Example sentences of "that if he [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had also developed such affection for his owner , and had become so possessive of her , that if he saw her stroking another horse , he would roar with rage and throw himself sideways against the nearest fence , cutting and scraping his skin so that it bled . |
| 2 | She knew herself well enough to know that if he challenged her account in the latter mode she 'd almost certainly lose her temper with him , and then the atmosphere between them , which had been ( with the exception of his overtures ) so easy and undemanding , would be spoiled . |
| 3 | Something seemed to open or to expand in her brain , releasing a cold voice which she had never heard there before , telling her that if he cheated her she might just as well kill him . |
| 4 | He knows that if he helps them in time of need , they will reciprocate without being asked . |
| 5 | He had a premonition that if he read it , he would find himself committed to an ever-widening circle of excommunications . |
| 6 | The dog knows that if he obeys our command , he will be rewarded by pleasure . |
| 7 | In spite of this , sitting on his Empire chair beneath the window , head tilted to one side at an angle of acute concentration , he had the curious sensation that if he shifted his gaze from the little group mouthing in front of him his head might fall off . |
| 8 | He felt that if he waltzed his dancers round and round as in a ballroom he would not be interpreting Chopin 's idealised romantic waltzes for a solo pianist . |
| 9 | His love of life is terribly strong , and he knows that if he kills me , he too will die . |
| 10 | She hoped that if he said he had discovered she met Scott Fitzgerald she would be able to treat the suggestion with the seriousness Tim would think it deserved . |
| 11 | It was clear to him that if he said he could , his lordship would take him . |
| 12 | They now told him , in no uncertain terms , that if he had something important to communicate , he could do it in the plant car park during the lunch break , or after working hours . |
| 13 | Anyway , Michael said that if he had one he 'd settle for peeling off the Carlsson stickers and the other red flashes down the sides and leave it at that . |
| 14 | Stephen perceived that he had no torch , or that if he had one he was n't bothering to use it , which meant he must know the moor well , as well perhaps as Stephen himself did . |
| 15 | ‘ Someone had told him that if he had his way , he 'd like to kill him . ’ |
| 16 | The thought occurred to me that if he had it would mean our staying on at Claro , and I did n't want to go home anyway . |
| 17 | There 's the fact that if he gets it wrong he 's lost more money and therefore his , you might say insurable risk is a higher one . |
| 18 | Sadly , my hon. Friend the Member for Ashfield ( Mr. Haynes ) will not be with us after the election , but my experience of him suggests that if he opens his mouth in Ashfield , we shall hear him down here — |
| 19 | The line being spoken is always in the same spot , so that if he turns his head from a familiar sentence he can be confident that he will be able to pick up again where he left off . |
| 20 | Leith was about to state , quite forcefully , that she was there to work , not to flirt with every male who chanced his arm , when suddenly she realised that if he knew she had worked for Vasey 's for only a short while then there was a fair chance either someone from Personnel , or Mr Catham , had given him a brief run-down on each employee before he met them . |
| 21 | When they realised that our combined ages was nudging 150 years , one wag said that if he reached our age he would settle for soloing over a stile ! |
| 22 | It occurred to the owner of the light plane that if he followed it , his navigational problems would be solved . |
| 23 | And thinking that if he pleased her as much as he hoped , she might be persuaded to part with the Fabergé desk set . |
| 24 | Then she stepped away from him , fearful of her own weakness and afraid that if he kissed her she would dissolve into a quivering jelly that would melt from sheer ecstasy . |
| 25 | In fact he had sent a message via the Chief Whip telling him that if he felt he must abstain he was at liberty to do so . |
| 26 | Mum had said that if he made himself invisible people would like him and he wanted that very much . |
| 27 | The message read that she had been in the hotel that night ; that she had met David ; that a tape had been taken of the conversation ; that if he thought he could arrest her brother and charge him with murder , he should now try ; that , if he thought he could intern her whilst completely innocent , he should now try ; that several persons had listened to the conversation in the hotel that night and that one was an Ulster MP . |
| 28 | Later , however , I did tell him that the meeting had been a disaster and that if he thought it had mollified the press in any way he was greatly mistaken . |
| 29 | She knew that if he took her now , against this wall , she would not stop him . |
| 30 | I 'd already told him where she kept it … and he was afraid that if he left it there it 'd be traced back to him . |