Example sentences of "and if he [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ordinary Egyptian could not write and if he wished to send a letter he would have to get a scribe to write it for him . |
| 2 | It had been a long day for him already , and if he made it back before nine he was going to be lucky . |
| 3 | ‘ Well , ’ I said reasonably , ‘ in that storm , and if he thought the house was empty- ’ |
| 4 | When we met I told him that I did not think he had anything more urgent to attend to , and if he thought he had something more important , then his priorities were wrong . |
| 5 | ‘ And if he thought fashion was one of the more potent means whereby women can achieve self-expression . ’ |
| 6 | Well , she felt in a fighting mood , and if he thought that he could make a fool of her in front of his girlfriend then he was in for a big surprise . |
| 7 | He did n't believe she had a sister , and if he thought she was involved with Garry it would be a barrier he would hesitate to breach . |
| 8 | He never pretended to feelings he did n't have and if he thought she 'd made a fool of herself he 'd say so , but never to do her down , never to boost himself at her expense . |
| 9 | ‘ And if he thought he could get away with cheating our Sheila he was very much mistaken ! |
| 10 | And if he thought she had endured a great deal , why had n't he mentioned her nightmare ? |
| 11 | They can talk to a player , warn him and if he persists caution him so I do n't see a need for this new law . ’ |
| 12 | It must have threatened him not only with disillusionment , but with a despair verging on the suicidal ; and if he persists in disseminating the message , he does so almost somnambulistically , as a means of distracting himself from his uncertainties . |
| 13 | He 'd go up there too and if he died of exposure , too bad . |
| 14 | This is not the place for a proper discussion of Empson 's views , which like a great deal of British work are more concerned with critical method than with theory ( he wrote ( 1950 : 594 ) that ‘ a critic ought to trust his own nose , like the hunting dog , and if he lets any kind of theory or principle distract him from that , he is not doing his work ’ ) . |
| 15 | Christabel says , ‘ And if he regretted his armoury of spines and his quick wild wits , history does not relate , for we must go no further , having reached the happy end . ’ |
| 16 | And if he landed in England with Matilda , estates such as Hugh de Tracy 's were at risk , placed as they were in Herefordshire and Gloucestershire , where the majority of castles were held by men who owed fealty to the Earl rather than the King . |
| 17 | And if he handles that daunting task , Bassett is ready to offer him a Premier League future . |
| 18 | He had a calm lean face never to be called handsome and if he looked up he would put on his quick protective smile to say Do n't ask about me I 'm all right talk about somebody else … |
| 19 | He had successfully stamped it out in his own country , and if he 'd been rather too hard on the jews at the same time , well why not ? |
| 20 | beautiful And if he 'd caused me Pain , well |
| 21 | There was something mysterious about him and she wanted to ask so many questions , but he had that locked-in look , so that even if she risked Salt 's caustic tongue and asked outright about how he 'd come to be a slave , what it was like in Jamaica , if Africa was full of cannibals and if he 'd eaten people , she 'd probably get no more than a few shrugs for answers . |
| 22 | ‘ I think it would have been brilliant if they 'd given him more of a chance and if he 'd given a bit more . |
| 23 | So while he 's looking for you somebody could run out and kick the tin , there you go and fetch him , and if he 'd caught anybody and when you kicked that tin the other , well you could all go and hide . |
| 24 | He wanted her badly , and if he 'd taken her in his arms she did n't think she would have put up any kind of resistance . |
| 25 | Even though objectively , he had all the strength on his side , and if he 'd only stubbornly insisted , the allies would have had to accept the fourteen points , because there was no way that they just did n't have any erm , any clout really when when finally settled in peace . |
| 26 | Fair enough : - I agree that Wilko did a good job breaking in Cantona , and if he 'd gone to the scum then he 'd probably have moved on just as quickly . |
| 27 | And if he 'd any sense he would have guessed my reaction . |
| 28 | and er they used to come to me and say how much does this man owe now and if he 'd been paying quite a bit next time he came in the shop they was all round him trying to persuade him to buy |
| 29 | And if he continued to think she had followed him — well , what did it matter ? |
| 30 | Perhaps Tock had been too hard on them and if he treated them gently their disobedience would stop . |