Example sentences of "if [v-ing] [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes in the night he cried out in a hoarse voice and moaned as if struggling to escape the grip of a bad dream . |
| 2 | But if , having served a term in purgatory , if having had the chance to try his arguments on other philosophers , Hegel was not unrepentant , he might agree that there was perhaps something in the alternative view : that each of the factors affecting historical development does have its own authenticity ; that they act upon and react to one another ; that from time to time this or that factor will take on a greater or lesser importance ; that of course — with a nod in the direction of Marx — at least since the neolithic age and the development of agriculture the mode of production has been a major factor ; and that the actions of particular men , Marx among them , have in fact been formative , changing not merely the degree of development of a kind already prescribed by a programme of social evolution , but the kind of development itself . |
| 3 | Ryker knelt beside her , shook her , rubbed her arms as if trying to restore the circulation . |
| 4 | He gestures at the building behind him , as if trying to distract the animal 's attention . |
| 5 | Individuals and small parties join together in the open water outside the kelp beds , where they swim up and down as if trying to get the courage to attempt the last lap . |
| 6 | In both cases , the pupils will enlarge more than normal , as if trying to increase the input of information from the exciting stimuli . |