Example sentences of "be [adj] if [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would 've been awful if they 'd found my things in the car . ’ |
| 2 | Her triumph would have been short-lived if she had seen the smile slip from his face and a look of regret shape his expression ; his quiet eyes were drawn to the window , to the skyline beyond . |
| 3 | Applying Phipps he would have been guilty if he had drove to the agreed destination and then driven to his true destination . |
| 4 | This movement , as Rufus had no doubt intended , sent Mary toppling forward into Adam 's arms , her breasts lightly slapping into his chest in a way that would have been blissful if it had been allowed to continue but Mary , drunk as she was , had sprung aside , actually sprung to her feet , and rather late in the day hugged her arms across her chest . |
| 5 | ‘ It allowed Tatham to develop reserves that probably would not have been economic if they had to build their own stand-alone facility . |
| 6 | You 'd likely have been sorry if you had n't , 'cos you 've been on the verge of snapping . |
| 7 | The porter who rang up to Mrs. Banks and directed Charles to her flat was also no doubt expensive , and would have been discreet if he had refrained from accompanying his directions with a wink . |
| 8 | Our happiness would have been complete if he had been here . |
| 9 | This provided a richer and more varied diet and a grander life style for those in the middle and upper ranks of society than would have been possible if they had been dependent only on the products of a self-contained peasant economy . |
| 10 | I am sorry if I did not reply . |
| 11 | I am sorry if I appeared to spring the letter on you and I fully understand your desire to get it right . |
| 12 | It would all have been different if we 'd been able to have children . ’ |
| 13 | How might life have been different if you had n't been afraid ? |
| 14 | Things might have been different if there had been more consultation with industry people across the board . |
| 15 | The result might have been different if there had been a notice attached to the goods making it clear that these goods had nothing to do with the defendant 's business as a dealer in second-hand goods but had come from his home and that the sale of the goods was to be a private transaction . |
| 16 | Treaty did not of itself prevent a member state from imposing an ownership residence requirement as a condition for exemption from the compulsory acquisition of land , could not be followed in the present case for three reasons : ( a ) in the Fearon case , the owners ' residence requirement was not coupled with any nationality requirement and the court indicated in paragraph 10 of the judgment , at pp. 3685–3686 , that its decision would have been different if it had been ; ( b ) in the Fearon case , the residence requirement was limited to legal owners of the land and did not extend to peripheral persons , such as those who had lent the owners money in order to buy the land ; and ( c ) from the point of view of its geographical scope , the residence requirement at issue in the Fearon case was framed in local rather than national terms . |
| 17 | I have to confess that I saved up for a portable television before I saved up for a washing machine , but then my priorities may have been different if I had not had a laundrette opposite the front door . |
| 18 | It could have been different if I had been accepted for the Forces , but this way I mean to make Marion my wife and I hope … well … well ’ — he jerked his head upwards — ‘ I may as well say it , that if I have a son , or for second best , a daughter , to carry on here . |
| 19 | Would n't it have been sad if she had lived her life with her mistaken Inner/Outer Face ? |
| 20 | It was set in a triumphant smile , a smile that would have been smug if it had not been so full of the purest metaphysical good humour . |
| 21 | Like a lot of weekends you 'd leave , you 'd leave the T A centre about eight and then from eight o'clock Friday night too about , well you 'd be working until about three o'clock Sunday afternoon , and you are lucky if you 'd got three or four hours sleep working you do n't notice , you get tired but you do n't feel that bad and it was only like I used to come home on a Sunday crash out about sleep about . |
| 22 | Would n't Mummy have been horrified if she 'd known ? ’ |
| 23 | As a white millionaire Republican from the leafy groves well to the south of the city limits , it would have been remarkable if he had not . |
| 24 | ‘ I think it would have been brilliant if they 'd given him more of a chance and if he 'd given a bit more . |
| 25 | The client expresses and believes in different , more rational interpretations — ‘ There is no rule which says somebody must love someone else , it would have been great if she 'd turned up but there are other girls I could ask out . |
| 26 | Before leaving the ministry in mid-1861 the sensible Evgraf Kovalevskii came up with a programme for reducing the volatility of the universities which might have been effective if it had been introduced gradually . |
| 27 | ‘ It would have been useful if you 'd told me all this at the beginning . ’ |
| 28 | He had a good knowledge of Scotland , particularly the bagpipes , and I am sure if I had offered to go along to Brigade HQ to fetch my bagpipes he would have had me marching up and down the orchard playing his favourite tunes , much to the consternation of the other Commandos , and possibly the annoyance of the Germans just a short distance away . |
| 29 | The relief on Joe 's face would have been comic if it had n't been so worrying . |
| 30 | The course would have been incomplete if it had only been about these technical matters , fascinating as they are . |