Example sentences of "if he see " in BNC.
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| 1 | His friends on the Union committee thought that what happened was best accounted for if he saw a vision of his dead mother in the gallery watching him speak . |
| 2 | What would he say , what would he think , what would he feel , if he saw her now ? |
| 3 | He had also developed such affection for his owner , and had become so possessive of her , that if he saw her stroking another horse , he would roar with rage and throw himself sideways against the nearest fence , cutting and scraping his skin so that it bled . |
| 4 | The present writer has no experience in microbiology and could not tell the difference between bacilli and cocci if he saw them . |
| 5 | But Lumberjack was running alongside him now , a serious expression on his face , as if he saw this as a real test of stamina . |
| 6 | It was as if he saw us as having one life between us . |
| 7 | There was a severe , worn pressure of thought about his temples , a fire in his eye ( as if he saw something in objects more than outward appearance ) , an intense , high , narrow forehead , a Roman nose , cheeks furrowed by a strong purpose , and a convulsive inclination to laughter about the mouth , a good deal at variance with the solemn , stately expression of |
| 8 | If he saw he was n't going to win , he just moved on : no matter what the temptations and the beguilements offered . |
| 9 | If he saw something wrong he said so . |
| 10 | If he saw Doyle in the pub he 'd slide out of buying him a drink . |
| 11 | I scribbled a note telling him what our doctor had said and begging him , if he saw fit , for the drug that promised the chance of an easier time for us both . |
| 12 | ‘ I wonder if he saw us ? ’ |
| 13 | Yet , Lucille knew , he would remember none of those pacifist lessons if he saw Lord John . |
| 14 | By now denying that the arm's-length principle applies to national museums Lord Armstrong makes me wonder how he interpreted his new role when he moved from being Mrs Thatcher 's Cabinet Secretary to being her choice as Chairman of the V & A. If he saw himself as dutifully executing government policy over the V & A 's restructuring it is understandable that he did not subsequently feel constrained to resign , nor to dismiss his director , when it had become clear to the museum 's staff that the essence of the restructuring separation of research from ‘ object-management ’ had been abandoned as unworkable . |
| 15 | The Taxman expressed moral outrage at such a suggestion , declared that this was not his conception of the implications of being in loco parentis , and said that he , as a parent and husband , would have no hesitation in reporting the criminal actions of his child or indeed his wife , particularly if he saw no sign of either remorse or an intention to reform . |
| 16 | It was my heart that broke when he went , yet I never had him searched for ; I durs n't think what 'd come , if he saw the lad now . |
| 17 | He laughed softly to himself , then looked across at his father , wondering if he saw it too , or whether the connection existed in his mind alone . |
| 18 | I wondered what on earth John would think if he saw all this ; his friends in church , many for the first time in years , strangers saying prayers for him , me weeping over his photograph . |
| 19 | The offworlder 's eyes were troubled , as if he saw the whole past of his kind moving before him . |
| 20 | He used to go to the station and watch the farmers coming in ; and if he saw a likely one or one he knew , he used to approach him and try to get him to a pub to have a drink and talk things over . |
| 21 | I mean if he saw me or anybody who he knew , hello young that sort of thing like , you know . |
| 22 | His gaze was very direct , but somehow managed to encompass her whole body , make her feel as if he saw her semi-naked again , vulnerable and furious , the way he had last night … |
| 23 | Riven wondered if he saw sympathy there , but laughed harshly . |
| 24 | Our enemy would guess I was here if he saw you coming out with food , or with important news . |
| 25 | ‘ And I 'm not sure Desmond would like it if he saw us , ’ she added with another little giggle . |
| 26 | Luke emphasised the insult by letting his gaze roam insolently over her robe , just as if he saw through it to the single garment she still had on underneath . |
| 27 | Does n't matter if he saw his fox , he would n't shoot it on a Sunday . |
| 28 | Please believe that , at least , ’ she finished brokenly , not caring now if he saw the naked pleading in her eyes . |
| 29 | If he saw his father on that occasion , Martin did not remember it ; all that remained whenever he thought about him was an oppressive feeling of fear and dread associated with this house that had seemed to him dark and prison-like , smelling of dust and disinfectant and wet towels and blocked lavatories — a kind of compound reek of disease and poverty . |
| 30 | Spasms of jealousy writhed in her mind until she reminded herself that she had no right to object if he saw fit to do so . |