . |
11 | She had caressed the name , purred over it , spoken it as if showing me a great treasure . |
12 | Coombes leaned out of the window and shouted ‘ Come on then , this time ’ as if to pull me off the road . |
13 | He looked up , studying my face , ‘ All black , ’ he said , as if to comfort me . |
14 | Whether he guessed what I was likely to say I do n't know , but he spoke with a sudden rush as if to prevent me from saying something that we would both have to accept and talk about . |
15 | The doctors laugh and the surgeon says : ‘ Yes we do know how to examine our patients , even without proper equipment , ’ as if to convince me of their capabilities . |