Example sentences of "[adv] if " in BNC.

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1 Germaine Meyer was wearing a sky-blue blouse that summer afternoon and Modigliani was immediately arrested by her colouring , a blend of rose and white , and asked her eagerly if he could paint her .
2 It was good policy to apologise , charmingly if possible , for not having brought more suitable clothes .
3 perhaps if integrated schooling were more widespread in the North , more protestant voices would be heard against it , particularly if there was a possibility that a nun or priest might show up as a teacher in such an integrated school .
4 Perhaps if we tried to get things straight in our minds now , it might hurry the enquiry along , ’ Peggy suggested , casually .
5 Perhaps if she had not got pregnant … perhaps they could have pulled it off .
6 Perhaps if the National Front had been excluded , the racism they stand for would have had to be faced up to , ‘ making it worse ’ for those very genteel people in charge of education .
7 Perhaps if I had n't been a fool I would have been the dead girl in the road . ’
8 Perhaps if he had worried less about them , and taken a less self-reproachful line , the outlines of his personality would have softened with the years .
9 But perhaps if I had … ’
10 Perhaps if he had met them after the confidence gained by a successful tour of India in 1976–7 , when his captaincy was much praised , the story might have been different .
11 Nor was he helped by being up against the mighty deeds of the West Indies in his first two series , and perhaps if he had been able to cut his teeth on something less difficult the story might have had a happier turn to it .
12 Perhaps if it had not been for the Shakoor Rana affair the TCCB might have handled this quietly and sensibly by issuing a non-committal statement and letting the fuss die down .
13 Perhaps if we offered to replace Crevecoeur for her …
14 Perhaps if my father had built a formica cocktail bar in the corner of our lounge my mother would still be living with us .
15 Perhaps if everybody had a stake in the business , they would work better , ’ said Robyn .
16 Perhaps if ultimate knowledge is attained it must at once be transformed into a significant death . ’
17 Perhaps if I had allowed myself to be doubtful , I might have understood Mick 's concern about the rules , and his inability to express it without aggressive confrontation .
18 Perhaps if you see anyone not using their sense you could do them , and all other windsurfers , a favour by telling them .
19 Less ambitiously , you might ask your employer to agree to repatriate you , together with your family and possessions , free of charge , if your job ends prematurely for any reason , except perhaps if you have been dismissed for misconduct .
20 Perhaps if a few of our political masters were to read this book , and learn from it , they would recognise the dangers inherent in gambling with our children 's future for ideological gain .
21 Perhaps if the term is replaced by ‘ compensatory ’ or ‘ therapeutic ’ such reading will be considered more sympathetically .
22 Perhaps if he followed one path , he would find a place where they came together ?
23 Never mind , ’ said Breeze valiantly , ‘ perhaps if we 're awfully careful and cheese-paring for the next forty years or so , we may end our days in some sweet little cottage with roses round the door … ’
24 With club rates varying from £50–£90 per hour depending on which part of the country you reside in , it makes economic sense if you can afford it to join a group — or perhaps if a little more of the folding stuff is available , to buy your own small PFA type or microlight .
25 Perhaps if you could learn a little tolerance .
26 Perhaps if it had n't happened so handily by chance , he would have engineered a meeting .
27 Perhaps if I 'd tried one-one-five , or five-five-one … or five-one-one , or five-five-five …
28 Perhaps if you remember them you will forget your maladies . ’
29 Perhaps if he fancied Perdita he saw her as a potential mother-in-law .
30 Twelve pence , she reckoned ; perhaps if I had given ten pence to the beggar this would not have happened .
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