Example sentences of "[adj] if [pron] really [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trolls can sometimes be persuaded to join Orcs or Goblins as they march to battle , although it is doubtful if they really understand what is going on . |
| 2 | The usual legal connotations of ownership are therefore irrelevant , but the possession of information , or the ability to control it , may nevertheless be of great significance ; in an entirely trivial sense the paper or computer tape on which information is recorded can be owned , and while this does not confer rights of ownership over the information itself , this distinction may seem empty if what really matters is control of access to and use of information . |
| 3 | It would be different if you really did love him , but I do n't think you do … certainly not enough to make the kind of sacrifices that would be necessary if you did marry him . ’ |
| 4 | I was n't at all sure if she really did love me — and , as you know , it turned out she did n't . |
| 5 | When he woke he gazed up at Dot almost as though he knew her , yet she could n't be sure if he really saw her , for his eyes had a distant faraway look like a sailor in the Navy staring across the Pacific seas . |
| 6 | One needed a steady supply of opponents ; men as good as oneself-better if one really wished to improve one 's game . |
| 7 | Lettie , a smart and tweedy battleaxe suddenly glimpsed in flannelette nightie and a hairnet , is a figure of fun who would be utterly loathsome if she really existed . |