Example sentences of "if he have [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he had drunk anything at all , it had left him . |
| 2 | ‘ I did n't go to Oxford or Yale but he would have a good education if he had joined me at Birkenhead Institute . ’ |
| 3 | He could scarcely have given him a firmer hint if he had hit him over the head with a mallet . |
| 4 | For almost the whole of their walk their objective had been in sight : the green copper cupola of the soaring campanile of Arthur Blomfield 's extraordinary Romanesque basilica , built in 1870 on the bank of this sluggish urban waterway with as much confidence as if he had erected it on the Venetian Grand Canal . |
| 5 | It was as if he had slapped her in the face . |
| 6 | ‘ I have a proposition for you , ’ he said to Burkett and as he said it he weighed up his man as if he had met him for the first time . |
| 7 | Perhaps if he had met them after the confidence gained by a successful tour of India in 1976–7 , when his captaincy was much praised , the story might have been different . |
| 8 | but if he had sent him to the eye hospital he 'd have waited two years . |
| 9 | It will be remembered that during the last 30 years of life the King had suffered from a distressing illness that resulted in his being kept under guard and even put into a straight-jacket : if he had said anything about the origin of the instrument it is unlikely that much weight would be given to his words . |
| 10 | But it was as if he had done it for the thrill of it . ’ |
| 11 | But it was as if he had done it for the thrill of it . ’ |
| 12 | If he had kissed her with passion or some brutal demand to impose his will on her then she could have found the strength to fight him , but there was no way she could resist this aching tenderness , this joining that made them one whole . |
| 13 | Then , as if he had tormented himself beyond endurance , Luke ripped it clear , down past her waist and beyond . |
| 14 | He was not entitled to withdraw the money in his account if he had obtained it by means of a false cheque . |
| 15 | If he had played me at the same age he 'd have given me three blacks start and a beating . |
| 16 | It has often been pointed out that even if he had written nothing before this stage he would still be regarded as an important poet . |
| 17 | This worked as a part of the discourse he was involved in ( the interview ) even if he did use a grammatical construction which might well have got a red line through it if he had written it as part of a school essay . |
| 18 | If he had written it in letters of fire he could n't have made it plainer . |
| 19 | ‘ If he had proposed himself as the negotiator , maybe . |
| 20 | He would look such a fool if he had to tell someone on the end of the line that he did n't know where she was and had no idea when she was coming back . |
| 21 | The idea , as yet only half formed , seemed preposterous … and yet … it would be interesting to know if he had learned something of which she was unaware . |
| 22 | In 1940 and 1941 , for example , it would have done his image in America an enormous amount of good if he had wrapped himself in the mantle of French democracy . |
| 23 | She 'd hoped , thought , it would be nice if he had taken her to lunch sometimes , or let her stay to breakfast in his room at the Franz Joseph instead of pushing her out early and sending her back to the Gasthaus . |
| 24 | I fear , however , that Woodward 's vocation would have been better exercised if he had confined himself to hospital portering . |
| 25 | The lawyer told the court the injured party went to hospital where he was told his ear could have been sewn back on if he had brought it with him , but it was not found until the next day . |
| 26 | He made me feel as if he had rescued me from some intellectual gutter , some abyss of boredom . |
| 27 | His voice was sharp , yet as intimate as if he had known her for a long time . |
| 28 | Giancarlo took her arm courteously as if he had known her for years , and , followed by his guests , led her out of the sun on the terrace and into the shade at the side of the house . |
| 29 | And surely he would n't have omitted to teach it to her if he had planted her as another spy for them . |
| 30 | If he 'd done something to or around the horses , I thought , then he had to have travelled with us on the train . |