Example sentences of "[subord] [adv] [pron] [verb] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes she claimed that the wine her friend had brought was ‘ sweeter than any you have given me ’ . |
| 2 | that people feel are an issue cos together we have to exclude it . |
| 3 | ‘ If only they 'd taken me ! |
| 4 | ‘ If only they had saved us . |
| 5 | If only they had insisted she come home earlier . |
| 6 | But if only one had had it — well , it could be utter disaster . |
| 7 | If only she had seen him come into the shop — but she always seemed to miss him . |
| 8 | If only she 'd kept it up . ’ |
| 9 | If only it had left us alone , we could have been happy , we could have gone on being happy . |
| 10 | Oh dear , if only you 'd explained it all to me last night ! ’ she said accusingly to Fran . |
| 11 | If only you 'd told me ! |
| 12 | If only you had read it first — as at least six people did without realising . |
| 13 | If only I had told you straight away the appointment was a hoax … ’ |
| 14 | ‘ If only I 'd met you a year ago . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Pa , if only I 'd made it up with you , ’ she cried . |
| 16 | ‘ If only I 'd 'elped you more you might still be 'ere . ’ |
| 17 | Here , where I could 've done better , if only I 'd understood , if only he 'd helped me ; if only this , if only that . |
| 18 | ‘ As I said , it 's up to you , ’ said this stupid young man , who could have done anything he liked to me — or so I felt at that moment — if only he had done it , and not talked about it first , trying to strike a bargain . |
| 19 | Oh , if only he had deepened it . |
| 20 | Bathsheba would not have minded being spoken to angrily by Gabriel for her thoughtlessness , if only he had told her he loved her . |
| 21 | If only he had meant it . |
| 22 | If so I propose to install it tonight and invite you along to see it and make suggestions before you leave . ’ |
| 23 | It 's not simply a matter of defying conventions although I admit I have been strictly brought up and I think it would break my parents ’ hearts if ever they came to know I was living with a man who was not my husband . |
| 24 | And and as a matter of fact he if er if ever you went to see him about anything and said , What about this , Les ? |
| 25 | However strong the objective evidence that I do want X or Y , I can take these wants into account only if they pass my private test , if subjectively I do feel them . |
| 26 | The visitor whose footsteps he had heard circling the house that last dawn they had ever spent there , if indeed he had heard them and not , in his state of panic , imagined them — that man or woman would have had no evidence for thinking anyone lived there but for the presence of Goblander on the drive . |
| 27 | On this sheet , cos then you 've got it for revision . |
| 28 | Because no told me , because like I 've known her for all my life . |
| 29 | Had n't she been lost to him before even he had seen her . |
| 30 | She pushed the feeling from her , for suddenly it did scare her a little . |