Example sentences of "but if it have " in BNC.
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| 1 | He still jumped well , but if it had been a bit softer he would have been up there . ’ |
| 2 | But if it had to be anyone , I am glad it was John . |
| 3 | But if it had meant working for two months she would have said immediately , as she did now , ‘ I 'll have it . ’ |
| 4 | But if it had to perish twice , I think I know enough of hate . |
| 5 | But if it had been neither particularly interesting nor mysterious , it had certainly been bloody . |
| 6 | But if it had been necessary for me to do so , I would have concluded that the whole loss should be borne by Union Discount . |
| 7 | But if it had not been for Hillary Clinton 's TV performance and George Bush 's Japanese collapse , neither of them might now be ordering the removal vans . |
| 8 | But if it had been Edward IV who wanted the immediate accession of his heir , the events after his death say relatively little about the Woodvilles ' intentions . |
| 9 | Since I am persuaded by Mr. Lester 's first argument on article 10 , I do not propose to review further the alternatives ; but if it had been necessary to make a decision I , for my part , would have found the task more suited to Parliament than to this court . |
| 10 | Brent London Borough Council , by which the social worker was employed and which was a party to the proceedings , took the initiative in seeking M. 's committal for contempt of court , but if it had not done so some other initiative by or on behalf of the court itself would have been necessary . |
| 11 | What you write may well be funny , but if it had grown to the extent where it overweighs the actual book you are writing , a piece of comic crime fiction , then you will be spoiling the whole . |
| 12 | This did not in practice apply to landless labourers or peasants with very little land , a large and growing element in the rural population ; but if it had been put into effect it would none the less have been the most sweeping social legislation seen anywhere in old regime Europe . |
| 13 | But if it had better-information about what was likely to happen in the economy than the private sector , the government could take such measures . |
| 14 | But if it had been an unusually intelligent bird — an escaped mynah bird , perhaps , or a parrot that had been blown several thousand miles off course by very strong winds — ; it would have thought : |
| 15 | But if it had been Edward IV who wanted the immediate accession of his heir , the events after his death say relatively little about the Woodvilles ' intentions . |
| 16 | ‘ He has now had an X-ray , but if it had been serious , it might have been too late . ’ |
| 17 | I knew there was a water leak there but if it had n't with rain that it definitely was a water leak . |
| 18 | But if it had been irradiated , well , let us put it this way , I would n't buy food if I knew it was irradiated . |
| 19 | I mean I , it 's no good me husbands to look af , I I this is my second husband but er with my first husband er I I sort of erm if it 's been left to him , God bless him , he 's dead now but if it 'd been left to him I 'd have had a houseful of children you know . |
| 20 | The horse may suffer anxiety in relation to one specific part of its life : shoeing , trailering , saddling , mounting , and so oh , but if it has been hurt in a number of situations , it is likely to learn to be anxious in relation to anything to do with people . |
| 21 | But if it has that civil capability it is all too easy to turn it to less than peaceful purposes . |
| 22 | I hope not : but if it has , he should note that the majority of cars in the US and Japan ‘ get out of the garage ’ using lead-free petrol , and that documented tests have shown cars perform well on petrol containing alcohols . |
| 23 | In the litter tray they do the same thing , but if it has been used several times without being properly cleaned out this becomes impossible and the cat will then prefer to defecate elsewhere , even if it has to go through the motions of covering its dung with imaginary earth after it has deposited it on a wooden floor or a carpet . |
| 24 | yeah , but if it has n't come by next Tuesday Arthur you 're not re-ordering , forget about it love |
| 25 | But if it 's taken him 28 years to rediscover the show , the character 's never left him : ‘ All that Cockney toughness is just a cover for the inability to love , ’ he says of Littlechap , but it could as easily apply to him ( 'I 'm desperately childish . |
| 26 | Erm it 's the executor 's job to administer the will but if it 's known that there 's a mistake of course the executor on behalf of the estate can sue the solicitor . |
| 27 | But if it 's got no key signature you would n't need to bother to put anything in at all . |
| 28 | They have one reference point and just that , but if it 's related to an account then |
| 29 | bit more thickness than I hoped , er but if it 's sat on top of there and on top of what 's on . |
| 30 | But if it 's got anything about |