Example sentences of "and if it [was/were] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And if it was just exhausted , it was simply a question of postponing his own ploughing and resting it up for a day or two until it had regained its appetite and its strength . |
| 2 | And if it was n't love , whatever that word means , at least I wanted her . |
| 3 | Visually , the body reminds me of a Schecter or Tom Anderson and if it was n't for Aria 's distinctive headstock you 'd be hard pushed to tell this was n't a £1500 guitar from a few feet away . |
| 4 | I do n't believe it was a coincidence , and if it was n't — ’ he had finally sorted it out — ‘ if it was n't then it means that Sardinian shepherds dressed themselves up as Sardinian shepherds to do a kidnapping . |
| 5 | A dirty beatnik and he 'd turn me out if it was n't for Maggie and if it was n't for the painting , and I 'd go , anyway , if it was n't for Maggie . |
| 6 | And if it was n't profitable it might n't be welcoming , either . |
| 7 | And if it was n't , it was terrifying . |
| 8 | And if it was n't , My goodness it was a job when it come wet weather and it maybe be lying flat and it all had to be set up , and we had stooks for days . |
| 9 | He did n't seem to know what it was himself , but she knew that it could n't be love , and if it was n't love then none of the other possibilities mattered . |
| 10 | And if it was n't , then who the hell had it been ? |
| 11 | Both Gramps and his son had the name David Anthony , and if it was n't Gramps … ’ |
| 12 | Other and if it was n't for for me doing a course next year which would probably preclude me from doing that , I 'd be quite interested . |
| 13 | And if it was n't for Captain Eric , Sister Margaret and a few others , there would be precious little of a toehold for people like James , Carol and many others in their struggle to build something of a life in Easterhouse . |
| 14 | And in a lot of marriages the wife 's total responsibility and if it was n't done she is the one responsible . |
| 15 | yeah , completely , and erm and if it was n't for the holidays I 'd really think oh for God 's sake , bugger this , you know , I ca n't be bothered . |
| 16 | If it were not human you would not want it for research and if it was not human no one would deny you having it for research . ’ |
| 17 | And if it was not , what in the wide world was it ? |
| 18 | Aye , and if it was very dry you had to tramp it down with your feet . |
| 19 | See people did n't have cars , and if it was now , they could only help me by bringing a horse to meet me or erm or a tractor if they half way . |
| 20 | And if it was so insignificant then why can I still see that first kiss even now ? |
| 21 | If the attack went wrong the assailant stood a good chance of not being identified and if it was apparently successful it would be safe to come down and make sure . |
| 22 | If , during training , the rat was always released in the same place , and if it was then released in a different one , it could still swim directly to the platform . |
| 23 | I do n't want to stay here , and if it were n't for Mr. Stavanger I 'd have gone long ago . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm sure it was n't ; Garry is n't the brightest of men ; he 'd deceive himself into thinking I would n't try to trace him , and if it were n't for my sister I would n't bother ; the discrepancies in the accounts would be compensated for by his permanent absence from the firm . ’ |
| 25 | Afterwards Jared Tunstall had said to her mama , ‘ It was a question of a little hustler meeting a big one , and if it were n't that he has hurt Sally-Anne so badly I could almost admire the swine for his gall . |
| 26 | He did n't act much like a man who was expecting a favour , and if it were n't for Ana he certainly would n't get one . |
| 27 | And if it were up to me , I 'd just want to talk about music , about a certain passage of Mozart and how I would place the emphasis at certain points , and how I feel I 'm a good interpreter at the piano , but not particularly a good technician … ‘ |
| 28 | Er the reason we wan na get it right is because er this Superintendent , erm he 's obviously got his interests very much on it , and he 's he 's keen to know what our response is going to be , and if it were just a member of the public I think we could we could being crude I think we could fob 'em off , but I think it 's gon na have to be a very structured answer as to why we 're not gon na do it . |
| 29 | I do n't know if it was by accident — I should ask him one day — but I used to play that over and over again and just revel in that sound , and I thought if you could get hold of that sound and make a feature of it , and if it were not just two guitars but as many as you needed to make a proper arrangement , the possibilities would be endless . |
| 30 | ‘ . The theory which they comprise is an attempt to articulate the feeling that , for a belief to be knowledge , it must be peculiarly sensitive to the truth of the proposition believed ; it must track the truth ( Nozick 's term ) in the sense that if the proposition were in changed circumstances still true , it would still be believed , and if it were not true , it would not . |