Example sentences of "if [pron] [adv] [vb past] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
Next pageNo | Sentence |
---|---|
1 | A couple of months before , my Dad said if I ever did get pregnant he 'd chuck me out , so I thought they would . " |
2 | Perhaps if she flatly refused to give any details … |
3 | ‘ But if you really had discovered this way of changing people , why did you stop ? ’ |
4 | ‘ After our night together , when Peter turned up next day , you were so savage , as if you really did believe all those terrible things you were saying about me — I do n't understand why you changed so suddenly — ’ |
5 | And if you really wanted to blow two years ' wages for a working man , then you could spend $185 on a Style 4 Tri-Plate with full ‘ Chrysanthemum ’ engraving on front , sides and back . |
6 | by the way if we ever did do that stay with aunty Mary , right , then she came back with us |
7 | ‘ We 've never closed a store , but if we ever did close that one , we would be happy to restore the land for industrial use . ’ |
8 | But , of course , his attack was very much on-target if he simply wished to attack those elements of the media that were least favourable to his own party and government . |
9 | If he really wanted to keep this room a secret , having no window onto the outside would be the best way , surely ? ’ |
10 | The next question was why had he gone to so much trouble and expense if he never intended to use this place as his base ? |
11 | But I called him up one day and asked him how he was doing and he said things were pretty good , so I asked if he still wanted to do that album . |
12 | If anyone else had had this odd habit of repeating himself , Jenna would have laughed , but with Ned Clarke it was n't at all laughable . |