Example sentences of "if [art] doctor had " in BNC.

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1 However , the proportions for whom the general practitioner was described as reluctant to visit , or for whom it was felt it would have been helpful if the doctor had visited the person who died more often , did not vary significantly between the groups .
2 Doctor Sloan of Ayr who conducted a post mortem examination on John was approached later by a group of old miners with the question , The doctor confessed that he had not paid particular attention to the man 's feet , whereat the miners went off with knowing expressions on their faces ; superstition had convinced them that if the doctor had looked he would have seen cloven hoofs , proving that the devil had appeared in the guise of John Brown for some evil purpose of his own .
3 I suppose if the doctor had got his diagnosis right , then I would have had to go to hospital but it was to be another ten years before I was sent to such a place .
4 It would be so simple to check if the doctor had made a mistake in reading her mother 's notes .
5 If a doctor had said to me : ‘ Chop off your right arm and your baby will be all right , ’ I would have done it , ’ she says .
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