Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] if [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tapped them blindly to sound as if counting them out . |
| 2 | Brian Everthorpe takes a chair at the far end of the table , slightly withdrawn as if to mark his difference from the engineers . |
| 3 | She made as if to poke him in the eye . |
| 4 | He made as if to say something , but I just beamed at him and he had to let it go . |
| 5 | Before Mungo and Emily could focus on it , Vic made as if to throw it into the air . |
| 6 | Kneeling down on the dusty pavement , she made as if to tie her shoelaces . |
| 7 | He could n't think of anything else to say , so he made as if to kiss her a third time . |
| 8 | Is he really to appear as if tripping himself up and thus about to fall ? |
| 9 | Sarella felt him stiffen as if expecting his brother 's anger to turn to blows , but Marc went on rapidly , ‘ Why ca n't any of us talk without it turning into a slanging match ? |
| 10 | Battler rose as if to follow him , then stopped and looked round at me . |
| 11 | His eyes strayed to the rosy-cheeked children who were chattering happily and , to Meredith 's delight , he began to talk as if questioning his own feelings . |
| 12 | ‘ I hold the instrument , ’ he added , when the driver made as if to grasp it . |
| 13 | It dropped fast , keeping its upright stance at first , than turning as if emptying itself , and the men fell out . |
| 14 | Jenkins turned as if to say something and Werewolf waved a hand at him . |
| 15 | Donne steps forward , his arms relaxing as if to balance himself during his first few faltering steps after centuries of rest in the tomb . |
| 16 | A girl in an apple-green school tunic advanced on me , her hand raised as if to give me a slap . |
| 17 | Far more dramatic than his 1625 Cavendish monument at Edensor , here he has Denham resembling a semi-nude Donne , for the top-knotted winding-sheet has lost its pins and slipped off the body as his reinvigorated corpse steps out of a coffin , his left hand raised as if to shield his eyes from the brilliance of the Second Coming . |
| 18 | This particular interpretation of the word ‘ object ’ was invented as if to make it virtually some sort of fetish , serving as a basis for an entire movement ; and that is what is interesting : found objects , this object , that object . |
| 19 | It looked as if strangling her was not going to be possible . |
| 20 | Fleury faltered backwards as the sepoy advanced , still making as if to offer him the sabre . |
| 21 | Then , on the next occasion , go to the machine and move as if to switch it off . |
| 22 | He spoke as if to placate her . |
| 23 | He took a deep breath before he spoke as if to keep himself calm . |
| 24 | He shrugged his shoulders and smiled as if deprecating his lack of education . |
| 25 | Once or twice she met Carrie 's eye and smiled as if to say she felt just as she did . |
| 26 | I will count to three , ’ the corner continued as if enjoying himself , ‘ and then , if you are not out of this alleyway and back whence you came , you will answer to me ! |
| 27 | ‘ Ah , there is that , ’ he said as if thinking it over . |
| 28 | She drained her glass and swept her arm upwards , palm extended as if giving me a gift . |
| 29 | She paused as if gathering her courage . |