Example sentences of "[prep] if [verb] her " in BNC.
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| 1 | He spoke as if to placate her . |
| 2 | She glared at Melissa as if holding her partly responsible . |
| 3 | ‘ I have fished a poison-tongued mermaid from the sea , ’ he 'd grinned , straightening and gazing down at her as if inspecting her thoroughly for the first time . |
| 4 | He half sat up and put out a hand as if to touch her , aware that something traumatic had occurred . |
| 5 | He flicked the corner of his cloak at Izzie to clear her off the table — as if to touch her would dirty his hands . |
| 6 | He rather hoped his wife would wake and catch him like this , unshaven , hair greasy and uncombed , and as he stood beside the bed he farted quite loudly , as if to remind her that she deserved someone as awful as him . |
| 7 | As she passed the buffet car her stomach rumbled , as if to remind her she had n't eaten since lunchtime . |
| 8 | And he had called her by her full Greek name too , as if to remind her that he knew it . |
| 9 | At the Hamiltons ’ , that is , ’ he added , as if to remind her how temporary her home with Faye and Bill was . |
| 10 | Finn opened his arms as if to embrace her but she was still holding the tears in her eyes with her fists . |
| 11 | Rosa had been crying then , with the pieces of the plate her mother had tried to smash over her head in front of her at the table , and her mother had put the back of her hand to her daughter 's cheek , as if to test her for fever . |
| 12 | She paused and he raised his eyebrows as if inviting her to go on . |
| 13 | He looked at her for a moment as if seeing her for the first time then paused , giving the question serious thought . |
| 14 | He smiled dazzlingly and looked her up and down as if fondling her with his gaze , while she returned his smile and somehow without moving made her cling silk dress ripple and shimmer . |
| 15 | For there was absolutely no need at all for him to walk so close to where she was walking or to bump into her and so catch her off balance — the end result being that he had his arms around her , as if to save her , before she could stop him . |
| 16 | as if obeying her the bus did appear and ten minutes later she and Erika were at Frankfurter Allee , a roaring road choked with an army convoy : dozens of lorries , their contents masked by huge tarPaulins . |
| 17 | Fear sliced through her and she tried to close her ears to the sound , but as if to mock her it was joined by another and another until the air was filled with a shaking roar . |
| 18 | Some days Ariel carried the hooped Sycorax on her back ( she would not ride on anyone else ) down to the shore and into the water , and held her up under the arms so that she could let her contorted frame float free ; small currents spun in the water as if to ease her , and the sky 's blue height seemed to catch them up into its soft vastness and give them fins and wings to fly and swoop , so that they both felt airier and brighter than they had since their freedom had come to an end , and the memory of their former peace returned for a space . |
| 19 | When he slept , he entwined his fingers in her necklace as if to hold her should she awaken . |
| 20 | The social worker seemed to be dangling that last word before Gilly 's nose , as if expecting her to jump up on her hind legs and dance for it . |
| 21 | He drew back his leg as if to kick her , but she quickly turned and pulled the other one and brought him down . |
| 22 | He glanced back at the dead girl and smiled , as if to chide her gently for her folly . |
| 23 | ‘ It was n't a dream , ’ he replied , and , as if to assist her on her way , he placed one arm around her all but naked shoulders and took a step with her towards her room . |
| 24 | He could n't think of anything else to say , so he made as if to kiss her a third time . |
| 25 | He and his sister stood on either side of the bed , bending over her as if to protect her from the perils of the night with their own flesh and bone . |
| 26 | Lucenzo tensed , his eyes glowering dangerously as if to threaten her . |
| 27 | ‘ May I ? ’ he would say , as if asking her to dance . |
| 28 | ‘ Are you feverish , Garvey ? ’ said Lucie , his arm extended protectively across his daughter 's body , as if to shield her from disease . |
| 29 | ‘ It would seem that he wanted to conceal his past , ’ he said , as if grudging her that information . |
| 30 | Harry got up as if to throw her out . |