Example sentences of "if he [vb past] see " in BNC.
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| 1 | After all , if he chose to see her , despite the existence of Petula , that was surely up to him ? |
| 2 | I went oftener to Uncle Geordie 's by that time and sometimes I missed Uncle Bill if he came to see Dad and Ma on a Saturday night . |
| 3 | Nathan turned the conversation to the bear trap in the museum , asking Odd-Knut if he had seen it , and soon we were talking about the killing of film on seal killing had been shown , an indictment of the Norwegian sealers . |
| 4 | I got the impression that he was frightened , as if he had seen a ghost . |
| 5 | Jackie wondered how often he had eaten himself to sleep alone in rooms like this and if he had seen much more of Mr Harker than Evelyn , his supposed sister , had . |
| 6 | To make sure he asked Mr Litmus if he had seen or heard of a scientist being found coming out of the corridors . |
| 7 | And the body of the Cid was prepared after this manner : first it was embalmed and anointed as the history hath already recounted , and the virtue of the balsam and myrrh was such that the flesh remained firm and fair , having its natural colour , and his countenance as it was wont to be , and the eyes open , and his long beard in order , so that there was not a man who would have thought him dead if he had seen him and not known it . |
| 8 | As I turned back , I regretted not having asked the driver if he had seen our Land Rover . |
| 9 | It would be very interesting to know if he had seen any of their original works in London . |
| 10 | On asking Louis if he had seen my letter he withdrew his pipe from his mouth , his eyes narrowed , and he replied : |
| 11 | The next morning Johanna 's sister , Emma , asked if he had seen her . |
| 12 | When Mr Major learned the result , he acted as if he had seen Chelsea win the Cup rather than his own MPs come so close to humiliating him . |
| 13 | When they returned on Thursday evening , I always asked the Earl if he had seen his grandchildren , William and Harry . |
| 14 | Stella asked John Harbour if he had seen Geoffrey . |
| 15 | as if he had seen it clearly , as in a glass . |
| 16 | ‘ I know , ’ he said , as if he had seen it too . |
| 17 | You are suggesting , tactfully , that he did n't like what he saw ( correct ) , and that if he had seen more , he would perhaps have come round to your way of thinking in these matters ( incorrect ) . |
| 18 | After a mile or two they passed an old farmer and asked him if he had seen Sir Hugo and the hounds . |
| 19 | They were addressed to people like the manager of the Ritz Hotel — asking if he had seen a handbag ‘ she ’ had left during a brief stay . |
| 20 | How would Vitor have reacted if he had seen her ? |
| 21 | ‘ I wonder what the Reverend Henry Solly would have said if he had seen the tremendous progress made by the Union over the past few years . ’ |
| 22 | We came to the Tower as Ralph 's guests for Yuletide , supping as usual at the Golden Mitre in Petty Wales , but when we met Sir Ralph that particular time , he looked as if he had seen a ghost . |
| 23 | ‘ Well , three years ago Whitton was disturbed , agitated , as if he had seen a ghost . |
| 24 | They 'd most likely be asking him if he 'd seen him . |
| 25 | No , not some fanatical carp angler frightened of someone looking in his bait box , but carp that mouthed a bait and spat it out before the angler could strike — if he 'd seen the bite , that is . |
| 26 | He had a microphone in his hand and his eyes were set way back in his head , as if he 'd seen the Lord once too often . |
| 27 | Then I saw a light aircraft orbiting overhead and started waving to it , but he disappeared and I did n't know if he 'd seen me . |
| 28 | All the time he 's writing as if he 'd seen her undressing , but there 's something just a bit more theatrical about the last two . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Then I ran into Matthew and I asked him if he 'd seen his uncle . |
| 30 | It is n't as if he 'd seen all that much of it , really . " |