Example sentences of "if he did " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because Sandy was embarked on a marriage and a career pointing him in a more conventional direction than mine , planning the sort of life that looked to me to have more obviously evolved from the background I 'd put behind me , it did n't seem to me that he would have had the wherewithal — ‘ morally ’ , as I would have been quick to say then — to help me through my predicament or , if he did , that it was possible for me with my values , to solicit his assistance . |
| 2 | Exuding hope ? he said , as if he did n't understand English any more . |
| 3 | Menzies the old bon vivant had not a fraction of Atholl 's strength , he would not dare to turn them away , and if he did they would go in there with sticks and clubs and — As Cameron felt his anger rising , he swallowed it , took up his own cherrywood stick from the corner , and went hack outside . |
| 4 | Susan wondered how she would feel if he did ; or if she touched him or let him know in some other way that she was there ? |
| 5 | If the experimenter found it then he kept it , and if he did not find it the child got the chocolate . |
| 6 | Still , he was married , even if he did n't look it . |
| 7 | The point of contact with the fable of disembodied consciousness is that thinking has become Raskolnikov 's work , it has almost become Raskolnikov , and if he did and were nothing but this work we would have the first part of Notes from Underground repeated . |
| 8 | If he did this , Pound missed a great deal , for Aubeterre is one of the most beautiful and delightfully peaceful places in the whole of old Aquitaine . |
| 9 | Apparently we must believe that ; at least there is no evidence that , if he did visit the collection , it impinged on his consciousness . |
| 10 | The irrational thought almost occurs that Shakespeare could n't have been that smart if he did n't realise that he had here a performer who can turn sows ' ears into silk purses , and silk purses into live butterflies . |
| 11 | Lord Home belied his reputation for laziness — the commonly-held view of the elder statesman , as the British prototype for Ronald Reagan , did n't hold water : up and working at 6.30 every morning , even if he did spend uncommon amounts of time in trout streams . |
| 12 | Tom grinned an enormous grin across the table and said , ‘ You 're cheating , because a ) what are your natural circumstances if it 's not the very existence of coal , b ) I do n't believe Engels said it at all and , c ) even if he did , that does n't make it true because he was working with an outmoded scientific model . |
| 13 | Not because he wanted to set up a model village , but because he saw that with the employment he was generating at Bournville out in the Worcestershire countryside , speculative builders would come in and put up very inferior dwellings if he did n't take a hand . |
| 14 | ‘ I immediately guessed something was wrong — he always put his answering machine on if he did n't want to talk . |
| 15 | Even if he did , he ai n't following me . |
| 16 | If he did not win a majority in the individual members ' section of the ballot , he said , he would resign altogether . |
| 17 | Nobody could deny Mr Gummer this small triumph , but he might make more friends if he did n't always insist on making such a meal of it . |
| 18 | The budget had been the topic of fierce argument , but in the end it was passed by a huge majority , satisfying the Prime Minister , who proclaimed himself a happy man after having threatened to resign if he did not get his way . |
| 19 | It is possible that the latter drew some plans for Biddick ; if he did not , then he had a powerful influence . |
| 20 | However , everyone else advised him to do it and it was probably the most catalystic thing he could have done at that period , although I had the feeling even if he did get a hit , it was something he could n't follow up because I knew the style of his writing . |
| 21 | Mountbatten , as Chief of Defence Staff , welcomed the idea , if he did not actually sow it in the Prime Minister 's mind in the first place . |
| 22 | He had failed Responsions twice , in December and April before the Lincoln examination and he knew that if he did not pass in June his Oxford career , in spite of his entrance scholarship , would end abruptly . |
| 23 | If he did not collect it , and the wife survived him , the claim for the debt remained hers . |
| 24 | It is true that it would not prevent the mortgagee taking possession , though it made his position in some degree uncomfortable if he did take possession . |
| 25 | If he did nothing more he would still retain his fee simple , but he would have deprived himself of the right to present possession and enjoyment of the land ; his estate would become a future estate , which would again become a present estate , an ‘ estate in possession ’ , only when the smaller estate , the ‘ particular estate ’ which had been carved out of it , came to an end . |
| 26 | If he did not touch such heights again , he remained a thoroughly reliable keeper right to the end , small , neat and quiet , and rarely given to histrionics . |
| 27 | Actually she was a former girlfriend , and he had n't exactly visited her , because upon arriving he discovered she was living with an Algerian rug merchant — she had somehow neglected to mention this in her postcards — who had pulled out a scimitar and threatened to send the Swede home with his goolies in a sandwich bag if he did n't clear off instantly . |
| 28 | Is Dr Campbell saying that Christ did not really take our sin upon himself but acted as if he did ? |
| 29 | If he did n't wear his glasses , he could bring one on . |
| 30 | She 'd phone to see if he was all right and if he did n't answer the phone there 'd be trouble . |