Example sentences of "if they 'd " in BNC.
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| 1 | If they 'd spent a particularly warm close time together , Jay even wondered if she and Lucy could be unique friends and veer away from this sexual desire which shimmered like an uncrossable burning field for Lucy . |
| 2 | Then , as if they 'd recovered from the surprise , they began to laugh , snorting and giggling in delight at the water being thrown at them , like two children playing a game . |
| 3 | ‘ At the moment this is not always done and yet there are people who , if they 'd been approached , would have been willing to give permission . ’ |
| 4 | I never would have credited that people would talk about these illusions as if they 'd really taken place . ’ |
| 5 | It was as simple as if they 'd asked him if he knew a good plumber . |
| 6 | It would have been a different story if they 'd had to find the key money for the flat themselves . |
| 7 | But Patsy and Tim wanted a few simple cupboards painted white , made to look as if they 'd always been there . |
| 8 | Shelves lined the walls on which stood magical pots — organic , looking as if they 'd grown rather than been made , with the colours of the trees , the earth and the sea merging in the glaze . |
| 9 | If they 'd really cared for him , Nigel reasoned , they 'd have stayed . |
| 10 | Dot wondered if they 'd been arguing . |
| 11 | They felt as if they 'd been scoured out with a Brillo pad . |
| 12 | They might just possibly have been able to find the morning 's path if they 'd been starting again from the road , but tracking backwards was incredibly difficult . |
| 13 | Sticking straight up out of the sea as if they 'd grown there . |
| 14 | Even the drainpipes , clinging half-heartedly to cracked walls and rusty gutters , looked as if they 'd had enough . |
| 15 | A large number of dogs who end up in the rescue homes would be on the vet 's euthanasia list if they 'd had different owners . |
| 16 | It would 've been awful if they 'd found my things in the car . ’ |
| 17 | He put the back of his hand on each forehead and asked Nellie if they 'd complained about pains in the ear . |
| 18 | ‘ My ancestors in the Scottish islands used to farm seaweed and if they 'd had our technology they could have made a dish like you 're eating now . |
| 19 | They just disappeared , as if they 'd popped into trap doors and been spirited away . |
| 20 | I assaulted this position from every angle , ranging from thoughtful analyses of the male mid-life crisis , its nature and origins , to sweeping ad absurdum dismissals in which I demonstrated that by the same token Trish and Brian were equally culpable , because if they 'd gone out for the day I would have stayed at home and we would never have met in the first place . |
| 21 | He searched everywhere for it , going right through the village , asking people if they 'd seen it . |
| 22 | He said that the doctor seemed to think Sigarup would be all right — although his chances would have been better if they 'd brought him sooner . |
| 23 | I asked , wondering if they 'd been angry on behalf of Ban Bhāi because Chola and the other women had n't waited for his permission , or because they 'd cheated , sneaking out first and grabbing all the pine-needles at the edge of the forest without having to climb at all . |
| 24 | They 'ud 've strung me up if they 'd taken me . ’ |
| 25 | Whenever I saw her and Shadwell together they always looked pretty intense , as if they 'd just had a fight or shared a lot of secrets . |
| 26 | If they 'd spent time doing that , once against the backs would have stood idly around until the forwards reckoned that they 'd got their act nicely in order . |
| 27 | If they 'd played badly they might have expected a hiding . |
| 28 | Coach Dick Best ruefully remarked : ‘ I guess if they 'd been Gloucester boys half of them might have turned out ’ . |
| 29 | And if they 'd bought their true love a compact disc as a Christmas present , it would have cost them £16.73 , compared with the UK 's £12.78 . |
| 30 | Even worse , if they 'd fancied a bottle of Bell 's whisky to toast in the New Year , it would have cost them £23.04 , almost twice the UK price . |