Example sentences of "if [pron] [vb past] [conj] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I pulled out he would probably do me over for being a chicken , but if I competed and beat him ( unlikely but not impossible ) … well , I might as well have booked my hospital bed then and there . |
| 2 | The same would be true to a lesser extent if I allowed and helped someone to write my life . |
| 3 | Two sides may each want to beat the other , they may even hate each other as sides , but if someone came and told them football is stupid and not worth playing or caring about , then they 'd feel together . |
| 4 | ‘ If someone came and pinched my bum on the escalator I 'd k-i-c-k him as far as I could down the escalator , ’ Topaz responded with gusto . |
| 5 | He told her : ‘ I dare n't be otherwise — because if I were ever in a compromising situation , if the police raided or if someone kissed and told I 'd be up the creek . ’ |
| 6 | If she asked or noticed it , he would blame it on the college refusal . |
| 7 | She grew a little confused as to which was day and which was night , and increasingly wanted Alexandra there , calling for her in her faint cracked voice , if she woke and found her customary chair empty . |
| 8 | Catherine and he still spent time together , when he was not working in the fields , but he no longer expressed his fondness for her in words , and he looked angry if she touched or kissed him . |
| 9 | She had no way of telling how deep it was , but it was narrow enough to support her easily if she slipped or lost her hold . |
| 10 | It was n't as if she wanted or needed his complete understanding . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm sure he 'd let us go on using the park if you wrote and told him it was n't us who left the litter lying about , Guider . ’ |
| 12 | If you wrote and invited me , I could show the letter to Mummy , and I 'm sure she 'd let me come , because she says I 'm Pale and will lose my looks |
| 13 | I think if you went and saw our own doctors a lot of our fears would be allayed because most of the young doctors would n't , would recommend to you , my own doctor asked me all the questions and different things and then he says he 's a young doctor , he says if I were a women and if I 'd answered all the questions as you did , I would go on H R T. |
| 14 | If you injured or offended them , ’ Thomas turned and pointed to the carvings on the rocky outcrop , a woman with large generous thighs and huge round breasts , ‘ they would put you in a wicker basket and burn you alive , an offering to their Mother Goddess . ’ |
| 15 | If you stood and watched them all day , you 'd be certain to keep spotting the odd fish you had n't noticed before . |
| 16 | Well if you , if you dialled and put it down and walked away from it then it rings , oh |
| 17 | If you turned it into a business , you could keep six maids and gardeners if you wanted and write them off against the pigs . |
| 18 | We buy theatre tickets and have the restaurant booked when , if we stopped and checked what we actually wanted to do , we might find we would much prefer to stay at home and have an early night . ’ |
| 19 | Yeah , well I 'd feel sorry for them again , but you know , if they went and did it willingly , it 's their , that 's their problem . |
| 20 | They probably talked to him already , they 'd have talked to everybody in that block , just asking if they saw or heard anything . |
| 21 | Domestic service or the mills were the main openings for single women of the working-class ; if they married and outlived their husbands , there were no old age pensions available . |
| 22 | In fact , she was fond of saying that FAMILY and the women 's liberation movement were both on the same side if they did but know it . |
| 23 | He had supported Pennethorne 's design because it was the cheapest and did not encroach on the park , but if they abandoned that design they were bound to take the first prize design , ‘ but as there was some difficulty about that ’ , it should go to the second prize-winners . |
| 24 | I would cheerfully go into the alchemy business , if it existed and made lots of money … |
| 25 | As to the dock company , he pointed out that no nuisance was alleged to emanate directly from its premises , that other traffic besides heavy goods vehicles uses Medway and Bridge Roads on port business and that the dock company could only be liable for any nuisance caused by the fourth or fifth defendants if it aided and abetted it . |
| 26 | And even if that did n't happen , even if he listened and said he 'd do something , it would n't be any good because Hepzibah would n't have any part in it . |
| 27 | It had also occurred to him that if he wrote that report it would be the last thing he ever did in the Army . |
| 28 | It would be even more wonderful if he called and said he was staying away another week . |
| 29 | Not in a very big way , but I 've got an eye for that sort of thing and I told him I would n't split on him if he resigned and helped me choose the successor I wanted . |