Example sentences of "if [pron] have [verb] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ At about 6am they said I should eat something and if nothing had happened by 8am they 'd ask a doctor to break my waters .
2 ‘ I could have got her to believe that , if I 'd wanted to . ’
3 If I 'd wanted to really zoom around the fretboard I would 've opted for a medium/short-scale bass with really light , roundwound strings .
4 I could have jumped up and battered his foot if I 'd wanted to , but I had more respect than that ! ’
5 I could n't have avoided it if I 'd wanted to .
6 I could still have easily called in if I 'd wanted to but I saw something advertised in a village saw the board took the number down and phoned them up .
7 I could have told you if I 'd wanted to .
8 Cutting that over the numbers had me down and stopped well before the first intersection , a distance of around 400 metres , and I could have done much better if I 'd heaved on the brakes , which are single Goodyear discs with excellent stopping power .
9 If anything , it has even more justified my decision to leave Coventry where I was manager and join Chelsea — I certainly could not have been away for a month if I 'd stayed at Highfield Road .
10 ‘ I think Chelsea offers me the greater chance of winning something than if I 'd stayed at Carrow Road .
11 I got better results than if I 'd stayed at school .
12 It 's like what I said to Tony last night when I got in I said , I feel I could have achieved more if I 'd stayed at home and revised .
13 But I lied about the afternoon and I was worried when you wanted to keep the betting slips because you probably know that one of the horses won and I would have won quite a lot of money if I 'd stayed in the betting shop .
14 If I 'd paused for more thought I perhaps would n't have had the nerve , but I simply opened his door , checked up and down the corridor for observers ( none ) and went inside , shutting myself in .
15 as a pension , so if I 'd retired at that point , and then worked part time
16 Some of us have to work for our living , I 'd never have got anywhere if I 'd moved at your pace ! ’
17 You know if I 'd gone on the I said hello look here 's a mad man
18 If I 'd gone to the rank inside , it would have been the railway police 's case .
19 Mary says now : ‘ Accessing my past lives has been of great benefit and I 'm sure that if I 'd gone to an ordinary therapist , nothing would have been sorted out . ’
20 Even if I 'd agreed to a fifth series , Pemberley would n't have lasted for ever . ’
21 If I 'd admitted to myself how I really felt about him I 'd have thrown myself into the whole thing , body and soul .
22 ‘ I 'd have stayed out there four hours if I 'd had to .
23 ‘ To tell you the truth , I do n't know , but I 'd like to think that I could have pulled the trigger if I 'd had to .
24 If I 'd started at 17 or 18 , who knows what I might have achieved .
25 After that — ’ he swore ‘ — if I 'd thought about you before we made love , afterwards I thought about you a thousand times more .
26 Well do you know if I 'd thought about it
27 I would have called Clelia Clara if I 'd thought of it , but I did n't .
28 If I 'd thought of it I 'd have sent her a message : You wo n't be welcome . ’
29 ‘ I might have , ’ he said , ‘ if I 'd thought of it .
30 ‘ No , the pouch was sealed and the Lady Eleanor would soon have realised if I 'd tampered with it .
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