Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [noun] if she " in BNC.

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1 This causes a great deal of anxiety for the parents of a girl child , for they start immediately after her puberty to worry about her marriage if she is not already married .
2 Jennifer realised that she would have to run for her train if she was to be home in time ; Steven had booked a table at their favourite restaurant and was due to pick her up at 7.30 .
3 She needed some more wood for her carving if she was to complete all the ‘ little comforters ’ , as she called them , during her three-week holiday away from the travel agents where she worked , small , smooth-shaped pieces of wood , lovingly carved and polished by herself to fit easily into the palm and which , much to her surprise and delight , were eagerly accepted by the large rehabilitation hospital in the next town that cared for the blind and mentally sick .
4 But then she would expl exude an atmosphere , the house could breath evil through her walls if she concentrated hard enough and the smiles would be wiped off the faces of those to whom money was no object .
5 He did n't get any of her money if she died before they were married . ’
6 As his wife had pointed out tartly , on many occasions , she herself would never get through a quarter of her work if she indulged herself in such idleness .
7 She suggested that the wedding reception should be held at the Redmond house , telling Julia that it would help her mother to get over the loss of her house if she could organise the wedding .
8 Sometimes she sat on the end of his divan if she could n't sleep and tried to wake him up to talk , but he slept with the heaviness of the very thin , and her weight on the divan made it sag and creak in a way that embarrassed her .
9 She had no wish to overtake him , only to maintain her distance , and keep track of his movements if she could .
10 Well she copes because she had the same problem as me with her hands if she 's writing for long , her hands ache , so she can write a longer letter if she types , so I said I , I did n't really , I like a hand written letter best it seems more personal somehow , perhaps they do , having a typed letter means you can send a longer one , they all mean
11 My motive is owing to no dislike I have for him but methinks it would reflect a little upon my Pamela if she had married a man for his estate when she had rather have had another .
12 ‘ Nothing much else , really , as you can see from what I told the Brigadier — except that , whatever 's happened , I 've got nothing to do with it — I expect she was attracted by the light in my window if she was lost . ’
13 You know what might happen to a girl in her position if she 's not looked after , I do n't need to tell a man of your experience that . "
14 ‘ Poor Adelaide must be turning in her grave if she knows you mean to put a domestic servant in her place .
15 She may look like mother , but mother would have turned in her grave if she could have seen that girl today ! ’
16 ‘ Do n't worry , Bob , I 'll lock her in her office if she becomes a nuisance . ’
17 Indeed , although she is now nearly ninety , one senses that Lady Amory would do almost anything in her power if she thought it would benefit Knightshayes , the garden she created with her husband , Sir John Heathcoat Amory , after the Second World War .
18 In spate it was a terrifying torrent which uprooted whole trees and smashed them to driftwood ; in drought it was an evil-tempered stream which grudged them water and tugged the pots from her hands if she did not hold them with all her strength .
19 Syphilis can be acquired by the unborn foetus from its mother if she has the infection and there are treponemes circulating in the blood stream .
20 His expression changed , and he would have taken her in his arms if she had n't moved quickly .
21 There 's a will and the man left everything to his wife , she will get it all if if we have n't put in this clause which technically says , Leave it all to my wife if she survives for twenty eight days .
22 But there are big problems that arise there because of this practice of having leave it to my spouse if she survives twenty eight days .
23 She was much more likely to spin outside her door if she was in search of fresh air , but the available space may have been useful in drying yarn and cloth for display .
24 She described how she walked around for months ‘ with a pain , almost a physical pain , in my heart ’ ; of how she avoided friends and pulled her hat over her face if she met them in the street ; of how , at last , she knew she must express her thousand emotions about her little grandchild in the way she knew best , in clay .
25 Anna only went to her meetings if she was accompanied , and never after dark because she trusted no-one else to guard the children .
26 I mean when she is , is on her own I presume she 'd go to her room if she wants ?
27 After lunch he took her to the shops in the wide , tree-lined avenues , and though from time to time she was out of his sight she had no doubt whatever that he still thought she would rush off to telegraph news to her magazine if she got half a chance .
28 A mother who loves her daughter can experience real anguish on her behalf if she becomes totally dependent upon her , and recognises the limitations this imposes on her social life and activities .
29 He was sitting far enough back in the saddle for her to mount without his help if she wished to .
30 She would have danced on his grave if she could .
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