Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] if [pers pn] [modal v] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | Strategically , the alliance with Japan and the entente with France were expressions of this instinct ; economically , it released the yearning for a closed area within which Britain could be commercially safe , even if perhaps less well-off than if she could have outfaced her rivals in open competition . |
| 2 | He remained convinced that if he could have spent ten hours a day working on Event , ‘ wining and dining advertisers and so on ’ , the magazine could have been saved . |
| 3 | It was as if that was the only emotion Jack allowed himself , the only time he let down his guard , and she sensed that it was almost involuntary and if he could have prevented it he would have done . |
| 4 | If she 's sat watching them she 's pregnant but if she 'd have sat watching Neighbours and she were n't able to was she ? |
| 5 | I am sure that if we could have met , all estrangement would have vanished instantly ; but , having to rely on the written word ( and that in the cramped space of air-letters which took so long to come and go ) , and missing expression of face and tone of voice , to which we were both very sensitive , we kept up our guard for a time . |
| 6 | Can I just I think it 's fairly important that if we 'd have actually done the reconciliation , last week , we 'd have had the opportunity to recheck them . |