Example sentences of "if he were [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was so extraordinarily quiet and self-possessed , it was almost as if he were chatting to us confidentially about it all instead of making an elaborate speech . |
| 2 | He went on dreamily , as if he were speaking of some Homeric adventure . |
| 3 | Albert said in a reverent voice as if he were speaking in church . |
| 4 | Ruth wanted to reach out and pull him back , as if he were moving towards a precipice . |
| 5 | Since I am involved in this affair , it would be preferable to me if he were dealing with it . ’ |
| 6 | There seemed no stopping her and he felt as if he were listening to some of the most important information he had ever heard . |
| 7 | It was as if he were gazing into heaven , and Agatha was n't so old that she 'd forgotten what that felt like . |
| 8 | But the paper was so damp that his pen merely furrowed it , as if he were writing on a slab of butter . |
| 9 | Manciple sounded as if he were apologizing for the other man 's rudeness . |
| 10 | Jim spoke as if he were telephoning from a golf club instead of a cuckold 's bed . |
| 11 | Russell 's eyes followed her every move as if he were looking through the sight of a gun . |
| 12 | He knew the pattern of the carpet by heart but now it was as if he were looking at it for the first time , taking it all in , the design of orange and black squares . |
| 13 | She lifted a hand to shade her eyes and Martin Jackson 's face appeared on the backdrop of light , as if he were looking at her from the sun 's centre . |
| 14 | His tone had been matter-of-fact , as if he were reporting to a committee . |
| 15 | He stared at the table as if he were talking to himself . |
| 16 | ‘ No Villanuova has ever had a job , that 's why , ’ he replied as if he were talking to a child . |
| 17 | Golding 's voice sank to a murmur , as if he were talking to himself rather than Derek . |
| 18 | He bent and twisted himself before it , jerking suddenly this way and that , as if he were lying in wait for disease , determined to pounce on it before it could strike . |
| 19 | Outside , Goldman was looking down at Schmidt as if he were standing on a cliff 's edge and peering at the drop . |
| 20 | ‘ I am the Conservatives ’ Jeremy Irons , ’ he murmured as apologetically as if he were standing at the rostrum with a brand new Oscar . |
| 21 | When they were so intimately joined , how would she not know if he were cheating on her ? |
| 22 | He has already told McCoist , for instance , that he would get the number of goals Rangers ' top scorer has if he were playing at Ibrox . |
| 23 | She sat up very straight on the side of the bed and continued to address him as if he were sitting on a mat in the Top Infants , wrestling with difficult , dangerous new concepts like add-ups and take-aways and the precise whereabouts of Australia . |
| 24 | He shouted , so the doctor told Dexter , as if he were crying to someone a great distance away . |
| 25 | She kept waiting for him to do something , but he hesitated , as if he were waiting for her . |
| 26 | As she had come round the corner of the house from putting her bicycle in the old stable block , Inspector Blakelock had been standing at the front door almost as if he were waiting for her . |
| 27 | He felt as if he were pressing against a strong , polarised magnetic force . |
| 28 | His agitation was plain as he rubbed the palm of one beefy hand against the back of the other , as if he were suffering from a skin irritation . |
| 29 | His right elbow was leaning on the arm of the chair and his wide forehead was resting in his right hand as if he were suffering from migraine , troubles , fatigue . |
| 30 | It gets its name from the fact that it requires a fighter simply to raise his hands in a defensive position and bend his legs slightly , almost as if he were walking down the street . |