Example sentences of "if he [verb] [be] [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the present proceedings , as counsel has pointed out , the respondent 's chances of purging his contempt at an early stage were not high , even if he had been properly informed of his right to make the attempt , but that is to confuse the existence of a right with its strength . |
| 2 | ‘ If , in any case not expressly provided for by this Act , a liability to any duty , or any authority or power , not incident to the administration of justice in any court , whose jurisdiction is transferred by this Act to the High Court of Justice , shall have been imposed or conferred by any statute , law , or custom upon the judges or any judge of any of such courts , save as hereinafter mentioned , every judge of the said High Court shall be capable of performing and exercising , and shall be liable to perform and empowered to exercise every such duty , authority , and power , in the same manner as if this Act had not passed , and as if he had been duly appointed the successor of a judge liable to such duty , or possessing such authority or power , before the passing of this Act . … |
| 3 | The evidence showed that the plaintiff would have worn the goggles if he had been firmly instructed to do so and supervised . |
| 4 | He looked distraught , his tie was pulled down and his collar open , his hair was ruffled , but even if he had been neatly dressed and groomed , the bright staring eyes and hectic cheeks would have warned Pascoe that something was amiss . |
| 5 | as if he had been somewhat overtaxed . |
| 6 | If he had been less aroused he would n't have done it ; if he had been more aroused he would n't have noticed . |
| 7 | Not that he could not have held the ball up in that wind if he had been so minded . |
| 8 | If he had been less aroused he would n't have done it ; if he had been more aroused he would n't have noticed . |
| 9 | I was in some doubt as to whether the Corporal had stumbled upon us accidentally on his way out of the town or if he 'd been deliberately tasked . |