Example sentences of "he [conj] if [pron] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 I firmly told him that if he ever came near me again , I would fight back for all I was worth and , even if he managed to beat me every time , sooner or later I would get lucky and hurt him .
2 Shifting her belongings more comfortably in his arms , he explained mildly , ‘ I told him that if he ever came within one hundred yards of you I 'd break his neck .
3 It also occurred to him that if he ever found a German plane as helpless as this , Woolley would require him to destroy it .
4 Until a few weeks ago she had been scarcely aware of him except as a friendly and familiar face in class ; but now , now she was very much aware of him — and he was very definitely aware of her ; much to Erika 's embarrassment sitting with her and Rosa at lunch , at the next desk in class , asking her out to the cinema and even , to Erika 's amazement and , she suspected , his own , offering to help Paul with his homework — in the Nordern home , that is — an offer declined both by Erika and Paul , although Paul did corner Fritz in school and suggest to him that if he actually did the homework then he , Paul , would further his , Fritz 's , courtship of Erika ; Paul being shrewd enough to guess the motive behind Fritz 's philanthropic gesture even though the square on the hypotenuse might remain a mystery to him .
5 Ted had given up all hope of enlarging his holding and was concentrating his efforts on farming his existing soil , making a reasonable living from his multiplicity of vegetable crops , when a letter arrived one day explaining to him that if he still wanted to buy the adjoining land , the owners were interested in discussing the matter .
6 I told him that if he suddenly wanted to rape me , I would n't resist , I would let him do what he liked , but that I would never speak to him again .
7 But he was in no way repentant , for he had parried this by saying he wished he had killed him and if he ever came across him again he would make another attempt .
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