Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] if [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a while , Marcus , as if impatient , or to see if he had had any effect , stopped the breathing exercise and , half sitting up , began to pull the limp body about , almost roughly , almost angrily , as if he would scarcely believe that he was not succeeding . |
| 2 | The receiver was replaced before he could demand further details or ask if she wished to speak to her mother — which would be fatal , because Mother would surely mention Bertha 's name . |
| 3 | Now , what 's a typical , who can tell me what the typical body language is that you would prese present or portray if you said I do n't know ? |
| 4 | Several times he witnessed strokes which would have killed or maimed if they had been allowed to connect with flesh and bone . |
| 5 | All the way to the burrow he did n't speak to her nor wait if she got snagged . |
| 6 | I actually ran onto the green and asked if they realised this , but they said they had talked about it but rejected the idea . |
| 7 | Mr Martin stood and asked if they had reached a verdict . |
| 8 | I have to report , though , that it was here my own trust in the French as the most obdurately literate of all nations was dented when I went into a bookshop and asked if they had a copy of the Song of Roland . |
| 9 | I just went from person to person and asked if they needed help when a policeman asked me to come and take a look at Johnathan . |
| 10 | The two men have different versions of the meeting which followed , and there were no witnesses except for a waiter who interrupted them in the middle of the shouting match and asked if they wanted any sandwiches . |
| 11 | Once , the doorkeeper popped his head out and asked if they wanted to hand in autograph books . |
| 12 | He stopped when he saw them and asked if they wanted to come with him . |
| 13 | Often we would design something specially ; if someone rang and asked if we had a Mexican outfit for a feature on Mexican clothes we 'd say ‘ yes ’ and within a day have a sample made up which fitted in with a Mexican look . ’ |
| 14 | The day before we finished mixing ‘ UF Orb ’ , Robert Fripp phoned and asked if we wanted any guitaring on the album … ’ |
| 15 | Nell smiled sweetly at his departing back and asked if I 'd ever noticed how important everything was to actors ? |
| 16 | There were these two outrageous guys , splashing about , and they just came up and asked if I 'd ever considered doing anything in the advertising world and I said , ‘ No . ’ |
| 17 | Mum and Dad were dozing in their chairs but Dad opened his eyes as I sat down and asked if I 'd enjoyed the picture . |
| 18 | But then should I also have said that Oliver rang up the next day and asked if I 'd liked them ? |
| 19 | ‘ Because , three months ago , Heather telephoned me and asked if I 'd taken Clare to the Skein of Geese a couple of weeks before her death . |
| 20 | As we walked towards an ancient Volkswagen she took my arm and rested too heavily upon it and asked if I 'd brought her anything from London . |
| 21 | She turned to me and asked if I had spoken to my husband today , was he well , and the children . |
| 22 | In a typically Chinese way , when I was discharged , the doctor who had treated me escorted me to the car , and shook hands and asked if I had any complaints , as he knew the hospital left plenty of room for improvement . |
| 23 | An upper-class homosexual-looking man with white hair and glittering eyes came up to me and asked if I wanted to go to a Black Mass . |
| 24 | When I said she did n't , he rang for his chauffeur and told me he was going to see her and asked if I wanted to go with him . |
| 25 | Eventually I went along to the British Association of Psychotherapists , where I was assessed and asked if I wanted to see a male or a female therapist . |
| 26 | Mandeville still sulked in the hall whilst the old beldames in Southgate 's chamber cackled with laughter and asked if I wanted them to wash me ? |
| 27 | ‘ Only because I could n't work out how you were doing it , ’ I said , and she laughed some more and asked if I wanted to join her friends . |
| 28 | ‘ I could n't understand why the front door would not open and this young fellow appeared and asked if I wanted any help . |
| 29 | Still , Melissa was pleasant enough and said Hello and asked if I minded driving them back to the village . |
| 30 | This was not the moment to lecture him on the facts of hospital life , so I said briefly , ‘ Patients prefer two to one , ’ and asked if he had explained his position to Sister . |