Example sentences of "if [pron] [vb past] [Wh adv] [pers pn] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | We had lost the press buses and one of the Gofers , a merchant banker , came up to me on the tarmac to ask if I knew where they were . |
| 2 | The first time he ever asked me if I knew where he could get ‘ coke ’ . |
| 3 | If I knew where he was , perhaps I would still try to . |
| 4 | If I knew where he was I would n't have come . |
| 5 | ‘ If I knew where he was why would I come here ? ’ |
| 6 | If I knew where it was , do you think I 'd get blown up time after time . ’ |
| 7 | If I knew where it had come from I would do it . |
| 8 | I know he was looking for Nicola at one stage because he asked if I knew where she 'd gone . |
| 9 | He just asked me if I knew where she was and then I watched him disappear out of the room . |
| 10 | CATHERINE I 'd be more pleased if I knew how you got in the door . |
| 11 | ‘ If I knew how I meant I should n't be asking you to design it , because that 's what design is , knowing how you mean . |
| 12 | She had to look as if she knew where she was going , move as if she had every right to be there ; one challenge could ruin it all . |
| 13 | And she walked as if she knew where she was going . |
| 14 | And he got out of there fast , before she could see it , some masculine fear in him that if she knew how he felt she would use his vulnerability against him . |
| 15 | She felt as if she might be struck by lightning if she stayed where she was . |
| 16 | Oh , Harry , if you knew how I 've longed for this , ’ she said in a breathless little voice . |
| 17 | If you knew how I 've longed to see you again , sweetheart — ’ |
| 18 | If we knew why she was killed in that way we would be closer to the truth . ’ |
| 19 | If we knew how it was produced , for example not by moving a pencil round on one end of a taut thread , but along one fixed at both ends , we could conclude that it really is an ellipse and not a circle . |
| 20 | He did this quite openly , because if anybody asked where he was going , he would say he was finding out the route to the Fire Court for Floy and Snodgrass 's journey . |
| 21 | Taking the initiative , I led the way , following three skiers who looked as if they knew where they were going — they did n't , and we found ourselves poling for quite a long way before a unanimous decision to have an early lunch was taken . |
| 22 | I stopped two stout middle-aged women carrying laden shopping-bags and asked them if they knew where I could find rooms to rent . |
| 23 | If they guessed why she was here , beset by care , unable to eat a sandwich , how would they react ? |
| 24 | We 'd only see it once a year if it stayed where it was . |
| 25 | ‘ Very , thank you , ’ she said , wondering what his reaction would be if he knew how she had spent the past hour . |
| 26 | He felt so weak he could hardly stand , but he knew that if he stayed where he was , he would die . |
| 27 | I spoke to Michael at Adel and asked if he remembered how he felt that day forty years ago . |