Example sentences of "if he [verb] at " in BNC.

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1 She kept her eyes lowered when Feargal stood to speak , because if he glanced at her , and she saw contempt in his eyes , she would probably lose her temper , and that would n't be fair , not on Terry 's day .
2 If he played at West Brom there would always be the risk of losing him for three or four matches . ’
3 If he went at the natural pace , Michael Banks got lost and confused , unable to speak one line while hearing the next .
4 By stating that he rarely went to the theatre , and needed to be forcibly taken there if he went at all , he managed to lay bare the inadequacies of modern drama and defined the conditions of a new sort of drama altogether .
5 If he came at all .
6 But to allow you to get a bonus point , if he continues at the same level , will we require further annualising from him .
7 Even now the magnetism that drew her to him was so strong that if he knocked at her door and said he 'd changed his mind , in spite of everything , it might take more amor proprio than she could muster to refuse him .
8 ‘ Sheisse , ’ he added explosively as if he had at last allowed himself to be convinced of something which he had wanted to believe for a long time .
9 With Angel gone there was no need to humble herself and inquire if he had at last returned to work .
10 And if he smiles at you
11 Filmer was saying , ‘ Will Voting Right go on to the Breeders ’ Cup if he wins at Winnipeg ? ’
12 If he exaggerated at all , it was in supposing that anything I might say mattered all that much .
13 If he remains at transport , he might yet have to revise that judgment .
14 Nevertheless , the table opposite will give you some idea of what to expect : for example , a man aged 30 investing just £25 a month could look forward to a cheque for £63,400 on his 65th birthday — with another £19,400 for his family if he died at the age of 80 .
15 Also there had been a note of incredulity in Vigo 's voice as if he marvelled at such an old goose begetting a swan .
16 If he failed at first , he would know better next time .
17 If he lingered at the end of the corridor he could see the class without Percy Makepeace seeing him .
18 I am most suspicious of Chris Lewis , who is still a dreadfully inconsistent performer and if he fails at Lord 's , I would bring in another all-rounder .
19 Tallis was tense , ready to duck if he fired at her .
20 If he glances at this , he is able to step quickly over it with a good length stride , without tripping or interrupting the rhythmical pattern of normal walking .
21 None of the four phones would ring if he remained at the desk all day .
22 If he remained at liberty , he could authorise the calling in of outside help — hence , as insurance , the coup leader 's attempt to destroy the President s reputation by connecting him to the cocaine trade .
23 If he looks at today 's agenda , he will see that it is almost one inch thick .
24 If he looks at the dates of all those expressions , he will see that we published our statement in May , even after my hon. Friend the Member for Dagenham ( Mr. Gould ) had made his remarks .
25 If he looks at the statistics , he will see that it has always been like that .
26 Well I think Gary Crosby if he looks at that 'll think he possibly should have scored then .
27 But I would make clear to Mr if he looks at the minutes of the budget review sub-committee , that the suggestion of the director of property services wastes his time fully exploring all options for the disposal of all or any part of the County Farms estate , for which he probably asks for a large amount of money , since it involves an enormous amount of wasted time , is not been agreed , it 's a non-delegated item , it was a recommendation of this committee which has not been moved at this committee , and it was a most unfortunate and woolly form of words .
28 How right you are Mr Deputy Speaker , of course I could n't go into this because it 's out of order but on the other hand I would simply say to the honourable gentleman if he looks at the basic policies , the basic flaw of the E C is it ca n't solve problems and all these new M E Ps we 're thinking of sending over I think we should bear in mind the problem , they 're going over to something where problems ca n't be solved .
29 If he called at her house in the morning on the pretext of enquiring after Mr Bradshaw and asked her straight out , in front of her mother , to walk with him to the theatre , she 'd have to accept .
30 so er , cos me heart was in me mouth when they come up for Christmas , and that 's the last time they were up I thought me tree 's gon na go over , you know , I thought if he pulls at me tree or anything , but , he was , he was as good as gold for not , he was n't trying to get me ornaments or anything , he was er , you know , just happy to play with his own toys , so he was n't naughty .
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