Example sentences of "but if he had [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if he had to go he would go alone . |
| 2 | but if he had sent him to the eye hospital he 'd have waited two years . |
| 3 | The thing is that it costs 40 lira to go up now , but if he had waited just one hour more , till the 11 a.m. departure , he would have had to pay only two lira . |
| 4 | But if he had wept his soul away , it would have made no difference ; so he mounted his horse and rode on . |
| 5 | ‘ But if he had wanted to disappear with the diamonds , ’ she persisted , ‘ we 'd still be looking for him now . ’ |
| 6 | The American woman watched him intently for several minutes , a commotion of half-forgotten sensations stirring within her , but if he had noticed her presence he gave no sign . |
| 7 | This would certainly have been within the power of an omnipotent being , but if he had started it off in such an incomprehensible way , why did he choose to let it evolve according to laws that we could understand ? |
| 8 | But if he had tried to dupe the wily Bobby Anscombe as easily as the innocent Malcolm Harris , it was no wonder that he had come unstuck . |