Example sentences of "if [pron] have [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 The weeds that we 'd uprooted in the morning were shrivelled and brown ; the earth looked as if nothing had ever lived in it .
2 On shore the remaining sheep were released with their new stud ram , whereupon they scattered over the grazing as if nothing had ever disturbed their tranquillity .
3 They are often advertised in the newspapers as ‘ bomb proof ! ’ ; no matter what occurs they will just continue their mild sweet way as if nothing had ever happened .
4 Then I washed and dried the two beer-mugs and the three vases , and put them back in their normal places , as if nothing had ever happened .
5 And for those people who are n't happy with what Stacker does anyway ( like our esteemed editor , for example ) , the package now comes with a useful Unstack feature so you can automatically return your system to its original state as if nothing had ever happened .
6 God , it was as if nothing had ever happened between them .
7 ‘ Not to the same degree , of course , but on Sunday there was the same feeling — as if we were continuing a conversation we were having yesterday , as if nothing had really changed .
8 And so with the help of these , they just managed to do a bit of slate , but if them had not gone back , I thinks this this strike would have turned the other way .
9 If yours has n't reached you by the end of July , or you live outside the London area but fancy coming up for the occasion , please phone Pensions Department on freefone 0800 262 072 .
10 He would n't want to waste his time chasing that story if I 'd already done it , and I can get a story into print more quickly than the British magazines he supplies .
11 The big one looked down at me as if I 'd just crawled out from under .
12 ‘ I would n't be if I 'd just lost twenty million , ’ Plummer said humourlessly .
13 As I got up Terry looked at me as if I 'd just announced I had a private income .
14 Actually , I missed some good ones in the couple of days ' holiday I took ; if I 'd just bothered to look at a single fucking news-stand after I left Stromeferry I 'd have seen this story starting to break about this guy — ‘ The Red panther ’ the tabloids decided on eventually — murdering these right-leaning pillars of the community .
15 I made sure I looked as if I 'd just got out of bed and dressed in a hurry — hence no socks and the sweatshirt — and went down to front garden to wave them in .
16 I think the other thing also , I found it a disadvantage actually having it on the table , I think if I 'd just left it on the like that
17 " It 's as if I 'd just taken a photograph . "
18 ‘ The whole thing was a perfectly natural mistake , but , thanks to him , they went on as if I 'd just attempted to rob the Bank of England .
19 If I 'd not escaped when you made a prisoner of me … .
20 If I 'd not blocked or she 'd not blocked out that time in that way , what would have happened is on the thirteenth , er , of the month , erm , Red would have called me from the Health and Safety Executive would have called me and said , Ricky we 've got er , a remedial leadership weekend on the top of Snowden , and er , on that , on the last weekend of the month , and we 've got a one hour slot for you , that 's just a golden opportunity .
21 If I 'd not had Louisa I do n't suppose I would have pushed myself when I had the job interview .
22 Unable to say , Because I felt as if I knew you , as if I 'd always known you ; because your face was as familiar to me as my own , she replied weakly , ‘ Sometimes a particular face stands out .
23 If only I was this , if I 'd only said that , done the other — why always ME ?
24 If I 'd only realized sooner — ’
25 If I 'd only met you in the first place … before Bella , and … well … ’
26 It 's as if I 'd only seen him at twilight ; and now suddenly I see him at dawn .
27 If I 'd only thought
28 Nell smiled sweetly at his departing back and asked if I 'd ever noticed how important everything was to actors ?
29 If I 'd ever done anything — made anything of myself more than a third-rate free-lance — it might 've been different .
30 Oh , and he asked if I 'd ever seen Angy having any kind of disagreement with anyone and I had to tell him about that little contretemps with Mr Willard and young Godfrey Mellish . ’
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