Example sentences of "[pron] if he [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it 's difficult to convince Rush that Dalglish is not deluding himself if he says he is fulfilled by life after the Kop . |
| 2 | Leith swallowed hard , and knew , before the weakness of loving him , the weakness of wanting him battered down the rest of her defences , small though those defences were , that she had to appeal to that in him which she somehow knew would make him hate himself if he took her . |
| 3 | He would not be true to himself if he showered us with blessings while we 're outside of his will . |
| 4 | They believe that it is possible for man , and that it is indeed his highest intellectual and emotional task , to survey his own being , to call into the forefront of his mind every attitude and habit of mind , of emotion , of passion and feeling , to penetrate down beneath these superficial layers , to deeper and deeper and ever more tranquil , untroubled generalized forms of the self , until eventually you come within sight of some inner absolutely undisturbed pool which every person has within himself , and which if he finds it removes him finally from the distracting passions of ordinary life , and with this rider , that in proportion as you get there and find this thing , this true self within yourself , you find that it is n't just something subjective and peculiar to you , it is something identical with the world , so that in solving your own problems in one sense , you do it by transcending your ordinary nature . |
| 5 | Charles would tease me if he thought I was worrying about my weight ; he likes curvy women with big breasts , Nicola once confided in me . |
| 6 | ‘ The only time I came close to lobbying was when I asked Dave Mannion , a friend for a long time , to tell me if he thought I 'd outlived my usefulness here , then I would slip quietly away . |
| 7 | ‘ You must tell me if he bothers you , Biddy . |
| 8 | He 'd kill me if he knew I 'd made something like this . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ He 'll kill me if he catches me out here . ’ |
| 10 | He would n't wake them if he thought they were sleeping . |
| 11 | ‘ Mac , ’ as of course he was known , would promise to bring down the wrath of almighty God on them if he found them in the Trocadero , Elephant and Castle , when they should be ‘ capable of , and available for work , ’ as one had to be in those days . |
| 12 | " Wot if he gets them ? " |
| 13 | He need not return them to the seller , who if he wants them must come and collect them , section 36 . |
| 14 | Leave it at your house and I 'll try it out and erm but Nick would n't sell it to you if he thought it was |
| 15 | Her husband only had one leg , and he used to sit in the corner all the time and wave his stick at you if he thought you were pinching anything . |
| 16 | ‘ Those are Farmer Nash 's apples , ’ I said , ‘ and he 'll send his dogs after you if he sees you . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ His will was his own business ; he 'd have told you if he wanted you to know . |
| 18 | ( He comes like a Thief in the night , Christ , that is , and woe betide you if he finds you wanting . ) |
| 19 | For a fearful moment she thought he was going to lean down and kiss her , and because she had no idea how she would defend herself if he did she shut her eyes tightly , opting for the ostrich technique . |
| 20 | He knew that he would have to go to her if he wanted her . |
| 21 | ‘ Ask him if he thinks I might visit Mr Conchis . ’ |
| 22 | I just hope that you issued him with that warning because I meant what I said — I 'll ruin him if he hurts her again . ’ |
| 23 | ( b ) That later on the same night , after Zaidie had reached home , the defendant had driven there with another man and confronted him with a gun and had said that he had come to move out Paulette. ( c ) That after that incident , but still in June 1986 , when Zaidie was driving into a friend 's house , the defendant drove up and , saying that he had heard that Zaidie had hit Paulette , again threatened to kill him if he touched her . |
| 24 | Finally , she told him if he sent her home she 'd commit suicide . |
| 25 | I asked him if he thought he would win any prizes ; he thought he would be lucky if he did . |
| 26 | But the British remain fond of the welfare state ; they might , in the end , thank him if he made it work more fairly . |
| 27 | Emma asked him if he liked me and he goes no . |
| 28 | Her heart went out to him , and she showed him her anemone arrangement and asked him if he liked it . |
| 29 | she say that , and she say that and she 's always writing your name over the books and everything , okay , oh yeah , you must ask him if he fancies me and love him and ask him why he do n't he phone me that often , ask him that , you must say , right yeah , but do n't tell him that I told you to ask him , yeah |
| 30 | Erm and er so , I said to him if he runs us up with the car and then he can bring it back . |