Example sentences of "if [pron] [vb past] [pron] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | well any way look , if I made you a thin bit of steel straight across the centre like that |
| 2 | It would n't look very good if I gave you a great big rambling piece of paper now to tell you about communications |
| 3 | It would n't come across as very credible if I trusted you a third time . |
| 4 | If someone bought me an expensive perfumed soap , I would save it — not believing I would ever have another — until I found it years later , grubby and odourless ! |
| 5 | Perhaps if she asked him a simple , straightforward question she would receive a simple , straightforward answer in return . |
| 6 | Ginny wondered how he would react if she told him the simple truth . |
| 7 | What would Fen say if she gave him a truthful answer , told him that Hugh had done her a good turn , jilted her before she could make the most dreadful mistake of her life ? |
| 8 | If you sent me a single orchid , or a pair of |
| 9 | Ah yes , well you see , you see , in effect if you called her an old , that could 've been , that , that , that , that , that , that , that could 've been eh , that could 've been eh , that could 've been , you know , you could 've been given her a , that could 've of been a praise , you old cow . |
| 10 | How would you feel if you knitted yourself a nice little doll , out of the most expensive yarn you could buy , and spent the best years of your life working on it to make it as perfect as you could — then it suddenly got up and walked away and turned into something different ? ’ |
| 11 | So if you lost something the ninety would increase accordingly ? |
| 12 | Round and round , and back again , everything spins around , passing by if you missed it the first time . |
| 13 | Once she saw , sitting on the pavement before a café , drinking pale green drinks , and embracing , leaning over from their plastic chairs towards each other and embracing , the most beautiful couple ; the man with a face angular and ravaged and tragic , the girl dark and thin , with pale lips in a dark tan face : and she was so moved that she said , aloud to Rosie who was walking with her , " Look , Oh God , look at those lovely people " : and Rosie looked and stared and laughed and said , " Good Lord , what odd ideas you have , I would n't look like that if you gave me a hundred pounds . " |
| 14 | I 'm not changing my tune , Councillor Wyle knows that in the past I have actually offered to go with them when they 've made erm , visits to the minister , and when he said , we we we tried , but we never got anywhere , and on various issues I 've said , well perhaps if we got us an all party delegation , at least we could have done no worse . |
| 15 | If we gave them the five hundred , we wo n't , we are within , having said that , we 're not going to give everybody everything , I do n't think . |
| 16 | If they gave me a first , I would go to Cambridge . |
| 17 | He was willing , if they gave him a suitable hostage to ensure their good faith , to allow Berwick ten more days of siege , whereafter , if they were not relieved by the so-called Regent , they must surrender . |
| 18 | Mungo predicted that if he ignored her a second time , she would go away . |
| 19 | A large fish on his or my line was always an occasion for excitement for Edwy and he would jump into the water with his gaff if he thought it the only way to land it . |
| 20 | You know , she 's sworn to me she would n't have a Russian if he offered her a thousand quid . |
| 21 | The local policeman took it in hand , and nobody grumbled , if he gave them a good clout . |
| 22 | seventeen thousand pounds if he gave them a free cup of coffee . |
| 23 | Just tell him what we want him to give us , you know if he gave us the advance nod on something then we could either you know deal it exclusive or we 'll put it all round , you know , whichever they prefer . |
| 24 | If he showed them the latest Washington telegram which he had seen before his departure [ KPs 66 and 85 ] , they would have been made aware that although they had to exercise the utmost restraint for the time being , a new and firmer policy might soon be adopted . |