Example sentences of "[vb pp] if [pron] was [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another fairly important change was that a review by a review board should be discontinued if it was established that the inspector 's report did not adversely affect the reputation of the person who applied for the review . |
| 2 | ’ — but when he heard what the fees would be if he stayed he decided that he was hanged if he was going to spend all that money on being upset . |
| 3 | Avery observed how completely Minton 's face dropped if anything was said that pained him , but that he would as quickly recover . |
| 4 | Both the Whitby Keelboat Society and the Whitby Coblemen 's Association came forward with their support , and suggested the service would be better attended if it was held in July when more of the boats would be in port . |
| 5 | I think I 'd have noticed if someone was watching . ’ |
| 6 | You , you know , you , you got over it but er he , he did n't re he did n't come back to you when perhaps he could 've done if he was feeling a bit er aggressive at the time . |
| 7 | An order for payment out will be needed whenever the money in court is accepted if it was paid in by one of two or more defendants . |
| 8 | Deductions were often made if it was considered that the widow had overspent on her husband 's funeral , or if mothers were not keeping their houses sufficiently clean . |
| 9 | ‘ Tim always phoned if he was going to be late . |
| 10 | She had taught him with the thrashing that he would be punished if he was caught ! |
| 11 | Tutors may wish to explore how it would be treated if it was used for the business and for family use to illustrate that these decisions are not always so clear cut . |
| 12 | It was commonly held that the first lord to whom he had sworn fealty had the first call on his service ; but in some cases it was held that the richest fief gave the vassal his strongest obligation ; or again , that it depended on the circumstances , on which lord had the greatest need — a lord must be helped if he was fighting in self-defence , but his claim was less if he was fighting in someone else 's defence ; or the vassal might be expected to fight on both sides , that is to say , to provide troops for both armies . |
| 13 | After abandoning the idea of taking up medicine , Darwin moved to Cambridge in order to obtain the BA degree needed if he was to become an Anglican clergyman . |
| 14 | The sense that something new was needed if I was to learn to breathe on empty air . |
| 15 | The Treasury , which other departments felt had been engaging in the review only half-heartedly until mid-March ( and which was urged to take a greater role by Mr Major ) , was damned if it was going to see its VAT switch spent on anything that could be tagged ‘ son of poll tax ’ . |
| 16 | ‘ Well , ’ he said , ‘ I was damned if I was going to have people going around talking about my system as the Cherkin shit experiment . ’ |
| 17 | I was damned if I was going to be last . |
| 18 | I was upset , naturally , but I was damned if I was going to let it show . |
| 19 | ‘ Yes , but I was damned if I was going to tell him it had been OK 'd . |
| 20 | She was damned if she was going to make the first move . |
| 21 | She was damned if she was going to offer refreshment to them . |
| 22 | She was damned if she was going to make the first conciliatory move ; it would blunt the point of all she had done in Waterford . |
| 23 | She might have taken on a job as a waitress for the summer , but she was damned if she was going to let people treat her like a mindless robot because of it . |
| 24 | He had done a good enough job of getting her to do that already , and she 'd be damned if she was going to give him the satisfaction of letting it happen again . |
| 25 | Let them think him high-handed ; he was damned if he was going to let this greasy television pundit push him about . |
| 26 | They were following the perimeter of the cricket ground in full view of at least twenty-two other boys , and Richard was damned if he was going to trail in Murray 's wake before this audience . |
| 27 | He was damned if he was going to code the easy way , using the computer . |
| 28 | He was damned if he was going to let any of them know of his present predicament . |
| 29 | It hurt like hell but he was damned if he was going to let the gunman escape . |
| 30 | As Stephen had already laid out a substantial sum on placing the order , he was damned if he was going to write it off . |