Example sentences of "[verb] if it [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ For my part I believe the African Jesus would have won if it had not been for the Dark Host . |
| 2 | It could be like the mysterious caller on the telephone to Mr Wallace requesting the visit to Qualtrough Avenue : you just did not know if it existed at all . |
| 3 | Extensive stretches of the walls of his nave have been traced on each side of the existing nave , although we do not yet know if it had an aisle along each flank . |
| 4 | Gourlay agreed : ‘ There 's no doubt I did n't play well after that opening set — I do n't know if it upset me — I suppose subconsciously it must have . ’ |
| 5 | Mr Ashdown reaffirmed his willingness to be flexible and to compromise if it came to negotiating with a minority government of either hue . |
| 6 | Women who I had attacked for bringing up boy children wanted to know if it had been an immaculate conception or simply parthenogenesis , and what was I going to do with it if it were a boy ? |
| 7 | Steve asked reproachfully as if he did n't want to get blamed if it had n't . |
| 8 | Marie scrambled out of the sand-hills and ran along the bank , crashing her way through the tall , razor-edged grass , not minding if it cut her hands . |
| 9 | Either in principle , or in detailed allocation , but would n't object if it went somewhere else . |
| 10 | There must be some height , call it h , such that an animal would just break its neck if it fell from that height , but would just survive if it fell from a slightly lower height . |
| 11 | Stan might truly have forgotten if it had not been for the crash of the falling chair . |
| 12 | Sleep would have come if it had not been for Hugh 's tossing and moaning . |
| 13 | Sleep would have come if it had not been for Hugh 's tossing and moaning . |
| 14 | Are there erm , insurances in force covering the property , say if it caught fire , etcetera ? |
| 15 | Some say if it rained you could fish in a footprint , |
| 16 | And what happens if it turned out to be the Lord Bruce — eh ? |
| 17 | Now North Yorkshire County Council er I think in their statement look to erm to existing market towns to provide what little evidence they can up to justify fourteen hundred dwellings , er I think that 's again a simplistic approach because by definition the market now can seal them up wider catchment area , many of them are some distance from York , and the settlements concerned provide a service base for a number of surrounding villages , and therefore the actual specialities and services found within that particular settlement are greater than one would achieve if it did not have a large catchment area . |
| 18 | And , my God , they would certainly succeed if it came out that she was Postlethwaite 's niece . |
| 19 | The MP behind the bill says if it had been law then , her life would have been saved . |
| 20 | I 'd have noticed if it had been missing . |
| 21 | No doubt she would have noticed if it had been used in the interim . |
| 22 | It seemed to adapt itself to her and , in any case , she would not have noticed if it had been a giraffe . |
| 23 | I think perhaps in the Habitat-Mothercare-BHS merger things have taken rather longer to settle down than they might have done if it had been a take-over . |
| 24 | He spoke honestly , but more harshly than he would have done if it had n't been for the pain he carried . |
| 25 | I 'm sure I would have done if it had been here … |
| 26 | It allows me to savour the end of the conflict , to enjoy it in a way I could not have done if it had really happened , that is if a few words had been exchanged , spoken with difficulty through the barbed-wire taboos that separate people in so-called intimate relationships . |
| 27 | Still , he would have done if it had n't slipped his mind , and surely the intention made him culpable . |
| 28 | There was an estimate of £10:1:0 for enclosing Kiels , with a gate , and they recommended that it be done if it did not exceed |
| 29 | When I was feeling really low , I could have quit if it had n't been for everyone who 'd been following me , and that comes down to everyone here at the schools . |
| 30 | What would you do if it happened ? |