Example sentences of "[vb past] that if it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had no intention just then of attempting such a thing , but as I lay awake that night I realised that if it had n't been for Lili I might have felt it necessary to attempt to describe to someone , anyone , what I knew of God and what he had asked of me . |
| 2 | Earlier Home Secretary Kenneth Clarke admitted that if it had been his decision in 1953 he would have reprieved 19-year-old Bentley from the gallows . |
| 3 | Secondly , Woolwich feared that if it failed in its legal arguments it might incur penalties . |
| 4 | Secondly , Woolwich feared that if it failed in its legal arguments it might incur penalties . |
| 5 | Furthermore , the DUC also realized that the mining had to be prevented by preventing prospecting and not waiting to begin opposition with the planning applications for the mining itself : ‘ We always felt that if it came to an actual application for mining that we would lose . |
| 6 | They felt that if it set the wages of very poor people , the next thing it would do would be to start setting the wages of trade unionists . |
| 7 | Some doubting townsfolk had their reservations , so Thomas offered that if it did not have the desired effect he would forego his fee . |
| 8 | ‘ I felt guilty enough to want to help the marriage succeed because I 'd introduced them and had n't thought to warn Rachel , mainly because I did n't find him attractive myself and he 'd never come across as the great seducer with me , and I knew that if it did n't work , it would turn out to be a lifelong trap for her . |
| 9 | Then I hugged her again and pushed her through the door because I thought that if it lasted any longer I would cry . |
| 10 | I thought that if it went into a joint account , I had to pay tax on half of three four four five . |
| 11 | No material was found , and the Home Office insisted that if it had been it would not have been made public . |
| 12 | But Mortimer said that if it had been him he would have hit the roof . ’ |
| 13 | Their Lordships said that if it had been saleable only at a ‘ throw away ’ price , that would indicate that it was not of merchantable quality . |