Example sentences of "[subord] if [pron] had [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The French settlements along the river St. Lawrence had no such attractions ; the peasant farmers who settled along the river were probably better off than if they had stayed at home , but they could not produce enough revenue to support the fairly lavish military , civil , and ecclesiastical establishment that had been set up there as well . |
| 2 | The formal agreement of the League was , however , necessary as it gave the campaign a much closer connection with the Labour Party than if it had appeared as a personal crusade by Cripps . |
| 3 | Unfortunately this does not appear to work the other way ; the shipowners would not be entitled to any share in a windfall profit if the market value of the cargo increased dramatically and was sold for much more than if it had arrived on time . |
| 4 | That they have cost me no more than my time makes such decisions much easier than if I had paid for them in gold . |
| 5 | He should go to the public source and get it : or , at any rate , not be in a better position than if he had gone to the public source . |
| 6 | ‘ What has he got that I could n't give you ? ’ he asked in a dull tone that chilled Ruth more than if he had bawled at her . |
| 7 | But there was no getting away from it ; the overwhelming feeling was one of relief , because if they had ridden in together they would undoubtedly have been spotted . |
| 8 | But when we got married see that complicated things because if anything had happened to me |
| 9 | That of course will go and what 's more there 's going to be some drag hunting on his land of which he will not be consulted because if you had to negotiate with organisations for controlled access to its land for the use of drag hunting . |
| 10 | As late as the 1760s an influential theorist could still argue that an ambassador who , on his own initiative , encouraged sedition within the state to which he was accredited , could be punished by it even with death , while if he had acted on the orders of his master he could be held as a hostage until the latter had given satisfaction . |
| 11 | The emotions of like and dislike are just as broad as if they had arisen from a total survey of the car . |
| 12 | If you continually can not get through to your debtor , the message is as clear as if you had spoken to him . |
| 13 | They went out from us but they did not really belong to us , for if they had belonged to us they would have remained with us but their going showed that none of them belong to us . |
| 14 | It was as well that I was unable to visit the Aran Isles , for if they had changed since the 1930s my disappointment might have been too great to bear . |