Example sentences of "[noun sg] if [pron] did " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The opposition reacted angrily to the intervention by French and Belgian troops , calling for their withdrawal and warning of more violence if they did anything more than evacuate their nationals . |
| 3 | The idea is not to block them out or pretend that they never happened — indeed you would be building up a store of problems for the future If you did so — but to prevent them forming part of your future . |
| 4 | He wrote the part so that she could always support herself in exile if she did n't speak the language . ’ |
| 5 | You might just remind your team that I would n't be working with IMP if they did n't think I was up to the job . |
| 6 | ‘ I have no wish to take the adventure out of climbing — that is not in my professional interests , after all — but I would be a hypocrite if I did not accept that we are causing environmental damage , ’ Rowland confesses . |
| 7 | ‘ I have no wish to take the adventure out of climbing — that is not in my professional interests , after all — but I would be a hypocrite if I did not accept that we are causing environmental damage . |
| 8 | Think what would happen to the electric light industry if it did n't get dark every night . |
| 9 | Joan asked whether her brother would be charged with murder if she did not work for them . |
| 10 | She refused the cold remains of the fish and chips , so he took the whole package out to the dustbin at the front of the house ( no need to worry her about the Sweet murder if she did n't know — and it appeared she did n't ) . |
| 11 | It 's all over and done with , not my fault if you did n't take it in then … |
| 12 | I suppose I mean that I do n't think my husband would be a nature poet if he did n't live now , here , in England . |
| 13 | Tolby said nothing about Arabella because Lorton threatened to break his neck if he did . |
| 14 | Erm we have n't got anybody here with a beard so we ca n't demonstrate and anyway it would be a dangerous experiment if we did , but supposing you tried to strangle me and I 've got a big beard you know , a kind of Karl Marx style beard well a big beard , er you get your hands round my neck and what can I do ? |
| 15 | ‘ What I do n't understand is this , ’ said Apricot to Brenda , Belinda and Liese , ‘ why was Bernard Parkin sitting next to me on the stairs in the dark if he did n't want sex ! ’ |
| 16 | You could , you could seat if you did , sort of classroom seating in there a , room this size in that , er , you could , you could probably seat six hundred people . |
| 17 | It was bad for the horse if you did n't , it spoiled him . |
| 18 | This session is the cause of much joshing in the Right Said Fred camp , him saying how he 'd make sure he had a hot shower first and primed himself for action if he did it again , his partners enjoying wiggling their little fingers at any opportunity and ribbing him for his perceived shortcomings . |
| 19 | Board of Trade President Michael Heseltine warned rebels they would be left with a lame duck administration if they did not ratify Maastricht . |
| 20 | ‘ They have named a Commissioner Zen , whom they claim demanded to be present when the ransom money was paid , threatening to wreck the pay-off by a show of force if they did not comply . |
| 21 | In the leader column last week , on the same day Young Group 's shares were suspended , the newspaper felt sufficiently confident of Mr Young 's expertise to write : ‘ He is a man who has until recently made a great success of his business and it would be sad for the North-East if he did not continue to have a part to play . ’ |
| 22 | Though , on looking across at him , and observing that one eyebrow had ascended aloft at what he must consider was the sharpness of her answer , she realised that she was never likely to get an interview if she did not control her exasperation at his evasive non-answers to most of her questions . |
| 23 | Twenty seven year old Daniel Ahearn threatened to expose their homosexuality if they did n't pay up . |
| 24 | Daniel Ahearn threatened to expose their homosexuality if they did n't pay up . |
| 25 | HE THREATENED TO EXPOSE / THEIR HOMOSEXUALITY IF THEY DID N'T PAY |
| 26 | One of the TUC 's two great general secretaries , George Woodcock — the other was Walter Citrine — warned them that they would lose influence if they did not reform themselves . |
| 27 | ‘ But I was terrified to tell anyone what had really happened — he was quite capable of deliberately sabotaging my degree work if I did . |
| 28 | I know somebody here who got very good marks for his lab work and he 's good on computers , and he just programmed the computers in random errors and stuff that give him set results and nice graphs , and they were n't perfect so nobody noticed them , but he fiddled them , and that way he did n't have to do any lab work if he did n't want to . |
| 29 | Even if he had committed a murder the previous week , he would not betray that fact under hypnosis if he did not wish to ! |
| 30 | It 's very important that young people should read books they do n't want to read ; it would be a great pity if they did n't read the literature of the past . " |