Example sentences of "if [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If using a tiny paper bag , you can just hold it between your middle and index finger and push the top down with your thumb . |
| 2 | If using a longer message or saying , you could insert thin decorative lines between each line of text . |
| 3 | If using a large specimen plant the tank will generally look less contrived if this is place just off-centre . |
| 4 | This would be very sensible if using an expensive substrate such as glass beads . |
| 5 | TIP : if using an expensive substrate , use a thin layer for show . |
| 6 | ‘ He was n't cruel , really , ’ she said , as if defying an invisible accuser . |
| 7 | No sensible designer would have conceived such a monstrosity if given a free hand to create a flatfish on a clean drawing board . |
| 8 | Previously , if dismissed a qualifying worker would normally have lost his home , but the Act now provides security of tenure that extends to a surviving spouse and , under certain circumstances , to some other family members . |
| 9 | I 'm sure if founding a National Children 's Theatre was included in a political manifesto , that party would win-over Dahl fans the country through . |
| 10 | The second part of the poem was written at Stockburn-on-Tees in 1799 , and by the end of that year the two-part poem was transcribed into fair copy as if considered a completed work . |
| 11 | This doubt of not quite knowing so worried me that I sometimes approached my visualization as if addressing a public meeting . |
| 12 | Her heart was hammering and she felt sick , but she drew a steadying breath and began to speak , as if addressing an importunate stranger , her voice icily calm , and frightening in its intensity . |
| 13 | If fitting a horizontal heater , remember that it should neither be positioned below the level of the cold water inlet nor interfere with any indirect coil inside the cylinder . |
| 14 | My partner almost ran across the traverse as if to depart a potential trouble spot before it was aware of his passage . |
| 15 | It sent her backing nervously towards the casement window as if to set a safer distance between the two of them . |
| 16 | Now what 's happened , what would happen if we were to follow the same type of line there would be that the airfield would stay open as if needed a small commuter airfield . |
| 17 | She sat down on the roses-and-castles chair with a ludicrous sense of formality , as if paying a polite call in a tailored suit and a small , veiled hat . |
| 18 | She achieved the crest of the road and saw it spill over , and the village in the bottom of the valley , silent as if drowned a hundred years beneath a lake . |
| 19 | He was also a noisy eater , as if providing an orchestral accompaniment for his brother . |
| 20 | You will plan for an odd fl if flying an Eastbound track 000°-179° . |
| 21 | Franco had his arm around his elder brother 's shoulder , his mouth close to his face , his other arm gesticulating gracefully , as if conducting an invisible band of players . |
| 22 | If suffering a ropey marriage automatically led to that sort of state of grace , half the women in the country would be walking round with an outsize halo above their head . |
| 23 | She took his wrist between thumb and forefinger , and held his hand up between them as if gripping a putrid fish by the tail . |
| 24 | He rolls the word around his mouth , as if savouring a good malt . |
| 25 | Benjamin smiled as if savouring a secret joke . |
| 26 | MacMillan has made this last song a welcome to the future as the three protagonists quietly and slowly come forwards , their hands linked , gradually raising their heads as if greeting a new day . |
| 27 | Ibn Fayoud turned away from the girl , smiled warmly and held out his arms as if greeting an old friend . |
| 28 | Sometimes Sebastian was there , sometimes he was n't , but , whichever way Rosemary 's conscience pulled , she — sometimes late , as if having a last-minute tug-o'-war with her upbringing — was always there . |
| 29 | If inviting an elderly parent to come to live with you in your own home seems to be the best way of helping her in her last years , the first overtures you make to her on this subject need to be very tactful , bearing all the hallmarks of a really welcoming invitation . |
| 30 | Now you have castles grim towering to heaven ; again , a storm-beat wall of cliff , the mist surgings beneath imitating the motions of the waves of ocean ; now you seem to get a peep of fairyland , and think you see the dwellers in a city of light : again , the veil seems as if hiding a very abode of woes , dark places of gloom . |