Example sentences of "[conj] if he [vb mod] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because this is what he always felt after his father died — that if he could just speak to him now , he could really open his heart and say everything , without feeling that strange mute on his vocal chords . |
| 2 | He was still convinced that if he could somehow get rid of the tension in the neck then the other problems would automatically be resolved . |
| 3 | Nigel says that if he could only win one more race then it would be the British Grand Prix at Silverstone |
| 4 | He felt that if he could only solve the button problem something else would be explained . |
| 5 | Cunningham had strengthened his belief that if he could only follow the clues for which Heather 's photographs were somehow emblems he would find the truth — and Heather with it . |
| 6 | The Italian thinks that if he can ever sing Puccini the climax of his life has been reached ; but even so , with all the omissions that can be charged against Italy — such that as a musical country she ceased to exist after the seventeenth century and has certainly reached deliquescence with Messrs Malpiero , Pratella and Co — she even now does produce from time to time singers who are not merely singers but great artists , as Battistini who , at over 60 , is an example for those who can take it of the extent to which a voice can be preserved in all its beauty when it is used as a musical instrument and not as a fog siren or a pair of nutcrackers . ’ |
| 7 | If a number of employees insist on cash payment , an employer can not simply scrap his old cash-payment system , and so gains far less from instituting bank payment than if he can simply switch to bank payment as the general rule . |
| 8 | Subject to such disclosure as is required by Section 317 of the Act , a Director may vote in respect of any contract or arrangement in which he is interested or upon any matter arising out of the same and may be counted in the quorum present at any meeting at which any such contract , arrangement or matter is proposed or considered and if he shall so vote his vote shall be counted . |
| 9 | Subject to such disclosure as is required by Section 317 of the Act , a Director may vote in respect of any contract or arrangement in which he is interested or upon any matter arising out of the same and may be counted in the quorum present at any meeting at which any such contract , arrangement or matter is proposed or considered and if he shall so vote his vote shall be counted . |
| 10 | And if he can really put the icing on the cake of this remarkable recovery story by winning , he will be the toast of the Portsmouth greyhound racing fraternity — where he 's become a great favourite over the years . |
| 11 | Yes , Arnold Thomas had done a bad thing in deserting him just when he needed him most , and he had been a rogue of the worst kind to have stolen money into the bargain ; but if he could only find his son , he would tell him that all was forgiven , and that he wanted him here , in his rightful place , at the helm of his father 's business . |
| 12 | I 'm not hoping for a shell-casing , you know , but if he 'd just get a fucking nose-bleed or something , I 'd be a happy man . ’ |