Example sentences of "have [verb] [pers pn] if [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clara had actually heard one constant church attender , caught out donating a small charitable sum to the Vicar , defend herself to Mrs Maugham by saying that she had n't really meant to give it , and that she never would have given it if it had n't been that her little boy had just given up Sunday school . |
| 2 | He would have hated it if you 'd known he was an addict . |
| 3 | She would have hated it if she had to admit defeat , and crawl off to a hotel somewhere . |
| 4 | Fred understood Sukie 's vengeful ruse , and most people could have guessed it if they had cared to , which they did n't . |
| 5 | ‘ You might have guessed it if you 'd remembered that night we made love . |
| 6 | She tried to remember Isabelle objectively — wondering how she would have regarded her if they had simply met as strangers , but all she could call to mind was her mother 's warmth , and gentleness and capacity for love , and a slow anger began to build in her . |
| 7 | ‘ She might have forgiven him if it had been anyone else , you mean ? ’ |
| 8 | They would not have recognized him if they had passed him in the street . |
| 9 | ‘ I would have let you if you 'd asked , ’ said his Mum . |
| 10 | The content of what he said might have chilled her if she had harboured any desire to stay longer — which , she told herself fiercely , she most definitely did not . |
| 11 | ‘ You 'd have named him if he seemed guilty . |
| 12 | He replied : ‘ We had our orders and they would have shot me if I had resisted . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ We 'd never have done it if we did n't think the advantages outweighed the disadvantages . |
| 14 | ‘ We 'd never have done it if we did n't think the advantages outweighed the disadvantages . |
| 15 | I definitely would n't have done it if I had n't already released a heap of my own songs . |
| 16 | I would have done it if I had had the chance , but somebody got there first . |
| 17 | ‘ You would n't have said it if you did n't mean it . ’ |
| 18 | The uncle of 12-year-old Adele Thompson — killed by a joyrider in Toxteth , Liverpool — hit out : ‘ He would n't have said it if he had been through the heartache we have suffered . ’ |
| 19 | Its magnitude is only 9 according to official estimates ; I have never seen it with low-power binoculars , but I have suspected it with × 20 , though I would not have noticed it if I had not known just where it was . |
| 20 | His father looked pale , Jack thought , his eye slightly swollen but maybe he would n't have noticed it if he had n't been involved . |
| 21 | A little owl , pretending to be just another stone on a heap of stones ; we could so easily have missed him if he had n't swivelled his head to peer in our direction at just the right moment . |
| 22 | ROBBIE I could maybe have seen her if you 'd said . |
| 23 | I 'd have seen it if I 'd been coming down the stairs instead of in the lift . |
| 24 | It would have alarmed her if he had . |
| 25 | ‘ Of course , he 'd never have made it if it had n't been for the skill of our local doctor ’ |
| 26 | ‘ The APB would never have made it if it had all been practitioners . |
| 27 | ‘ He would never have made it if it had n't been for you . |
| 28 | ‘ They 'd have told me if they suspected something was going on . ’ |
| 29 | I would have told him if I 'd thought there was a cat 's chance in hell he 'd have provided a guard for you — a constable on your doorstep . ’ |
| 30 | I could have told you if I 'd wanted to . |