Example sentences of "[noun] and if it [vb past] " in BNC.

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1 The unlucky 4–0 defeat at home to Alborne showed great promise for the future and if it had not been a mathematical impossibility since the beginning of October , I would have said that playing like that we should still be promotion contenders .
2 Persistent hypertension was treated by standard methods and if it did not resolve then the dose of the study drug was reduced .
3 But mostly I remember the fishing and if it had n't been for having to carry a gas mask , go without sweets and put up with loud bangs in the middle of the night , I would hardly have known a war was going on .
4 The first person has to start skipping in the middle and everybody says H P W R and if it landed on P the next person would have to skip fast .
5 The whole room , scented with the Christmas goose , seemed to glimmer with warmth and merriment and if it had not been for fear of distressing the children , Alexandra would have been happy to burst into tears .
6 Behind his scowling manner was a kindly old man and if it had n't been for the arrival of a rather insipid little boy , she might never have known , nor might anyone else for that matter .
7 Jack always saw Piggy as a burden and if it had not been for Piggy 's spectacles Piggy would have been even more hated by Jack .
8 ‘ I was playing better at the end and if it had been a five set match I think I could have fought back . ’
9 Judge Keith Matthewman said it was a well-planned scheme and if it had worked thousands of people would have lost money .
10 ‘ I missed a simple note and if it had been anyone else , nobody would have batted an eyelid , ’ he said .
11 He liked to please the family and if it wished ill to the starveling cat then so did he .
12 We played whenever we got the chance in the evenings and if it did nothing else it kept us out of the bar .
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