Example sentences of "if [pron] [vb past] [pron] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There was a time when I intended to fight — perhaps I still would if I thought I had a chance and if I ever saw either of them , but it 's hard to fight for a man as elusive as Roman has become . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ If I thought I had no choice . |
| 3 | ‘ Depends — I mean , if I knew I had a team coming of course I 'd tell her . |
| 4 | If I said I needed a member of the cast to be doused with a bucket of water , he would be the first to volunteer ; he was game for anything . |
| 5 | If I asked if I asked you to compile a list of advertisers of companies and businesses who you think will advertise in a medical practice booklet you may you may list out twenty five . |
| 6 | ‘ And sometimes I 've wondered if it was my fault … after my mother died I felt so lost , it was as if I needed someone to fill the void she left . |
| 7 | ‘ … directly reminiscent of the existence of the individual in infancy before he could talk readily , when everyone was bigger and stronger , when chairs and tables were mountainous and had sharp injurious edges , when he could flood the dark universe with light if someone lifted him to press the switch , but when usually his greatest efforts were ineffectual to change anything . |
| 8 | With Caliban it 's as if somebody made him drink a whole bottle of whisky . |
| 9 | She would patrol the class , a wooden foot ruler at the ready in her hand , if she saw you holding the pen incorrectly , down came the ruler on your knuckles . |
| 10 | If she thought I had a hand in killing Paul she would n't thank me . |
| 11 | She said nothing , but hungrily returned to the carrion to take what more she could , as if she expected him to take the rest from her . |
| 12 | If she cried he rocked the cradle and sang to her tunelessly . |
| 13 | if you said I made a suggestion , what sort of word would that be ? |
| 14 | And if you thought you had a fight last year over bi-annual congresses , you wait until you try and do anything that will affect our structure in the future . |
| 15 | You would not think her unduly burdened with worries , if you watched her crossing the campus , smiling at people she knows , her eyes bright , her brow unfurrowed . |
| 16 | If you wanted somebody to set a bomb on the Swazi rail line , then Dirk would do the job . |
| 17 | ‘ If you wanted me to describe the sky , my love , then perhaps I should need to do so . |
| 18 | He moved as easily ; and like Chance Wayne at the height of his beauty you , or I , would just , well , would just have died for him , stopped in our tracks for him , stopped the car for him , fallen silent if we saw him cross the street or across a crowded bar . |
| 19 | But it , I , it 's only six ninety five and I thought if we had you know a few facts at our fingertips to say well that 's all rubbish you know . |
| 20 | Type-cases too were heavy , and if one fell it took a long time to sort out the type again . |
| 21 | If whoever bought it had an unsavoury reputation it would n't do much harm to the seagulls or Brent geese . |
| 22 | If the returns fell it increased labour output ; if they rose it felt no need to do so and opted instead for increased leisure . |
| 23 | Anglican polemicists had promised that they would allow the Dissenters some degree of toleration , if they helped them protect the Church of England from the Catholic onslaught , whilst the bishops in their petition affirmed that they did not act " from any want of due tenderness to Dissenters , in relation to whom they are willing to come to such a temper as shall be thought fit , when the matter shall be considered and settled in Parliament and Convention " . |
| 24 | Yes well even so , if they bought it say the middle of July , there 's July to September to October . |
| 25 | A fourth idea implicit in the concept of non-justiciability is that of expertise : a court might decline to review a decision or action if it felt it lacked the skill , expertise or experience to judge the issues raised by the dispute . |
| 26 | Tactics for outwitting the ticket office phone system and managing to get hold of tickets ( the consensus was use the Fax Method — if it helped us get a replay against Stuttgart , just think what it can do when you want a ticket for West Ham away on a Tuesday night in December ) |
| 27 | If he asked her to run an errand , to post a letter or buy some razor blades from the chemist , she was transported with pleasure ; she wanted to do difficult things for him , to be his slave , his handmaiden . |
| 28 | If he asked him to pass the screwdriver he passed the hammer and if he asked for the hammer , he passed the nearest broomhandle , which was usually in another room altogether . |
| 29 | This did not involve the King 's government in any expense ; if people went overseas , presumably they did it in order to make money , and the King could see no reason why he should provide any of his not very plentiful revenue to enrich them faster , though he might invest money of his own if he thought he had a reasonable chance of getting a dividend . |
| 30 | Not that John-William was particularly opposed to revolution if he thought he had a chance of winning . |