Example sentences of "if [verb] [adv] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The exposition is more easily understood if broken down into a number of stages . |
| 2 | Sometimes men in mackintoshes stared in at the bookshop windows as if building up to a flash . |
| 3 | It has been noted that on occasions the cremated bones are found in the urns in a small cluster as if placed there in a small bag . |
| 4 | If impressing less as a ‘ big ’ personality she nevertheless has a vivid way of making the developments real and present : for example , at the start of the Act 2 solo , ‘ que viens-je d'entendre ? ’ , she conveys , still more than Baker , the sense of the overheard talk having happened a minute or two before . |
| 5 | Yeah , and if goes in for a pint he gives you a packet now . |
| 6 | The words came out as if propelled irresistibly from a well of compressed emotion . |
| 7 | This would seem appropriate to the early stages of learning a foreign language , but is too restrictive if carried on to an advanced level . |
| 8 | But the yacht would be a pounding hell if caught out in a rough sea . |
| 9 | He blustered and turned scarlet as if caught out in a crime , and tried to bluff it out , but I knew him too well . |
| 10 | If harvested modestly on a regular basis , the toxins are removed from the aquarium and new growth is encouraged to carry on the good work . |
| 11 | Suddenly then though her attention was taken by a red squirrel which darted from nowhere and , effortlessly it seemed , bounced over the grass and then , as if jerked up on a string , shot up a tree . |
| 12 | If going along to a group on a regular basis helps you to stick at it — do it . |
| 13 | Will any teacher who raises funds in the name of the Society ( even if used immediately for a specific purpose ) please send a brief statement to the Treasurer , as we need to show the extent of our own fundraising in the Annual Report and to the Sports Council . |
| 14 | ‘ O1a , amigo mio , ’ he whispered , watching the man 's shoulder-blades leap as if dragged together by a ten-ton truck . |
| 15 | After all , as he had said — and now every word of our conversation came back to me as clearly as if played back on a tape — a woman has a right to decide , on the basis of her own capacity to cope with the situation , whether she is justified in going on with it . |
| 16 | Given soft water even Angelfish have a high success rate , and , if brought up in a planted tank and allowed to pair naturally , will often raise their broods . |
| 17 | Deities are sometimes shown with sword , spear , or shield ; sometimes the objects appear alone , as if standing in for an absent deity . |
| 18 | ‘ But poisons that would only kill if taken regularly over a long period of time , do they exist ? ’ |
| 19 | Although in adults it exhibits flu like symptoms , it can be disastrous if passed on to a baby . |
| 20 | He was stunned by the absolute purity on all sides , on the wet trunks , tones of black contrasting dramatically with the showers of leaves , hung in suspension like clouds of golden rain , in loose tufts as if blown there by a wind . |
| 21 | Some traces of the deeper areas would then merge slightly if agitated gently with a wet and loaded brush . |
| 22 | We shoot down into the rapid as if fired out of a cannon . |
| 23 | It was more , she blinked her eyes , as if roused out of a coma . |
| 24 | A collegial model looked both more scriptural and more ecumenical — as well as being more suited to a post-monarchical world — even if bolstered up by a not-too-sound and rather fundamentalist interpretation of a selection of New Testament and patristic texts . |