Example sentences of "[vb base] if [pron] [vb past] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 I apologise if I did not make myself clear .
2 Now Dennis will not sit on any of the committees , well we simply could not get our view and the representation that we want if we did not have erm membership of er particular er committees .
3 And I mean if they 'd not looked in a paper in nineteen eighty seven eighty eight , and realized that fifteen percent of the fund had suddenly gone missing cos it had you know dropped they they 'd have still got income from their investments , and if they did n't need to cash it , then it would have been no problem at all .
4 ‘ You mean if he had not to come to her for money , he would not have come at all ? ’
5 " I mean if he had n't written them , then Sue would n't have got them , would she ?
6 I mean if I had n't have known him , then there 's no way I could have talked to him about it .
7 I mean if I did n't like the person I would n't let them know .
8 Not arrest if you did n't have to .
9 Yes , okay , well look if you 'd actually asked me before we started , I could have actually found the number .
10 You know if I came in to see Kim , your room , we 'd never get anything done .
11 For example , erm , in erm , paranoia , delusions of persecution where people believe that is plotting against them , and no matter what you do , erm , you know if you said well look , we can prove to you we are not plotting against you , the paranoic says to you , why do you want to prove this to me , if it 's not true , you know .
12 but it 's only available for contributions that were withdrawn before the first of June nineteen seventy three and you know if you did n't meet that particular date then the only other way of of covering gaps is which is far more expensive .
13 You know if you did n't fill it in , they would act actually catch up with you at some stage and you may erm if you had exceeded the limit be erm you know you may be issued with a demand for a cheque for X for X number of pounds for overpayment of pension .
14 No that consideration , I think , you know if he did n't kill himself with a chainsaw he 'd probably be alright with the shredder .
15 I suppose if I had n't gone back into that room they 'd have found some other way of leaving the message . ’
16 But I suppose if I had n't got anything I 'd get it from somewhere .
17 ‘ I reckon if you 'ad n't left you 'd 'ave bin a parlourmaid by now , ’ Ella Tomkin said .
18 We have erred I think in several instances to try and give a margin of flexibility er I think if we 'd really tried hard to follow a policy of restraint within the assumptions of this model , we could have produced even lower figures than we have .
19 And I think if we had n't gone we could be like that — it changes you .
20 Asked about the possibility that Imran Khan might not be leading Pakistan , Gooch said : ‘ I think if he did n't come , having won the World Cup , it would be a blow to their team .
21 I think if she had n't gone away at Christmas she would have gone round the bend
22 She came out of their lounge with irritation written all over her ; I think if she had n't liked me she would not have been annoyed .
23 I think if she went in to live in the back woods , you know , way beyond
24 I think if you did n't go to Lucy 's party I do n't think .
25 I think the other thing also , I found it a disadvantage actually having it on the table , I think if I 'd just left it on the like that
26 You think if I had n't bought it and done it up at enormous personal cost this cottage would still be standing ? ’
27 Their toys would fade or break , their pets would die , and they themselves would grow up and get old and surely follow if they did n't knuckle under and live their lives in dread and apprehension of the Holy Spirit .
28 The plan was that everyone would meet at the cottage on Boxing Day , making their own way there and hopefully bringing enormous amounts of expensive food and drink if they did n't want to be turned back at the gate .
29 No you see if you had n't have told me , and I was doing alright .
30 Oh , and you see if you did n't go Ken she 'll wonder where you were
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