Example sentences of "[vb pp] 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 | Steve asked reproachfully as if he did n't want to get blamed if it had n't . |
| 3 | Stan might truly have forgotten if it had not been for the crash of the falling chair . |
| 4 | Sleep would have come if it had not been for Hugh 's tossing and moaning . |
| 5 | Sleep would have come if it had not been for Hugh 's tossing and moaning . |
| 6 | I 'd have noticed if it had been missing . |
| 7 | No doubt she would have noticed if it had been used in the interim . |
| 8 | It seemed to adapt itself to her and , in any case , she would not have noticed if it had been a giraffe . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | He spoke honestly , but more harshly than he would have done if it had n't been for the pain he carried . |
| 11 | I 'm sure I would have done if it had been here … |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Still , he would have done if it had n't slipped his mind , and surely the intention made him culpable . |
| 14 | 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 |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | She did not know what they would have said if it had been Edmund , but it was the title now which amazed them . |
| 17 | ( Five year cases only ) If you are applying for a divorce because you have lived apart from your husband or wife for at least five years , your application would not be granted if it meant that your husband or wife would suffer grave financial hardship . |
| 18 | The endorsee-buyer 's message was also tested and accepted if it contained the portion of the original seller 's test key . |
| 19 | Mrs Blair added that any move away from the bid and offer system to single pricing would not be accepted if it threatened to reduce or ‘ dilute ’ the value of existing unit holders investments . |
| 20 | In other words , you could ride into the ring with a home-made hard hat that would have to be accepted if it had a ‘ harness secured to the shell at more than two points ’ , but they can pull you up for wearing black jodhs ! |
| 21 | The Board 's determination would , said the court , be accepted if it had warrant in the record and a reasonable basis in law . |
| 22 | A central authority would only be accepted if it represented the Juntas ; backed by British agents , who thoroughly disliked the military consequences of federalism , the movement for the creation of a Central Junta triumphed over the jealousies of the important Juntas . |
| 23 | That mining might mean the end of the road for the town , with a population of some 6,000 people , did not unduly worry the man from the Department of Economic Development — Northern Ireland ( DEDNI ) , Ivor Greene , who told the Irish Times ‘ If it was decided that the time was proper for mining to proceed , Ballymoney could disappear but the people would be well compensated if it came to that ’ . |
| 24 | His writings , particularly his Homilies on Ezechiel , composed while he was pope , show that he thought the contemplative life of monks would be best validated if it bore fruit in action . |
| 25 | He wondered if art could continue to exist or be justified if it left behind its primitive purposes with the result that aesthetic objects became direct objects of attention . |
| 26 | Now , by the chaos of war , and because the exiled Napoleon had returned to France and thrust a new period of battle on Europe , Sharpe was a lieutenant-colonel in the 5th Belgian Light Dragoons , a regiment he had never met , had no wish to meet , and would not have recognized if it had formed line and charged him . |
| 27 | We can not say what the outcome of a meeting of the Defence Committee might have been , or whether the course of events would have been altered if it had met in September 1981 ; but , in our view , it could have been advantageous , and fully in line with Whitehall practice , for Ministers to have reviewed collectively at that time , or in the months immediately ahead , the current negotiating position ; the implications of the conflict between the attitudes of the Islanders and the aims of the Junta ; and the longer-term policy options in relation to the dispute . |
| 28 | I suppose I 'd have heard if it had n't . ’ |
| 29 | We 've now got a good package which saves us nearly eighty thousand pounds and to actually undo all of that and create an awful lot of public disquiet plus a problem with regard to potential redundancy to particular saving that accommodates this as the absolutely completely inane and except for where it came from , I would be gobsmacked if it came tonight . |
| 30 | ‘ Yer never know what would 'ave 'appened if it 'ad n't rained . ’ |