Example sentences of "if [pron] have [adv] [verb] " 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 | 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 . |
| 9 | The big one looked down at me as if I 'd just crawled out from under . |
| 10 | ‘ I would n't be if I 'd just lost twenty million , ’ Plummer said humourlessly . |
| 11 | As I got up Terry looked at me as if I 'd just announced I had a private income . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 |
| 15 | " It 's as if I 'd just taken a photograph . " |
| 16 | ‘ 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | If only I was this , if I 'd only said that , done the other — why always ME ? |
| 19 | ‘ If I 'd only realized sooner — ’ |
| 20 | If I 'd only met you in the first place … before Bella , and … well … ’ |
| 21 | It 's as if I 'd only seen him at twilight ; and now suddenly I see him at dawn . |
| 22 | ‘ If I 'd only thought … |
| 23 | Nell smiled sweetly at his departing back and asked if I 'd ever noticed how important everything was to actors ? |
| 24 | If I 'd ever done anything — made anything of myself more than a third-rate free-lance — it might 've been different . |
| 25 | 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 . ’ |
| 26 | Then he got talking about you , asked me if I 'd ever heard of you . ’ |
| 27 | The fellow continued his work replying coolly , " If I 'd ever had any brains Captain , I should n't have been here now ! " |
| 28 | I wondered if I 'd ever appreciated her properly before . |
| 29 | There were these two outrageous guys , splashing about , and they just came up and asked if I 'd ever considered doing anything in the advertising world and I said , ‘ No . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ It was heart-breaking — she looked so frail , I felt as if I 'd almost lost her , ’ says her mum . |