Example sentences of "if you had [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you had joined at Paris , then you received a ticket back there ; if , however , you had joined at Marseilles , then you only got fifteen francs to get you down the line from Aubagne . |
| 2 | Social scientists doing research at the estate in the seventies were told by one tenant that it would have been " difficult to be more isolated if you had lived in Egypt " . |
| 3 | The excitement is in the expectation that , having been around and seen all that you can , the end product will be at least a little more interesting than it might have been if you had stayed at home . |
| 4 | If you had waited for me to return and confronted me with your distress I would have told you . |
| 5 | Marlow himself , listening to Jim 's confused , hesitant version of the affair as the court-martial proceeds , realises that ‘ with every instant he was penetrating deeper into the impossible world of romantic achievements ’ and cuts across the young man 's evident yearning to make some heroic restitution by the blunt reminder , ‘ If you had stuck to the ship , you mean ! ’ |
| 6 | ‘ If you had come to England as I thought you would have done , ’ she interrupted frostily . |
| 7 | Delete the second occurrence of your own name and the heading ‘ Task 17 ’ ( if you had typed in this heading originally ) . |
| 8 | I think I could bear losing you a line better if you had belonged to me , even for a short while . " |
| 9 | If you continually can not get through to your debtor , the message is as clear as if you had spoken to him . |
| 10 | On one occasion the door to his bedroom was left open and if you had passed along the corridor you could have caught a glimpse of the Collector , slumped on his bed , haggard and ginger-whiskered , the very picture of despair . |
| 11 | Though we were pleased to see you , we would have been doubly pleased if you had entered on time , that is two weeks in advance . |