Example sentences of "if he [was/were] not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was as if the flat was meant to satisfy inquiries provoked by Stavanger 's long absence by suggesting that even if he was not living there , he was still around and capable of dealing with his affairs . |
| 2 | On she walked , quarter of a mile , half a mile , watching the sun begin to set and knowing that when it touched the horizon she might see the horse coming and Ferdinando waving and maybe , if he was not slumped asleep in the saddle in front of his father , maybe another small hand too . |
| 3 | If he was not involved , then he must have been incredibly naive . |
| 4 | If he was not saved , then Sapt would ask me to stay and marry the Princess . |
| 5 | In other words , Bukharin was cautiously calling for curbs on Stalin 's power , even if he was not referred to by name . |
| 6 | The conference chairman shouted into the microphone that he had got his little list and he was damned if he was not going to stick to it . |
| 7 | Although Reagan 's knowledge of foreign affairs was non-existent , to the point where if he was not prompted he often had no idea which country he was talking about , he needed little convincing by the American intelligence agencies that now was the time for America to start waging a secret war against its enemies . |
| 8 | Later , if he was not offered those conditions , he created them for himself . |
| 9 | Jackson was restless at Aberdeen and had ambitions to play in England , but he threatened to return to America , where he had lived earlier , if he was not released . |
| 10 | He could not argue that , if he was not allowed to start his new job , he would starve . |
| 11 | But FIFA threatened that if he was not forced to back down , all five French clubs would be thrown out of next week 's European competitions , the national team would be barred from the 1994 World Cup finals and that France would no longer be able to host the 1998 finals . |
| 12 | If he were not to take her home , where would they go ? |
| 13 | Nevertheless , I have checked with my hon. Friend the Member for Leeds , North-East ( Mr. Kirkhope ) , who would have leapt to his feet to speak if he were not precluded from doing so by virtue of his office , and I have read the document to which the hon. Gentleman referred . |
| 14 | His father Ted , of Stoke-on-Trent , said : ‘ He could endure prison if he were not chained . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ My son kept a diary … three weeks before he flew to Moscow he recorded that he met an Alan Millet … four days before he left he met again with Alan Millet … why now does this Alan Millet speak of our son as if he were not known to him ? |
| 16 | I also advised him that if he were not to accept it on the spot he should defer any decision on it until after he had concluded his coincidental visit to the Province today . |