Example sentences of "[prep] if [pron] [verb] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | The partial pressure of component a is given by the ideal gas equation as If we repeat this for all the components and substitute these expressions into equation ( 7 ) we obtain By combining equations ( 8 ) and ( 9 ) we obtain The quantity is known as the mole fraction of component a . |
| 2 | The road cut a swath through the centre of the belt of trees , and as the gig passed between them they seemed to menace , arms grotesquely waving , as if they resented this intrusion through their territory . |
| 3 | I could hear her breath go , as if she knew this was the beginning of the end . |
| 4 | She used to ring Otto at his office , rather as if she felt this experience had some professional interest to Otto . |
| 5 | ‘ It sounds as if she wanted this house more than she wanted him , ’ Lucy mused , knowing that if she herself loved a man she 'd be happy to live in any humble abode . |
| 6 | But Lumberjack was running alongside him now , a serious expression on his face , as if he saw this as a real test of stamina . |
| 7 | He reddened slightly as if he thought this a bold remark . |
| 8 | It was as if he needed this quality of attention to be fixed upon him in order to be completely silent . |
| 9 | This perhaps represents Owen 's line of thought with him becoming more and more emotional to the middles of the verse , reaching climaxes and then , as it is as if he questions this freely running thought process , and he limits himself to so much emotion by the end of each verse . |
| 10 | Dear God , as if I needed this complication ! |
| 11 | It , it 's a case of what she 's letting herself in for if we strike this out . |
| 12 | But that was what you put up with if you wanted this entity called Fleetwood Mac to continue . ’ |