Example sentences of "if a [noun] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I decided , for example , that if a parent told me they had dreamt about having a ‘ Down 's baby ’ before the birth — in the medical literature , this is a classic after-the-event self-deception — they had in fact had such a dream . |
| 2 | If a sector collapsed it would be likely to take ‘ its region ’ with it . |
| 3 | Alternatively , if a firm made its issue thinking share prices were indeed going to rocket ( for that is what the low yields implied ) , then it could be worth its while to take the cash and invest it back into equities or other financial instruments . |
| 4 | And in sickness , say — and wounded , as he was — how if a prisoner hampered their movements too much ? |
| 5 | If a cat stuck its leg in the air , they all raced off , screaming that they 'd seen something move . |
| 6 | It was then believed that if a cat crossed your path and did you no harm , you had been incredibly lucky . |
| 7 | If a cat struck its leg in the air , they all raced off , screaming that they 'd seen something move . |
| 8 | ‘ Would n't it be awful if a cat scratched your heart . ’ |
| 9 | That 's what I said to you , your dad when he did n't want to take Aspirins for his restrained back , and him , do n't believe in these drugs and I said look , if a monk gave you this he 'd , he 'd give you the bark of a birch tree , pound it up in a pestle and water and you 'd think it was magic and you 'd take it and you , relax your muscles , is that what it is ? , |
| 10 | ‘ Luis , ’ I said , ‘ even in England , if a man called me that , I 'd take it as great rudeness . |
| 11 | If a friend gave you this list of reasons why they could not love themselves , what would you say ? |
| 12 | ‘ If a sport offered me 12 hours free , I would have to say I have nowhere to put it , ’ Bromley admits . |
| 13 | So if a dinosaur changed its skin colour from white to black it would cause a 7 or 8°C increase in body temperature ( so perhaps colour varied with size ? ) . |
| 14 | If a member crossed him on a policy issue , as Callaghan did on trade-union reform in the spring of 1969 , he would be expelled , even if , like Callaghan as Home Secretary , he was a pillar of the administration . |
| 15 | Oh dear , he was what would you say , I do n't know He liked the kind of ballads , er he was a more a kind of bay he liked a ballad , so I really could n't tell you who was his favourite singer or anything like that , just if a song interested him he just |
| 16 | I suppose if a court denied me access to them , I might speak of them as ex-children . |
| 17 | If a Maori left his tribe and went to live in another district , either through marriage or otherwise , and he and his descendants remained away for three generations , they would forfeit all rights to the land so abandoned ; their claims would become ahimataotao . |
| 18 | If a door creaked she 'd jump with fright . |
| 19 | In addition GDR citizenship would only be lost if a citizen renounced it . |
| 20 | How would it look if a Moslem took his men into a Christian church on the pretext , as the Copts would see it , of conducting a search ? |
| 21 | ‘ If a painter asked me what was the first step necessary for painting a table ’ Picasso remarked to a friend at this time , ‘ I should say , measure it . ’ |
| 22 | Yet he was such a skilful flyer that to an American of the Lafayette Squadron it seemed as if a plane obeyed his thoughts rather than the controls , and at Verdun alone he shot down six German aircraft and a balloon . |
| 23 | Thus , for centuries it used to be thought that even if a woman expressed her lack of consent in every way within her power , if she conceived as a result of the intercourse , she must in fact have consented . |
| 24 | But if an informer heard him denouncing the President as an idiot , what then ? |
| 25 | If an intruder eliminated him with a weapon and managed to get inside this place you 'd be in trouble . ’ |
| 26 | Underlying such accounts was an image of fraternal and cousinly solidarities and loyalties : if an outsider harmed your brother , you had to come to his support , even if you yourself were in dispute with him . |
| 27 | She was very polite and , like the rest of her people , never laughed if an outsider said something coarse . |