Example sentences of "[adj] if he " in BNC.
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| 1 | To say that someone is guilty of terrorism and drunken driving will be justifiable if he is a tee-total terrorist . |
| 2 | But I thought also — this is not the first time I have fled for my life with this man , who is brave if he is also stupid . |
| 3 | The involuntary bailee does no wrong if he acts reasonably in trying to return the goods . |
| 4 | Minter , had he but known it , was right as well as wrong : right that Harry was running short of cash , wrong if he believed that currently mattered to him a jot . |
| 5 | The hon. Gentleman is wrong if he seeks to characterise the Scottish budget for next year as somehow lower than the spending increases for other Departments . |
| 6 | But he 's wrong if he thinks he can push me around now . |
| 7 | He is human and so is she and all the marriage certificates in the world would not keep him faithful if he were tempted in those circumstances . ’ |
| 8 | He certainly was n't dumping his pints on the floor on the sly ; I 'd have got wet if he was . |
| 9 | It 's pretty , it 's pretty bad that , that a seven year old if he was seven , is |
| 10 | Maxim woke with a slightly tender head — those blasted lieutenants and their silly jokes — and the sombre feeling that he must be getting truly old if he could no longer sleep through a normal wakey-wakey in barracks . |
| 11 | It was as if he had n't really wanted freedom , only to assert his right to be free if he chose , which is quite a different thing and has something both sad and comical about it . |
| 12 | The best is to call someone ‘ Seven Days of the Week ’ , which means you 'd keep every day free if he asked . |
| 13 | A man might be more virtuous if more selfish , after all , as more than one eighteenth-century moralist proposed , and more generous if he had more to be generous with . |
| 14 | Reckon he 'd be generous if he got a chance like that . " |
| 15 | So he 's would n't it be funny if he got |
| 16 | The APA also questions the current rule that the state must prove that a defendant is sane if he claims that he is insane . |
| 17 | I 'm quite happy for Mr to comment direct if he wishes . |
| 18 | Jim Lauderdale is like a neutered Dwight Yoakam , though his tribute to George Jones and Gram , ‘ The King Of Broken Hearts ’ suggests he could be exciting if he loosened up a taste . |
| 19 | ‘ He 'd be more exciting if he was , maybe . ’ |
| 20 | He raised the status and majesty of the royal household beyond even the limit set by Diocletian , which included an acceptance of Christianity in a purely formal sense , since it is very doubtful if he understood its true meaning . |
| 21 | ( b ) That there is no satisfactory address for serving the summons either because he will not give an address , or it is doubtful if he will remain at the address long enough to accept service of the summons or is unable to furnish the name of anyone who would accept service on his behalf , e.g. social worker . |
| 22 | Apart from the fact that Suragai had no rank , it was doubtful if he was human . |
| 23 | He read medicine at the University of Edinburgh , though it is doubtful if he ever intended to practise . |
| 24 | Just in time , out of consideration for Philippe Bonard 's feelings , she checked herself from saying ‘ the body ’ , although it was doubtful if he would have heard . |
| 25 | It was doubtful if he heard the final words . |
| 26 | The boy 's dark eyes were on Wycliffe , doubtful if he would understand . |
| 27 | Doubtful if he ever dented a heart ; more than likely he gave quite a number of hearts a new lift after they 'd imagined the ball was over for them . |
| 28 | Marco 's devotion to Samavia , given his reflective nature , could easily have seemed priggish if he had not had the Rat as a foil , with his quick memory and his youthful ingenuity . |
| 29 | It is not wrongful if he has rightfully rejected the goods for breach of condition . |
| 30 | Been different if he was one of your upper crust . |