Example sentences of "happen if [pers pn] did " in BNC.
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| 1 | The experiments are of the ‘ what if ’ variety , i.e. they ask ‘ what would happen if we did this ? ’ , and are not therefore based on hypothetico-deductive logic . |
| 2 | My Government accepted your presence here despite warnings as to what might happen if they did so ! ’ |
| 3 | First he told them to lay off me , and when they sneered and said what would happen if they did n't , he merely replied , ‘ A series of inexplicable misfortunes . ’ |
| 4 | What would happen if they did meet ? |
| 5 | Katrine was afraid of what might happen if she did n't pay up . |
| 6 | I paused for a moment , then said , ‘ Kathleen , let me tell you what I think would happen if I did as you say and then you tell me where I 'm going wrong . |
| 7 | What would happen if I did ? |
| 8 | I said that I could n't fault their prices , but asked what would happen if I did n't pay . |
| 9 | I think about what would happen if I did it … |
| 10 | ‘ I was afraid something like this might happen if I did n't get here first . |
| 11 | ‘ You know what would happen if you did , ’ the doctor said equably . |
| 12 | Right what would happen if you did n't have any control rods , in your nuclear reactor ? |
| 13 | What would happen if you did n't drink enough milk and you did n't get enough calcium and your bones did n't grow but you kept eating lots of protein ? |
| 14 | She supposed wearily that she should be hoping this last thing would still happen , should be making it happen if it did n't happen on its own , but she knew that however hopeless this love for him was , it was the most precious and valuable thing she had ever experienced . |
| 15 | Perhaps he too felt anxious about what might happen if he did . |