Example sentences of "if [adv] [pron] had [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless Axelrod worked out that , if only somebody had submitted Tit for Two Tats , it would have won the tournament . |
| 2 | If only they had possessed just a little more of that rare commodity , plus the assistance of a blind man with an abacus , it might not have taken both channels until 1.30 in the morning to start predicting an absolute majority for Mr Major . |
| 3 | If only they had seen the correspondence that flowed to party chairmen from ’ Horrified of the Home Counties ’ when some of those Bills hit the deck ; one example was the correspondence from the lighthouse keepers association . |
| 4 | ‘ If only they had saved us . |
| 5 | If only they had insisted she come home earlier . |
| 6 | If only they had done something — anything — differently . |
| 7 | If only they had asked for Donald Duck , a character I hold in great respect ! |
| 8 | They live in the past , believing that if only they had had loving parents , or if only little sister had n't been born , or if only they had n't married so-and-so , then everything would be fine . |
| 9 | If only they had had the sense to invest in cleaning up our power stations , as the Germans have done , we would not watch electricity industry representatives and Ministers rushing around trying to find cheap fixes to meet their European obligations . |
| 10 | If only they had shown my foresight they would have had nothing to worry about . |
| 11 | If only they had fought , screamed at one another , gone their separate ways , even had lovers … anything but the sterility of it all , a sterility that had finally been injected into everything they touched . |
| 12 | If only they had known where she was going . |
| 13 | The former UN Special Representative for Somalia , Mohamed Sahnoun , who resigned last year , said in August ‘ … if only we had intervened last November … now we are paying the price . ’ |
| 14 | As the car chugged down the M1 motorway I stopped cursing my bad luck and thought of how we could have made the first descent if only we had concentrated on the job in hand and not got the press involved or told so many people all about our daring endeavour . |
| 15 | But if only one had had it — well , it could be utter disaster . |
| 16 | If only she had stopped Jack in his tracks , at least made scenes , made a fuss , however mildly accused him , on the occasion of the first girl ! |
| 17 | If only — the thought came for the first time — if only she had stayed with Papa ! |
| 18 | If only she had realised , on that first morning when she had seen Luke crossing the reception area of Woodline Design , that he would make such a shattering impact upon her , then she might have walked away . |
| 19 | If only she had realized in time what was happening . |
| 20 | If only she had seen him come into the shop — but she always seemed to miss him . |
| 21 | If only she had shown such dedication as a tennis player . |
| 22 | If only she had come in shouting ‘ What 's this ? ’ and chucked the lot at him , he would have felt something had been achieved . |
| 23 | Obscurely , she felt that if only she had known before things might have been different , but then common sense told her that yes , things might have been different : probably they would have been worse . |
| 24 | If only she had listened more often to her voices , how much better things would have turned out to be . |
| 25 | If only she had looked more closely at his eyes . |
| 26 | Her enormous grey eyes ( they would have been rather striking if only she had used some make-up ) were staring at him with the expression of a trapped rabbit . |
| 27 | If only it had left us alone , we could have been happy , we could have gone on being happy . |
| 28 | If only it had come while he was still Emperor of Agriculture House … |
| 29 | If only it had come a few years earlier . |
| 30 | If only you had kept hold of McGovern and O'Hare , you wo n't find players like them in a hurry . |