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

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1 Francis wondered if he 'd pushed too hard .
2 Serve you right if he 'd killed you , ’ and he stared at her , his lower jaw drooping .
3 If he 'd killed only Jay , it would have been easy to make connections . ’
4 I did n't know if he 'd killed Malpass , or whether he was taking it out on sports cars in general .
5 ‘ It would have been better if he 'd killed me , and had done with the whole thing !
6 Would he have done these things if he 'd killed Albie ?
7 They were brilliant times to live in he then me uncle Ed come on leave , from France , yeah I had a look at his rifle he used to bring all his equipment cos they did n't know if the units had moved when they got back and if they used to be lucky enough to get a leave , they used to have to bring all their equipment with them you see and he used to bring his rifle , everything on leave , and I , I always remember asking him why he had n't , if he 'd killed any Germans , why he had n't got any notches on his rifle he erm
8 She continued to stare ahead , wondering if he 'd guessed her secret .
9 It would have been far better if he 'd done it the other way around — the rest of the set acoustic and then brought them on to play .
10 If he 'd done something to or around the horses , I thought , then he had to have travelled with us on the train .
11 Eva also insisted on Dad improving the service : she got him to consult esoteric library books early in the morning before work and asked him at breakfast , in a voice which must once have enquired of Charlie if he 'd done his technical-drawing homework , ‘ And what did you learn this morning ? ’
12 Bacci was n't sure if he 'd done the right thing .
13 William sat by the phone for a long while after he had called Preston , wondering if he 'd done the right thing .
14 So Kennedy could n't act precipitantly , he could n't simply do what he wanted to do which was to get rid of Castro , because if he 'd done that then his policy objectives in other parts of the world would be in jeopardy .
15 ‘ Biography time , ’ he observed with a dry smile as if he 'd done this dinner-table routine with countless women before .
16 Caroline stared at him , waiting for him to smile , to give some hint that he 'd made a joke she 'd simply not understood , but he only went on looking at her , his face as cool and composed as if he 'd done nothing more than offer to top up her sherry .
17 So Kennedy could n't act precipitantly , he could n't simply do what he wanted to do which was to get rid of Castro , because if he 'd done that then his policy objectives in other parts of the world would be in jeopardy .
18 If he 'd done that in the last erm , he 'd have won it .
19 He was n't particularly sadistic , for a malai , though he would have lost no sleep that night if he 'd terminated me .
20 I wondered right away if he 'd registered a complaint against you , Charity .
21 Ignoring her protests , he snapped the hook into place and adjusted the straps for her comfortably , as if he 'd dressed thousands of women .
22 If he 'd showed us some we would n't have even had it cut .
23 Chant 's sarcasm was n't lost on Estabrook ; nor could he resist the recognition that this was not a game he should have entered if he 'd hoped to stay lily-white .
24 If he 'd hoped to placate her by the teasing compliment then he achieved the opposite .
25 We spent a long time on the sofa that evening , and I would have stayed the night if he 'd asked me but he did n't .
26 I 'd have joined him in the Abacos if he 'd asked me , little holidays from time to time .
27 ‘ You 'd have married Finn like a shot if he 'd asked you , ’ said Betty , losing her temper and speaking wildly .
28 As she stared into her bemused eyes , he slowly smiled , and in that moment she would have committed murder if he 'd asked her to .
29 There is a biography of Jasper Carrot which I can hardly wait not to read , there is a biography of Cliff Richard written by a woman who hugged him once 20 years ago ( ‘ I would have married him if he 'd asked me ’ ) .
30 He came out of the Harvester but it would have been nice if he 'd waited for there to be a gap in the traffic .
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