Example sentences of "if [pers pn] have [adv] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he got talking about you , asked me if I 'd ever heard of you . ’ |
| 2 | They have good days and bad days : days when things seem relatively easy , they are on the ball , and a lot gets done , and days when they just ca n't face it and phone in sick — only to feel much perkier half-an-hour after putting down the phone , and a little guilty that ‘ I could have gone in if I 'd really had to ’ . |
| 3 | If I had not discovered through Exchange and Mart that Lowestoft was the home of the leading ( and cheapest ) breeder of Main Coon kittens in the country , I would not now be mounting the Sir John , clutching a cardboard box riddled with air holes and marked Pac-a-Pet . |
| 4 | Hill said : ‘ I should n't have been in that position in the first place if I had not spun on the opening lap . |
| 5 | Hill said : ‘ I should n't have been in that position in the first place if I had not spun on the opening lap . |
| 6 | If I had not intervened on these pages to explain a few points this book ( or its opening section ) would be a gun aimed at my own temple . |
| 7 | And I would have lost the chance to sail across the Pacific with Ellen , because Ellen was on the verge of agreeing to come with me , and if I had not yielded to the policeman 's blackmail I would have lost Ellen as well as my boat . |
| 8 | I was expecting the lads soon , anyway , as they were coming to pick me up if I had not arrived by lunch-time and it was noon already . |
| 9 | At any rate the effect was the same as if I had n't written at all . |
| 10 | If I had n't insisted on you going along on the drop we would have absolutely no proof that it had ever taken place ! |
| 11 | ‘ The madam would have had me if I had n't escaped by telling her the lodger in the room next door to mine fancied her like crazy , ’ he said . |
| 12 | I probably would have stayed longer if I had n't fallen in love with Isobel . |
| 13 | ‘ If I had n't replied to a client for five months I would almost expect a visit from them in response to a complaint ! ’ |
| 14 | If I had n't got through this time I was going to phone them to check a fault . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ If I had n't settled with him , the firm would have gone into liquidation there and then . ’ |
| 16 | The letter announcing my visit lay unopened on the mat when she opened the door , and an hour later I came away believing that I admired a woman who could , under these circumstances and in some pain , treat me as if I had just stepped round the corner for a packet of tea ten minutes before , and talk to me about this and that , and nothing at all . |
| 17 | I was asked if I had ever thought about finding a flat and living up here . |
| 18 | If I had ever thought of the possibility of being taken prisoner while I was in England , I should have expected all Germans to be like the officer who had tried to interrogate me at the aerodrome or the two soldiers who had brought me from the aerodrome to Amsterdam . |
| 19 | ‘ It was Bernard , who had been watching me from his office and asked me if I had ever thought of a career in modelling . ’ |
| 20 | No cos if I have n't heard in a fortnight you know you 're not getting any in . |
| 21 | ‘ If I have n't died of hunger first , ’ she said with asperity . |
| 22 | ( In the pursuit of performance-indicators , publication in ‘ refereed journals ’ counts for much , though I am not sure if I have ever appeared in a refereed journal in my life . ) |
| 23 | If she 'd already heard of Burrows ’ escape , she would assume that our attention would be directed towards him . |
| 24 | Bad enough to feel the way she did , let alone have to spend time with a man who treated her as if she 'd just crawled from under a stone . |
| 25 | Her prosecutor was looking at her as if she 'd just crawled from under a stone . |
| 26 | She could have escaped his hold if she 'd really wanted to . |
| 27 | If she had n't cannoned into Chalon , now standing quietly , she would have fallen . |
| 28 | ‘ I just called by to give Guy a message from my father , ’ the blonde was murmuring , glancing behind her at the half-open front door , then smiling at Virginia with such patent insincerity that she 'd have laughed if she had n't felt like crying her heart out instead … |
| 29 | If she had n't gone into that room , heard that doctor talking … |
| 30 | If she had n't reneged on her promise to go to Glenshee , Dane would never have followed her to that tiny cottage . |