Example sentences of "if [verb] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , while as if bestowing some order of merit she fastened the beads round my neck , her face wore a motherly expression and for the first time I was with the Aunt Louise of my childhood . |
| 2 | ‘ Miss Araminta regards me as a servant , ma'am , ’ Theda said , faintly smiling , and reaching a hand out to stroke Hector 's woolly head where he lay on his blanket , as if to find some outlet for the feelings of gentleness running through her . |
| 3 | ‘ It was gone , Eric , ’ he had explained , his eyes fidgeting to every part of Colonel Windsor 's crammed office as if seeking some corner which would not awaken images of once familiar surroundings . |
| 4 | It is an indication of how low Kylie 's emotional defences were during this crisis that — just for once — the intensely personal details of her life suddenly came gushing out , as if to exorcise some spirit that was within her . |
| 5 | I must have moaned : she looked at me coldly as if suspecting some kind of trickery , and then her face altered and she came across the room to take my arm and help me back to bed . |
| 6 | The balance should then be forwarded direct to the hotel , though if contacted some hotels do not require full payment in advance — this is entirely at the hotel 's discretion . |
| 7 | A few paces to the right Yuan was flexing arm and shoulder muscles as if to ease some strain or tension , and Rostov wondered if the assassins knew how fast a Manchu could move when the need arose . |
| 8 | He sat on the edge of the bed and began to recite all he knew as if memorising some poem : ‘ Buckingham dies , the agents die , garrotted to death . ’ |
| 9 | She was watching him intently , as if to solve some riddle she had set herself . |
| 10 | He 'd lie on his bed at three or four in the morning just looking at them with rapt concentration , not reading them , just laying them out , changing which one was next to which one , as if determining some sequence or some relationship between the writers . |
| 11 | The boy was sitting there , not an arm 's length from him now , studying the patterns of black and white with a fierce intensity , as if to grasp some meaning from them . |
| 12 | ‘ My Missus if making some tea Selwyn , ’ Barney called after him , ‘ You want some ? ’ |
| 13 | Behind them , at the door , Lady Isabella peered on tip-toe over their shoulders , as if watching some masque or mummer 's play . |
| 14 | He put out his hand to touch her face ; it felt on fire , hot and dry with fever , as she turned to his hand mouthing , as if to take some sustenance from it . |
| 15 | Ruthven suddenly rose as if to suppress some excitement inside him . |