Example sentences of "if [adv] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What safety they offered was debatable , but if worst came to worst he would throw himself beneath a car , and deny the voiders the entertainment of his slow demise . |
| 2 | It seems then that a Romalpa clause will , if properly worded , work in the case of unmixed goods and the proceeds of sale of unmixed goods , but that in the case of mixed goods ( and their proceeds of sale ) will work only if it is registered as a charge created by the buying company . |
| 3 | If properly looked after , they can be re-applied at a later date without paying out the amount of your initial outlay |
| 4 | If properly used it could improve the quality of life by a considerable degree . |
| 5 | In his efforts to persuade the Grand Junction in favour of the Foxton-Willoughby ( or Norton ) route , Barnes made a detailed survey , and apparently satisfied most critics and competing interests , including landowners and farmers , that if properly conserved there was plenty of water for ‘ a very ample trade ’ . |
| 6 | When boys reach puberty , in primitive societies today as in ancient Greece , a group of them will go away into the mountains , jungle , or other hostile environment to undergo hardship and trials which , if successfully endured , allow them to return to society at a higher level , as adults . |
| 7 | By this marriage Gaunt acquired a claim to the throne of Castile which , if successfully asserted , might reverse the most important consequence of Pedro 's murder , the movement of Castile into the French orbit . |
| 8 | But Flavia was unwilling to express what she strongly if obscurely felt — that a matter of trust was involved . |
| 9 | ‘ C ’ — if only closed SPRs are to be included or |
| 10 | ‘ R ’ — if only replied to SPRs are to be included , |
| 11 | The brush goes past without difficulty if gently eased . |
| 12 | Diode-pumped , solid state miniature lasers are another promising area of research since if sufficiently powered they are capable of driving non-linear optical devices , while the development of fibre lasers is being investigated as an alternative to laser diodes . |
| 13 | ( c ) If so construed the word " practice " plainly meant practice as a general medical practitioner . |
| 14 | He wondered if Rufus had children and if so did he worry about them coming to terrible harm the way Adam worried ? |
| 15 | If one remained in the new country , was one obliged to break one 's ties with the old , and if so did one want to ? |
| 16 | The most carefully designed machine in the world will seize up if over worked . |
| 17 | They kissed casually , as if yesterday had n't existed . |
| 18 | ‘ To tell you the truth , I would n't mind if yesterday had been my last day . |
| 19 | Well , Tam has asked the question but answered it elsewhere , writing that Crossman 's ‘ sense of his own position in the elite of the nation never deserted him ’ , and that ‘ he seldom if ever had any doubts about his place at the very epicentre of the British Establishment ’ . |
| 20 | Mrs Thatcher said economic sanctions did have the effect of depressing an economy and depriving people of jobs , but rarely if ever had the desired political effect . |
| 21 | Many of the younger professionals sought him out to have a look at swings and putting strokes that were out of tune , and he rarely if ever refused them his advice . |
| 22 | There had been no retaliation by the MacIans , but they all knew they were ready for it if any had come , and who to thank for the readiness ; and no-one mentioned who they had to thank for the threat . |
| 23 | ‘ If word-ever got out , my career would be over . ’ |
| 24 | The presence of carbon-bearing rocks similar to those studied here would raise the rock conductivity to moderate values if dry and to high values if also saturated with brines , producing values similar to those observed for the crustal high-conductivity zones by magnetotelluric methods . |
| 25 | The loss was irreplaceable , and the pain was never forgotten , even if stoically shouldered . |
| 26 | Some of the men , when they saw me looking at them , smiled shyly , and as if automatically scratched their swollen codpieces . |
| 27 | And when Ross , impaling some pieces of chicken on the end of long sticks , promised to show them how to barbecue the joints they were thrilled , after the meat was cooked , to sink their teeth into the hot , if slightly charred , meat . |
| 28 | ‘ It is not our crisis , it is the crisis of capitalism , ’ he had successfully if unconstructively assured the 1930 Labour Party Conference . |
| 29 | It can help to show his motive or state of mind if carefully worded questions are put to the accused . |
| 30 | It too is gelatinous , and the upper surface if finely felted in texture . |