Example sentences of "[noun] if they [vb past] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would n't be able to break the story , and neither would the cops if they dug him out . |
| 2 | He traced its origin to his former position in the trade union movement ( hinting that he had an agreement to go back to the TUC where he could make more trouble for any government if they pressed him hard ) . |
| 3 | One of the conspirators would ring the foreman to tip him off that the shop steward could be caught red-handed stealing company property if they searched him at the gate . |
| 4 | At each stop they would take one side of the street each and he could not help notice the disappointment on people 's faces if they got him rather than her . |
| 5 | While Mayer was willing to finance films from Gainsborough if they brought him Hitchcock 's The Lady Vanishes ( 1938 ) , and would pay £150,000 for six films from Robert Donat , that did n't amount to a love affair with the British film industry . |