Example sentences of "[prep] if see [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He glanced from time to time out of the window , as if to see what was happening down at the jetty . |
| 2 | He glared across the breakfast table at them , quenching the morning cheerfulness in the kitchen , and fiercely examined them at tea-time as if to see what the day had done to them . |
| 3 | And sometimes — ’ She looked away from Ben towards the corner of the room where a picture was hanging at a slight angle , and her head moved to one side as if to see it better . |
| 4 | The man looked at the boys as if seeing them for the first time . |
| 5 | Julius looked at her jeans and T-shirt , as if seeing them for the first time . |
| 6 | Eddie 's gaze ran on round the room , taking in , as if seeing them for the first time , the stool and easel , the framed reproduction Leonardo drawings on the walls , the low divan bed . |
| 7 | He looked at her for a moment as if seeing her for the first time then paused , giving the question serious thought . |
| 8 | Vincent looked at him , as if seeing him for the first time . |
| 9 | She looked up at Trent , as if seeing him for the first time : ‘ I 'd have drowned if you 'd left me on the Key . ’ |
| 10 | He moved round and joined them and stared intently at the portrait as if seeing it for the first time . |
| 11 | Sam looked at the revolver as if seeing it for the first time . |
| 12 | Charles found he was watching much of the play as if seeing it for the first time . |
| 13 | She sat down before the dressing-table , automatically picking up a hairbrush , but the sight of her own reflection in the mirror distracted her , and for long moments she simply stared at her own face , as if seeing it through the eyes of a stranger . |
| 14 | He stared at her , almost as if seeing his daughter for the very first time , his eyes boring into her , and she suffered his scrutiny as best she could . |