Example sentences of "[prep] if [pers pn] 'd been [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were soon strolling with me round the house as if they 'd been expecting me for weeks . |
| 2 | It looked as if they 'd been having a party and had just taken off in the middle of it . |
| 3 | as if she 'd been wearing a coat of many many colours , and , beached on the desert island shore of Pity Me , had shredded the damn shrunken thing . |
| 4 | This might sound , to Albert , as if she 'd been looking for him . |
| 5 | Josie 's hand slid from around her as if she 'd been holding nothing more substantial than a wisp of smoke . |
| 6 | It was as if she 'd been calling on a dead line to an empty building . |
| 7 | as if she 'd been waiting outside for a convenient pause in their conversation , the vaporeuse knocked on the door and opened it . |
| 8 | The strong fingers peeling the nightshirt upwards , the exploring hunger of the hard mouth on her stomach , her breasts , her lips , it felt as if she 'd been waiting for ever for these feelings … |
| 9 | Her face and neck felt as if she 'd been sitting in the heat of an oven . |
| 10 | ‘ Thank you for the meal , ’ she said , and her voice sounded breathless as if she 'd been running . |
| 11 | Evidence from police and forensic officers said Mrs Prescott looked as if she 'd been sewing the hem of a curtain , when she was shot at close range in the back of the head . |
| 12 | She 'd felt as if she 'd been fighting with Guy Sterne all her life ! |
| 13 | Hector was behind the door , as if he 'd been hiding there , painfully thin , still unshaven , a stained rag over his eyes . |
| 14 | His hair was damp as if he 'd been swimming and he was dressed casually in jeans and a thin denim-blue shirt . |
| 15 | The impossibly blond hair seemed dishevelled and appealingly boyish , as if he 'd been tossing restlessly . |
| 16 | And breathless too , as if he 'd been running . |
| 17 | He looked as if he 'd been Lying there on his stomach for quite a while . |
| 18 | I sat there silent for a moment while he went on looking at me sympathetically as if I 'd been telling him a hard-luck story . |
| 19 | I felt as if I 'd been sitting there half the night . |
| 20 | I have no compass to tell me what I am destined for ; and yet , when I look back , everything seems to fit as well together as if I 'd been following a benevolent daimon all along … |
| 21 | For them the time must have flown by , but for me it seemed as if I 'd been standing out there all morning ! |