Example sentences of "if [pers pn] [vb past] [vb pp] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I 'd paused for more thought I perhaps would n't have had the nerve , but I simply opened his door , checked up and down the corridor for observers ( none ) and went inside , shutting myself in . |
| 2 | That they have cost me no more than my time makes such decisions much easier than if I had paid for them in gold . |
| 3 | I wonder if she 'd asked for him over at her house . |
| 4 | It was n't as if she had searched for it , determined to see what lay behind the forever locked door . |
| 5 | If she had weakened for a moment , to the extent of uttering one soft word of forgiveness , of friendship , she might have burst into tears . |
| 6 | If she had asked for Ward Five he would have told her morning visiting in the public wards was forbidden and he might , because he was feeling benevolent , have called her love . |
| 7 | If she had thought for one moment he was serious she would have been deeply shocked . |
| 8 | If you had waited for me to return and confronted me with your distress I would have told you . |
| 9 | If you got sued for selling someone a rotten second-hand car , you 'd have to get a lawyer and he 'd be a university graduate , too . |
| 10 | ‘ Would you help if you got paid for it ? ’ |
| 11 | If we had played for the whole 90 minutes as we did for the first hour we would have beaten Rangers . ’ |
| 12 | If we had trained for jobs such as guard , signalman or even fireman and driver then we could do at least some of the operating jobs ( guard and signalman training is not difficult ) . |
| 13 | I could understand them refusing you if they 'd asked for say , a B in english and C in something else |
| 14 | The Hospital quickly became unable to cater for all the victims of ill health , disaster and old age , and eligibility became restricted to merchant seamen only if they had served for some period in the Royal Navy . |
| 15 | It had appeared , it would move on , but for this moment it was there for her — almost as if it had waited for her to be alone . |
| 16 | The Ombudsman found that the DTI committed errors in its advice to Barlow Clowes back in 1976 and if it had applied for a licence then it would not have been granted one . |
| 17 | I had a chillingly clear picture of its abominable face : it had so many wrinkles and boils it looked as if it had lived for centuries . |
| 18 | It was n't as if he had asked for a fee , he had gone to the school for nothing , out of the goodness of his heart . |
| 19 | Mr Farrar said : ‘ If he had gone for help , it is beyond question we would have been able to save Mary Jo 's life . ’ |
| 20 | I enquired if he had volunteered for Pathfinders , to which he replied that he had thought about it , I told him if he wanted to come he could join my squadron . |
| 21 | He looked old and forlorn , in spite of the ferocious beard , as if he had hoped for something and been disappointed . |
| 22 | If he had hoped for a gentle introduction to the life of the School , he was soon to be disappointed , for 1978 was to be the year in which far-reaching changes were to be set in motion . |
| 23 | He might have done this a good deal earlier if he had wanted for it was completely blank . |
| 24 | He felt as if he had walked for miles and knew that he had certainly had too much to drink . |
| 25 | He came out of the Harvester but it would have been nice if he 'd waited for there to be a gap in the traffic . |
| 26 | If he 'd loved her — if he 'd cared for her even marginally , he would have been there , she had told herself , weeping inwardly , as her flight was called . |