Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] if he had " in BNC.
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| 1 | He paused and with a shifty , fidgety look , said , ‘ D' you know what Hatton 'd have done that Saturday if he had n't been killed ? |
| 2 | How the hell did he get hold of that key if he had n't met his wife ? ’ |
| 3 | Not that he could not have held the ball up in that wind if he had been so minded . |
| 4 | Would it not have helped British farmers if he had said that he was determined to support us and ensure that we succeeded ? |
| 5 | Under Section 37 of Britain 's Mental Health Act , he would have been legally a free man if he had remained at large for another hour . |
| 6 | All the same , John Alexander 's piece on the Paris period would have made livelier and easier reading if he had not , like Richard Humphreys on the London years , limited himself so self-effacingly to the documentation , necessary though that is . |
| 7 | Unfortunately , virtue alone is not enough ; possibly Carter would have been more successful and might have won a second term if he had been less intense , more flexible , less immersed in the detail of government and a little more willing to dissemble occasionally . |
| 8 | The family historian who visits such a place would find it hard to believe that it was once the home of a mere waggoner if he had not seen old photographs that show its condition before the First World War . |
| 9 | When the Dutch troops landed and passed through Wells , Ken wrote to James to say that he had withdrawn from his palace , taking his carriage horses lest they be commandeered ; indeed his previous service at William 's court would have caused much embarrassment if he had remained to meet him . |
| 10 | At this distance it is impossible to tell if Gert could have made more of his early life if he had been given the chance to make use of the ‘ creative ability ’ spotted early on by one of his helpers . |
| 11 | Mr Henderson asked him three times if he had any idea what a kidney was for . |
| 12 | Mr Henderson asked him three times if he had any idea what a kidney was for . |
| 13 | They 'd have probably given him ninety days if he had the right advice . ’ |
| 14 | His reaction was so wild that he would have found himself in even deeper trouble if he had connected with Simpson . |
| 15 | In any event , the judge awarded the whole of his estimate of the increased price which would have been obtained whereas the correct measure of damage for a failure to disclose the material facts was the loss to the plaintiff of the chance of negotiating an increased price if he had had the information . |
| 16 | ‘ I did n't go to Oxford or Yale but he would have a good education if he had joined me at Birkenhead Institute . ’ |
| 17 | He had normal hearing all his life and would have been unaware of deaf people if he had not been " adopted " as a young orphan by the Rev J Jennings , a deaf mute minister and founder of the South London Gospel Mission to the Deaf and Dumb . |
| 18 | Yet he would have spent far less money if he had bought the first house and completely refurnished the kitchen or even changed it to another room . |
| 19 | Always grumbling , he had threatened them with all kinds of dreadful punishment if he had caught them walking in St Andrew 's churchyard or sheltering in the porch . |
| 20 | He would have attracted less attention if he had worn a red gown and long white beard . |
| 21 | I can not help but wonder how much more he would have enjoyed catching those fish if he had baited the swim himself . |
| 22 | His voice was cold and contemptuous ; he could n't have spoken with more disdain if he had tried . |
| 23 | He would n't have got out in the first place if he had n't been , and when he calls up he sounds sharp . |
| 24 | It was generally felt he would have won at St Andrews after his 29 for the first nine in the first round if he had n't had part of the round washed out and had to continue the next day . |
| 25 | In any case if he had a secret , Francis is the last person he would have told . ’ |
| 26 | D. N. Pritt in his autobiography told of his many political cases and of one which ‘ came before a judge of great experience and knowledge , so bitterly opposed to anything left-wing that he could scarcely have given a fair trial if he had tried ’ . |
| 27 | The newsreader would have achieved the same effect if he had suddenly broke into song . |
| 28 | He would have posed the same question if he had been sitting in her position . |
| 29 | King did not jump , not that it would have made any difference if he had . |
| 30 | Course I mean the m fella would have been stabbed to fucking death if he had n't . |