Example sentences of "[coord] if they [adv] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And if they somehow suspected that I was picking up something valuable , why would any of them try to kill me before the pick-up ? |
| 2 | Girls , even upper-class girls , stayed at home until they were married ; and if they never married they stayed at home for good . |
| 3 | They existed , too , somewhere , seeking him out in every corner , and if they ever found him they would surely drag him back to the terror from which he looked forward to escaping , finally and permanently , soon . |
| 4 | And if they ever did set out to open up this place , ’ he said consideringly , ‘ there are a dozen more important places to begin , of course . ’ |
| 5 | But if they really wanted a Rolling Stone with Youth Appeal , they asked the wrong one . |
| 6 | But if they once opened the door , the plague mob would most certainly overwhelm them in searching out their angel , paid-for Miracle-Worker . |
| 7 | ‘ But if they only looked at me coldly , and whispered behind their hands about me , and then left me one by one ? ’ |
| 8 | When these same hands gave up playing under the onslaught of feline affection , the cat would wander off , but if they then began to play again , the cat immediately dashed back and resumed its licking . |