Example sentences of "[noun sg] and if it had " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ I was playing better at the end and if it had been a five set match I think I could have fought back . ’ |
| 7 | Judge Keith Matthewman said it was a well-planned scheme and if it had worked thousands of people would have lost money . |
| 8 | ‘ I missed a simple note and if it had been anyone else , nobody would have batted an eyelid , ’ he said . |