Example sentences of "[conj] if she [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She informed her great-granddaughter that if she filed for a divorce she would take Andrew 's side and say that what he had done in taking a mistress and in finally attempting suicide was because she had never acted as a wife to him . |
| 2 | Her emotional upsets were beginning to take their toll , and she knew that if she thought about the hopelessness of her love for Silas she 'd begin to weep . |
| 3 | ‘ Papa , tell Belle Maman that if she looks at the baby like that , I shall get only her hat in the picture … ’ |
| 4 | It was conceivable , she supposed , that if she remained in the village she might see him from time to time , and if she was lucky , she thought bleakly , he might even speak to her . |
| 5 | Much as she loved Nora , she was sufficiently realistic about her cousin to know that whatever was beginning to develop in her niece would be much more likely to come to something if Constance remained with her in Surrey than if she returned to the north . |
| 6 | She felt weak and seedy and if she went for a walk her ankles puffed up . |
| 7 | She already had her travelling companion , Swimmer of Lakes , and if she thought of the wild horses in the valley at all it was simply to wonder about the legend of the tamers : to subdue the spirit of the wild animal ; to be permitted to ride upon its back ; yes , magic would have been necessary in early thought , and cult legends certainly would have grown around the hunters who snared the fast , proud creatures . |
| 8 | You know , look , I did a deal with Mrs Thatcher in nineteen eighty six , that I would n't open up many of these issues , and if she sticks to the deal , I 'll stick to the deal . |
| 9 | Yes , yes well we ca n't talk you see , we do n't know , we do n't know what 's happening , but she 's been suffering a lot with her back just now and she put that off you know that because she 's not attending the meetings , she ca n't sit , and if she comes to the meetings she ca n't sit down , she stands up , props herself against the wall and stand up right at the back so , we do n't know you see |
| 10 | And if she trod on the cracks , where the grass peered through , would they open up and engulf her and it would all be over , whatever it was ? |