Example sentences of "if they knew " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like the immortal ‘ Old Bill ’ in Bruce Bairns father 's First World War cartoon of the trenches , the patient British urged their neighbours that if they knew of ‘ a better'ole ’ they should go to it . |
| 2 | ‘ What do you think Father and Mother would say if they knew you were even thinking of going off with those kids — and at this time of night ! |
| 3 | Taylor Walker training manager Nick Leach said barstaff were tested by the area manager to see if they knew the names of at least 100 customers , plus their regular drink . |
| 4 | At the time I was involved in various things at Philips Records and I asked someone if they knew of anyone who could get David out of his contract , and was told that he knew a man called Tony DeFries who was actually not allowed to practise at the bar — he was a consultant , a trouble-shooter , divorce cases . |
| 5 | What would his Mum and Dad say if they knew she kept meat as good as rotten in her pocket ? |
| 6 | Most people around are totally unaware that the person is likely to be having such thoughts , who in turn feels they would be deeply shocked if they knew . |
| 7 | For , even if they knew in general that it was unlikely to be the case , they could not afford to take chances . |
| 8 | Most of the rotundas , however , provoked a sombre reaction , though Ladislav pointed out that many of the younger people would not have recognised the faces of Novotný and Gottwald even if they knew the names . |
| 9 | But they 'd care about us if they knew . |
| 10 | If New Yorkers notice it at all , few have any idea that it is 1,500 years old , and many would be deeply shocked if they knew , reckoning that anything over 20 years old must be dirty and out of date . |
| 11 | Arguments against allowing access included that people would not write frankly if they knew their comments would be seen , it could be important to record facts which could not be proved and suspicions or impressions , the child or parent might be made unhappy by a teacher 's judgement and it might impair the relationship or discourage the child , and access would lead to constant arguments about fairness or relevance of information . |
| 12 | How can anyone be so arrogant as to talk about this Creature , this Thing , as if they knew It , as if they had just had a letter from It or had chatted to It over the phone , when the It can not be conceived , understood , described , or even proved to exist . |
| 13 | Potential recruits might be reassured if they knew that in matters like these the governors would call on independent investigators or assessors from outside the school . |
| 14 | They were proud to be in the show but terrified that their parents would send for them if they knew of such blatant nudity . |
| 15 | If they knew I was under that sort of pressure , they 'd stop giving me rides altogether . |
| 16 | And as if they knew it they sent another flare up into the sky , so that it glowed bright and cheerful as a street lamp above his path of retreat . |
| 17 | Probably some , who considered the idea of Making Ends Meet unacceptable and unbecoming , i.e. those enjoying the thrusting Live-Now-Pay-Later lifestyle of the 1990s , would think differently if they knew that the cost of borrowing the £5,000 that would extricate them from the consequences of their cavalier attitude would cost them almost another £5,000 . |
| 18 | If they knew they 'd never try to find out why , but would drive her out there and then . |
| 19 | Would help them — if they knew . |
| 20 | Perhaps it was because her few visits to Sleightholmedale had been fleeting or was it perhaps , George wondered , because she knew how overwhelmed they would feel if they knew the truth . |
| 21 | I told my friends I was going to the dentist this afternoon because I knew they 'd be jealous if they knew I 'd seen Home Alone 2 before anyone else . |
| 22 | They told themselves that they might be frightened off if they knew that Derek was backed up by other members of his family . |
| 23 | Taking the prince by the hand , she continued , ‘ Lo , here is this gentleman whom I doubt not would be safely kept by me , if I were permitted ; and well as I know there be some deadly enemies to my blood , that if they knew where any lay in their own bodies , they would let it out if they could ! ’ |
| 24 | I began asking people if they knew anything about them . |
| 25 | He sometimes thought how astonished , how appalled indeed , many of these women would be if they knew that these intra-uterine devices were not in fact contraceptives but abortifacients . |
| 26 | This meant that they would n't be back before the pubs closed , but I also knew that if they knew who I was going out with they would have locked me in . |
| 27 | The victims would resist more if they knew the limits of ill-treatment to which they might be subjected . |
| 28 | No feet picked up , just a slovenly shuffle in the snow … as if they knew that their scraping passage festered in the mind of the Major . |
| 29 | ‘ I wonder if they knew of the plan . ’ |
| 30 | Her last thought before she fell asleep was the reaction she would get if they knew that she had been out with a policeman . |