Example sentences of "[adv] if it did " in BNC.

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1 so if it did n't come on the Monday it could come on the Tuesday , by next week
2 Presumably if it did n't kill them it gave them a very nasty headache .
3 For example , one of the galleries might want the Picasso if it also gets the Cezanne but not the Turner ; but it would not insist on the Picasso if it got the Turner ; but would want both if it did not get the Cezanne .
4 thing is though if it did happen
5 And it makes you wonder as well if it did n't revolve back onto he children you know .
6 Well if it did n't save it on that how does it , how do you get it back ?
7 The success of Let Us Compare Mythologies confirmed Leonard in his decision to be a poet-writer , even if it did not relieve Masha of her concern for his future well being .
8 Even if it did , personal generosity simply can not cure basic social injustices .
9 In a minority situation , some form of power-sharing — even if it did not necessarily involve coalition — was inevitable .
10 Even if it did n't lead to the elimination of all the older , ‘ flawed ’ models , a narrow range of ‘ new ’ species might well reduce the older ones to huddled groups in farming heritage parks .
11 Whether she had or not , he felt compelled to ask her a last question , even if it did annoy or depress her .
12 That the two City teams were housed together reinforced , even if it did not fully explain , the notable enthusiasm for a purist model of the developmental ideal within these teams .
13 Those who have a cold or flu are doubting whether they have had enough time to get over the illness , even if it did strike last November .
14 The Employment Appeal Tribunal was not satisfied that this amounted to a binding agreement , but held that even if it did , it would have been rendered void because it would have been an agreement purporting to preclude the employee from presenting a complaint to a tribunal .
15 Even if it did lead to danger , as the signpost clearly said , she was determined to follow it , even though she was scared .
16 In this he was mistaken , since state control over industry was considerably reduced once the war was over , even if it did not wholly return to pre-war conditions .
17 Definitely not my type , I decided , even if it did mean getting even with Dennis .
18 While the Danzig Poles were not keen for the city to come under Polish rule , they were nevertheless determined that they should not be penalised for being Polish , and in their own way they were proud of their identity — even if it did not quite amount to ‘ nationality ’ in a conventional sense .
19 It 's all a long way from those bit-parts and Lynda 's delighted to be making her mark — even if it did mean changing career .
20 Playing the Tory game does not work in securing power , and would n't do us any good in the long term even if it did .
21 Even if it did , how can players keep those fitness levels up ?
22 If the auditors ' report under s 248(3) were included in the accounts ( in a way which did not cause confusion ) , the company would be entitled to the exemptions , even if it did not take advantage of them .
23 I thought of all the extra equipment his money would buy for Masquerade , and that 's how I tried to justify my acceptance of the senator 's proposal , but in reality it was because Crowninshield had invited me to play Galahad and I never could resist the lure of the dragon 's breath even if it did mean charging into idiocy like a fool .
24 Hank was fun , even if it did look as if he would never make Grade 12 and never earn much .
25 He believed that if the paper made a big enough impact and was raved about by the industry , there would be a rush to save it even if it did n't sell enough to make a profit .
26 More than that , and far worse , he is aware that he could not have it for himself even if it did exist .
27 Sequoia Systems Inc is joining the rush to fit out Unix systems with all the aids and facilities that mainframe users take for granted , and reckons that it is one up on its competitors with software that continuously monitors all the functions of a computer system and immediately notifies operators of problems in operations or applications — even if it did have to go out-of-house to get it .
28 Furthermore , as Yevele had shown at Canterbury , the defensive value of the round tower was becoming better appreciated ; even if it did not always deflect a cannon shot aimed at it , such a tower could withstand an impact better than could a straight-facing surface .
29 Since women had for centuries been instructed to use the masculine possessive pronoun when referring to the whole human race , why should n't there be some belated corrective action , even if it did stick in a few ( masculine ) throats ?
30 Trilateralism was certainly an effective antidote to isolationism , even if it did not extinguish the assertiveness shown by the Lord Chancellor 's Department in securing a faster growth in the rate of expenditure on the courts and legal aid than did the Home Office on the police and prisons .
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