Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] if a " in BNC.
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1 | The hut windows were misted as if a concerted bluster of hot air had steamed them . |
2 | His toe-nails looked as if a knife would blunt on them and could not have been cut for months , possibly years . |
3 | The sitting-room was long , and looked as if a child had been let loose with buckets of primary colours . |
4 | A pretty pass we 've come to if a man ca n't have a friend without being labelled queer . ’ |
5 | The odd thing was that , after he had entered the paint shop , he had felt as if a heavy wave of sadness had suddenly been lifted from out of him . |
6 | They had apparently felt as if a burden had been lifted from them and why tempt fate by attempting to get her back ? |
7 | Dalgliesh wondered why it was that , when walking towards the sea , there came a moment when its roar suddenly increased as if a menace , quiescent and benign , had suddenly realized and gathered up its power . |
8 | The rain ceased as if a tap had been turned off . |