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Example sentences of "[adj] if [pron] have [vb pp] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	The governors of royal colonies , appointed by the king , were expected to maintain a rather dignified and aloof attitude and it was thought that they might find it hard to do this if they had lived in the colony as subordinates or as private citizens in the past .
2	working alright , you could just copy this if you 've got a fast copier .
3	He said : ‘ The word from Manchester United fans was that we could do them a big favour , and we 've undoubtedly done them one , but I got the impression that our own fans would not have been too bothered if we 'd lost today . ’
4	Erm that would have been much much quicker if they 'd bothered and organized them but they had n't organized anything .
5	Roger I 'd 've given it you a lot quicker if you 'd given me a list of jobs to work on .
6	I 'd 've been quicker if I 'd gone down into Brentwood , picked up the M twenty five and gone on the A one M
7	They could n't have been more wrong if they 'd worn Father Christmas suits .
8	You 'd have had that one wrong if you 'd done that .
9	It would n't have surprised her in the slightest if he 'd left a few minutes early , just for the pleasure of leaving her stranded .
10	It would perhaps have been entirely adequate if I had received it in any normal circumstances .
11	or six gins — turn surly if they 've got it wrong .
12	And animal minds , a fortiori , do not engage in this sort of computation ( which is why the Punch cartoon would have been less funny if it had shown a human fisherman ) .
13	That this would be an inappropriate objection is evident from the fact that the Punch cartoon I mentioned earlier would have been almost as funny if it had figured a human fisherman rather than a kingfisher .
14	‘ Look , we 're not interested if you 've broken some internal disciplinary code .
15	Tim said : ‘ It would have been easier if I had stolen the family silver , would n't it ? ’
16	Complicated when it has to be written down to or detailed where there 's a lot of information to be taken in and it 's a lot easier if it 's done that way because people can refer back to it all the time .
17	It would have been so much easier if he had remained hostile towards her , but she could sense that that simply would not have been in keeping with his personality .
18	‘ In a way it would be easier if someone had killed him .
19	Even when you have a rib transfer carriage , you will still need to transfer a stitch by hand sometimes ; this is much easier if you 've done it so often that it 's automatic .
20	This is easier if you 've kept a note of the date of the first day of your last period .
21	It 's easier if you 've got tact tomorrow
22	The results , however , can be well worth the effort , and it will all come that much easier if you have prepared things in advance .
23	( This will be easier if you have got into the habit of keeping a simple appointments diary . )
24	You then whip the cream ( it is easier if you have left it an hour or two in the refrigerator after cooling ) and when it stands in peaks you can turn it in to the muslin or clean napkin with which you have lined an earthenware or metal cheese mould or drainer — which can be improvised by piercing holes in a cheap cake tin or in a tub-shaped carton — and leave it 3 or 4 hours , or overnight .
25	" He 'd be more dignified if you 'd left him uncovered .
26	Are , are you going to ring Martin and see if you can get some if he 's got any more ?
27	There was nothing furtive in his attitude and he would have been quite unashamed if anyone had caught him .
28	Things would have been very different if they had stayed put .
29	And , ’ obscurely , ‘ my behaviour ’ , as you call it , might have been very different if I 'd known Hugh was a thing of the past . ’
30	But like it 's different if you 've got a really bad cold and sometimes you have to , you ca n't like sometimes you can hide it but I do n't go in front of someone I always do it discreetly .