Example sentences of "if it had a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it had a companion , the climate of any of its planets would be decidedly uncomfortable . |
| 2 | A moan rises from the wind , as if it had a spirit . |
| 3 | If it had a centre , that lay in the triangle formed by the cities of Angers , Tours and Poitiers . |
| 4 | At all events it seemed that the Cold War , if it had a victor , had been won by the West . |
| 5 | If it had a self , perhaps this was its face : split by wounds and doubt ; pitiful ; lost . |
| 6 | From what Wayne had been able to see of her left eye , it had looked as if it had a couple of drops of blood in it . |
| 7 | If it had a name , or a code word , well that sounds like civil servants playing games . |
| 8 | She had been foolish enough to ask if it had a name . |
| 9 | If it had a door and a wall and |
| 10 | If it had a secret she would do her best to discover it and she was not going to miss the trail across the Mountains of the Moon to what was undoubtedly the greatest small picture in the world . |
| 11 | Dalgliesh said : ‘ If it had a row of turrets it would be a rather different shape . |
| 12 | There was a moment of silence as their gazes locked , and his last sentence seemed to hang in the air , as if it had a meaning beyond the surface value of the words . |
| 13 | His crushed throat felt as if it had a lump of stone lodged inside it . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's as if it had a mind of its own ’ , ’ Grimma read . |
| 15 | I should prefer the headland without it but it 's beginning to look as if it had a right to be there . ’ |
| 16 | It also enabled him to wrap his hand round the glass , even if it had a handle , in a manner peculiarly his own . |
| 17 | If it had a face , it would have been sneering . |
| 18 | Esther says of Mrs Jellyby : her voice impressed my fancy as if it had a sort of spectacles on too Ch 8 and of Mr Turveydrop : |
| 19 | That value is small compared with the potential value that a search firm would have if it had a market quotation ; there would be a significant number of new millionaires were that to happen . |