Example sentences of "[vb pp] if he [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It is disappointing because he was just getting the hang of Wimbledon and he would have won if he had n't taken the knock at the first bend , ’ said Williams . |
| 2 | The patient is lifted if he has not recovered his ability to balance , that is , if he tends to topple and fall backwards and towards his hemiplegic side when he tries to sit or stand up without any support . |
| 3 | But he 'll be just as overwhelmed if he becomes Manchester United 's first regular centre back from Ulster since Jackie Blanchflower 's time . |
| 4 | The plaintiff 's advisers should be sure that the particulars of his special damage take note of all increases in remuneration which the plaintiff would have enjoyed if he had remained in his pre-accident employment . |
| 5 | It would n't have mattered if he had turned out to be a Celtic supporter at that decisive moment because I had the Celtic team on my tongue all ready to trot out , starting with Kennaway , Cook , McGonigle . |
| 6 | Former NZ captain Geoff Howarth informed the nation of his availability through the tabloid Sunday News , but there was n't much doubt that Lees would be reappointed if he wanted the job . |
| 7 | If the main leak could be concealed by showing only at low tide , Willis thought that the equally serious problem of rain — for the weatherboards were particularly weak in one place — could be solved if he stood directly under the drip , wearing a sort of broad waterproof hat . |
| 8 | Military analysts say President Bush is deluded if he thinks the 30,000 troops will be home by January 20 , when Bill Clinton takes over . |
| 9 | In Scotland , according to a law passed in 1288 , a man could be fined if he did not accept . |
| 10 | I mean , he would n't have noticed if he had n't been looking . |
| 11 | Because it had suddenly occurred to her that Guy Sterne was bothering to justify himself like this only because his relationship with Nicola Schreider was threatened if he did n't . |
| 12 | And his job could be threatened if he fails to convince delegates that Britain 's economic crisis is not his fault . |
| 13 | ‘ Well , he would have done if he 'd thought of it . |
| 14 | ‘ We 'll be hearing this evening what he 'd have done if he 'd had his James Braid putter . ’ |
| 15 | Sir Bryan had done well to play to his handicap , but he could not resist telling everyone what he would have done if he 'd had his James Braid putter . |
| 16 | Defeat also robbed Edberg of the chance of regaining his world No 1 ranking — which he would have done if he had won this final major tournament of the year . |
| 17 | But evidence really amounts to no more than expression of the opinion by a particular practitioner of what he thinks that he would have done if he had been paid hypothetically without the benefit of hindsight the position of the defendant , with a little while the evidence of the witness is due , what in the matter of law the solicitor 's duty was in the particular circumstances of the case , I should have thought , being a solicitor the very question which the functions , to decide . |
| 18 | Phyllisia too , rejected Edith , her only friend , like her father would have done if he saw that she dressed like a ‘ Ragamuffin ’ . |
| 19 | But of course he never did speak with his tongue nor ever would have done if he wanted to hang on to his job . |
| 20 | The battery in your readers equipment could be a NiCad and it would be ruined if he had left it on , just as surely as if it had been a lead acid battery . |
| 21 | 1.11 In Roberts v Sparks [ 1977 ] CLY 2643 , where the plaintiff was thrown out of the defendant 's vehicle , the court reduced his damages by 25 per cent because the injuries he suffered would clearly have been avoided by wearing a seat belt ; but it added back 5 per cent for the injuries he would have suffered if he had been wearing a seat belt . |
| 22 | Well , his theory was that this guy was a writer or something , a historian or somebody like that , and Freud said it 's quite likely that in the past he had had either dreams about a similar dream or conscious fantasies about how he would have felt if he 'd been in the French Revolution and what might have happened to him . |
| 23 | Or , apropos of the necessity of having a good historical imagination when reading , ‘ I had much rather know what I should feel like if I adopted the beliefs of Lucretius than how Lucretius would have felt if he had never entertained them . ’ |
| 24 | Even in cases in the past , where he had looked for one and found none , he had always felt if he had searched harder or been luckier , then the answer would have been found . |
| 25 | He denied any guns had been involved in the raid although Mr Beaton had said earlier in the trial he had been told he would be shot if he tried anything stupid . |
| 26 | At half-time a note was passed to the Scottish dressing-room telling the young striker that he would be shot if he did not ease off in the second half . |
| 27 | ‘ He 'd get shot if he turned up like that in England . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I wonder what the Reverend Henry Solly would have said if he had seen the tremendous progress made by the Union over the past few years . ’ |
| 29 | I wonder what my father would have said if he 'd known his illegitimate son might yet marry one of the Kinmuires . ’ |
| 30 | I 'd have said if he 'd been dead but Kevin 's mum said he was on the danger list . " |