Example sentences of "if he [verb] [verb] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He can not avoid the buck landing there , even if he continues to refuse to accept it . |
| 2 | When the Dutch troops landed and passed through Wells , Ken wrote to James to say that he had withdrawn from his palace , taking his carriage horses lest they be commandeered ; indeed his previous service at William 's court would have caused much embarrassment if he had remained to meet him . |
| 3 | This was Luke — and , if he had intended to break their date , it was highly unlikely that he would have sent her flowers to confirm it only that morning … |
| 4 | It seems a reasonable guess that if he had eaten bear he would have commented on such ipsophagy . |
| 5 | Even if he had wanted to say something he was unable to move his mouth . |
| 6 | ‘ If he had wanted to find you he would have come himself , ’ she said with a wry look . |
| 7 | MacDonald told him that if he had tried to stop it , there would have been a riot , and that it had required all his influence to prevent his followers from singing the ‘ Red Flag ’ in the House of Commons itself on the night the Baldwin Government fell . |
| 8 | The magistrates would have been glad to release him if he had promised to discontinue his preaching . |
| 9 | ‘ If he had got married I 'd be the first to know , ’ his spokeswoman , Hester Blott , tells me . |
| 10 | If he had meant to distract her Luke Hunter had chosen the right bait . |
| 11 | If he had bothered to read his own party 's policy document he would have seen that it is his party which seeks to deprive the inspectorate of its independence ; that it is his party which is determined to put the inspectorate under the control of a new quango quaintly called the educational standards commission ; that it is his party which would deprive Her Majesty 's inspectorate of an essential part of what has given it independence and credibility — its role in advising the Secretary of State of the day . |
| 12 | I had often rehearsed the choice phrases which I would use on this very occasion but the sight of the animal restrained me ; if he had come to consult me professionally I could hardly start pitching into him right away . |
| 13 | She carried their drinks into the living room and asked Ralph if he had managed to see his solicitor ; the appointment had been at 2 p.m . |
| 14 | The next best option was to take a BSc degree in coal-mining — and that was how he ended up becoming a mining engineer instead of a teacher , which in all probability is the career he would have followed if he had managed to fulfil his original goal of studying geography . |
| 15 | His hair was standing slightly on end , as if he had forgotten to comb it , and he was n't wearing a tie , and it was ridiculous the way her heart lurched just at the sight of him , Lindsey thought . |
| 16 | If he had thought to subdue her that way , he was disappointed . |
| 17 | If he 'd hoped to placate her by the teasing compliment then he achieved the opposite . |
| 18 | At school his feuds had taken the form of punch-ups and verbal abuse , but this time — well , if he 'd tried to punch you — ’ |
| 19 | If he 'd tried to bottle it up he would have exploded one way or the other long before now . |
| 20 | The Bill took four years to get through Parliament , during which time Owen was subjected to abuse by those who opposed it , and on his deathbed in 1858 , a clergyman who came ( needlessly ) to offer him the consolations of religion asked him if he regretted having wasted his life in fruitless efforts ! |
| 21 | Well I tell you something if he ke , if he does start to hassle us I shall ring the police and I shall tell them ! |
| 22 | Hill , who was a member of the little-known punk band Sex Hitler and the Hormones in the 1970s , will have gone a long way from those roots if he does manage to succeed his father Graham , who won two titles in the 1960s . |
| 23 | ‘ You could always lie to that effect if he does happen to ask you about it , ’ Luke suggested harshly . |
| 24 | Bowe will be stripped of the WBC version of his title if he fails to agree to honour his contract for a defence against Lewis by January 2 — having already turned down what Lewis termed as a ‘ smack in the face ’ offer to fight him for $3 million . |
| 25 | If he has agreed to help them , he will also try to enter , but will vanish on crossing the threshold — called back to his stasis somewhere in the warp . |
| 26 | He often wondered what he would do if he did manage to catch him . |