Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] if " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr is very different we must all be protected , I 've worked out my bill as the same as this year because no way shall I spend seventeen and a half percent more money I shall be as careful as I can and I sha n't starve and I sha n't get cold now I 've worked out that the V A T on my fuel bill is eight hundred and eighty five pounds , I 'd delighted if Mr could perform the trick and I need n't pay it , on behalf of the Duke of Westminster , the Duke of Rutland , I think I can also thank him . |
| 2 | Had she , as he 'd instructed if he were listed as dead , divided the proceeds of the sale between his three sisters — Sal , now in Canada , Grace , still somewhere in France , and Kitty , God knows where ? |
| 3 | I meant to ask him if he 'd decided if he were getting married or not and I forgot all about it . |
| 4 | Well I 'd known if you said anything private , and I wipe it off |
| 5 | I 'd asked if he was an expert forger , and I would n't put it past him . |
| 6 | He 'd asked if he could work on the girl , but Frick had refused . |
| 7 | The suggestion about the car had come from the rifleman — he 'd asked if I had a car , and I 'd said yes , because I did n't want them to know that I 'd come by boat . |
| 8 | Thank goodness , though that for all he was n't so free with his smiles he had a terrific sense of humour and had not held against her the blunt , not to say impolite way she 'd asked if he was prepared to give her an interview . |
| 9 | Then I 'd wondered if some women who 'd stopped me on the path had taken it . |
| 10 | Looking back at his forlorn figure as the car had accelerated away , she 'd wondered if there might be some way to set him back on his rails . |
| 11 | She uses them in her paintings , I know , but I 'd wondered if generally she was allergic , or something … ’ |
| 12 | So unexpected was her appearance that , for a moment , until she 'd moved and cried out , he 'd wondered if she was real . |
| 13 | I only say this , because it 's always been very difficult to get erm , America to take any , any interest at all in developing in England , and , how and I 'd wondered if it 's still the same situation . |
| 14 | Madden got shifted from that division — you only got shifted if you were in trouble — and he came to the same division as myself . |
| 15 | In June , 1978 , two girl Salvationists were killed at Usher during the unrest Eva had foreseen if the Africans were not given leadership . |
| 16 | When the butler reappeared in the drawing room some time afterwards to refresh the teapots , the employer had inquired if all was well . |
| 17 | They had enquired if he was at the pottery and been told that he was not . |
| 18 | Mr Porter had said if loyalists did so they would get no support from the House or the country . |
| 19 | " Nobody can tell what would have happened if he had stayed if he 's reacted more strongly , " she said later . |
| 20 | You had to be in at a certain time you know , you had very standard cuisine , it was , it had become if you like , ridiculed in jokes and things of this nature . |
| 21 | The ‘ man of the world ’ had become if not a rude caveman , then a sorry Rip Van Winkle figure . |
| 22 | He had grown close to Gerry Gomez since the day he had asked if he could meet his sister at the airport , and they now worked together admirably . |
| 23 | Apparently a hooded stranger with a bag of gold had asked if he could stay at her house one night . |
| 24 | But when she had asked if they could n't warm the place up a bit with some pretty colors , Dr. Briant had said sharply that they had to avoid confusing their color appreciation tests later , and she 'd have all the color she wanted then . |
| 25 | He remembered clearly that Murray had asked if he had any mail , and his instinct was to tell the truth . |
| 26 | Stirling 's own team included two men , Reg Seekings and Johnny Cooper , who had asked if they could be together . |
| 27 | She had asked if they could have it private , early or late , but had been told they must join the club , for which there was a waiting list and a subscription . |
| 28 | But today he had asked if he could have a quarter of an hour extension and her father had said he would be back in time to take over . |
| 29 | The news that Karen and I were married was made public at a buffet brunch given by Thomas and Lynn Carter to which we had been invited — or rather Karen had been invited , and had asked if it would be all right to bring me along . |
| 30 | She had asked if there were anything I wanted from England , and I asked her to bring a large , old-fashioned teddy bear for my small Greek godson , George . |