Example sentences of "if [pron] [vb past] [verb] so " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I failed to do so , he would become exasperated and start shouting at me , telling me how stupid I was ; whereupon I would dissolve into tears and rush out of the room . |
| 2 | ‘ But if I chose to do so , what then , Miss Ruth Appleby ? ’ |
| 3 | He said : ‘ Sabine Jourdain had years to talk about it if she wished to do so . |
| 4 | Whether or not Henry would have kept his promise if she had remained so is an open question , but it is clear that once he had also acquired Aquitaine he would never relax his grip on the territories which served as the vital bridge connecting his mother 's lands in the north and his wife 's lands in the south . |
| 5 | That he intended her to be the sensation of town Dinah did not yet realise , but if she had done so it would not have disturbed her . |
| 6 | She had almost forgotten herself by walking to the big front door , and giggled inwardly at the shock that she would have given Mrs Parker if she had done so . |
| 7 | It was a high one , but although she was confident she could climb it , she knew that if she tried to do so she would risk being seen from the house ; but beside it was a shallow grassy ditch were she could remain out of sight , so bending double she ran along this ditch , and came to the spot where she had seen Tristram . |
| 8 | Still — she stood back to view her handiwork with a pleased nod — she had n't done too badly for a total amateur , even if she did say so herself . |
| 9 | If you had done so , the inappropriateness of someone of your age and standing addressing him as ‘ William ’ should have been self-evident to you . ’ |
| 10 | If we had done so , it meant … |
| 11 | If one wished to do so , one could sign up for the directive while keeping the 1908 legislation in force . |
| 12 | In 1696 an Act of Parliament " for the Encouragement and Increase of Seamen " had provided that mariners , irrespective of rank , should pay 6d. per month out of their wages to support the Royal Naval Hospital at Greenwich which should act as an alternative to the parish relief which few sailors were able to claim even if they wished to do so . |
| 13 | Nevertheless , the Act allowed states to set more stringent standards if they wished to do so . |
| 14 | of this year 's allocation if they wished to do so . |
| 15 | If they 'd done so , if they 'd insisted that local authorities did provide the sites they are supposed to provide I believe there would now be sufficient pitches for all travellers and that they would n't be used for illegal parking erm at the level that there is at the moment . |
| 16 | If they had done so , the economy would have retained a much fuller utilization of capacity , which in turn would have increased the companies ' profits ( from 1957 to 1963 the capacity utilization rate in manufacturing averaged only 80.5 per cent , nearly 12 per cent less than the peak achieved in 1966 ) . |
| 17 | I wanted their approval , even if they did smell so terrible , the reek of their hair in its stiff , bright tufts mixing with the fumes of alcohol . |
| 18 | It means helping counsellees to look closely at their own emotions in order to decide whether they are necessary , or an on-going indulgence ( on the basis that certain people enjoy the ‘ benefits ’ of sympathy and concern , so actually make use of their social distress ) over which they could exercise more control if they wanted to do so . |
| 19 | Most countries tax multinationals on an ‘ arm 's length ’ basis , calculating the profits that the firm earned within their borders as if it had done so through a stand-alone business , operating at arm 's length from the parent firm . |
| 20 | If it had done so , and had included among such grounds the case where the company had been formed with the purpose of defrauding creditors … the Spanish court would have been entitled to give effect to it notwithstanding the terms of the Directive ( p 32 ) . |
| 21 | A Corporal would tell a recruit not to spit on the floor because it was disgusting and because if he continued to do so he would be hit . |
| 22 | Although I have to admit , if he had stared so at me … ’ |
| 23 | If he had done so because he genuinely believed himself to be alone and was unaware that a mounted rider was behind a clump of trees nearby , though the horse as a result took fright , he might still plead that his action was not reckless . |
| 24 | When Maurice was asked if he had done so , he replied , " I do n't think I did . |
| 25 | If he had done so , the second the third of the three matters would have been irrelevant . |
| 26 | Although if he had done so we doubt whether that committee would have thought it necessary to take any proceedings against the barrister . |
| 27 | But there was no chance for him to rest in seclusion , even if he wished to do so — by April his brother was dying , and because of the urgency of the situation Eliot flew to New York on 22 April . |