Example sentences of "if [pers pn] have had the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ If I 'd had the sense to be frank with her last March , maybe I could have done that . |
2 | The twins , both 22 , though Kevin is 11 minutes older , pulled no punches in the welterweight bout and Steve tells Associated Press : ‘ If I 'd had the chance , I 'd have knocked him out . ’ |
3 | She was reported as seeing it as a serious matter and thought the fine by the court was not enough : ‘ I 'd have chopped his hand off if I 'd had the chance ’ . |
4 | If I 'd had the chance , I would have finished what I 'd begun . ’ |
5 | It was the sort of thing I 'd have done I suppose if I 'd had the chance . |
6 | ‘ I sure would have , if I 'd had the chance . |
7 | I mean if I 'd had the money |
8 | It got a roar of appreciation which I can still hear , and afterwards Stephen Sondheim came over to ask me if I 'd had the dress made to go with the remark . |
9 | The man checks my gun as if I 'd had the time and opportunity to fix the outcome , and then rather begrudgingly hands over a very full pair of red fake fur lips . |
10 | Bits of Meccano lay around waiting to be pilfered if I 'd had the courage . |
11 | ‘ When I bought this house and insisted she move in with me she took the path of least resistance and agreed , although even then if I 'd had the wits to see them all the signs were there that although she relished my role as provider she cared very little for me as a person . ’ |
12 | When he is sentenced to gaol he pleads in mitigation that he ‘ might have been a better citizen if I 'd had the levels ’ , to a Judge who did n't understand what he was saying , and of course the last page sees him studying for ‘ the levels ’ in prison . |
13 | I would have done it if I had had the chance , but somebody got there first . |
14 | If I had had the baby , I would never have been able to pick up my career again . ’ |
15 | I must repeat , however , that , if I had had the information in the form in which it was requested , I would have given it . |
16 | As she approached the back entrance to the place , Cleo reflected that , even if she 'd had the money , she would never want to live in a building like this . |
17 | Now if she 'd had the voice of the little dumpy one they all took the mickey out of , Lemon , as they called her , he just might have put the question to her . |
18 | If she 'd had the abortion it would have given us time to do that sort of thing . |
19 | If she 'd had the power at that moment she would have reached out and crushed him into the carpet . |
20 | If you 've had the courage and tenacity to run through them all , you 'll have a good grasp of how to set up Windows and its groups and icons , how to manipulate windows ( resizing , closing and so on ) , how to use the File Manager , and much more . |
21 | Why would you need to write it if you 'd had the journey ? |
22 | You could have heard it all , if you 'd had the ears . |
23 | Annabelle 's family have owned their furniture shop for over 100 years and it is easy to see why they are a success if you have had the privilege of actually working for them , as I have . |
24 | If we 'd had the confidence and belief in our finishing that we had in our general play , we would have been 2–0 up at half-time . ’ |
25 | No , I mean , it would have been fantastic if they 'd had the cash to just get on would n't it ? |
26 | I meant to ask if they 'd had the go-karts nicked and I forgot . |
27 | No : the revolution would have come , if it was to come at all , only if the resources available to the forces for change , the unions , had been enough to enable them to seize and hold the means of production , and if they had had the will to employ those resources ; not as a thief in the night but in a scene of anarchy and dreadful confusion of which the French Revolution would have given but a faint anticipation . |
28 | They lived at a low level of amenity for , even if they had had the wealth and knowledge to run a specialized judiciary or a hospital service , they resisted the organizational and constitutional consequences of such institutions . |
29 | Yet great as his gifts were to us , they would surely have been even greater if he had had the knowledge we now possess and especially the translations of the poets and mystics of the orient . |
30 | He knew that if he had had the courage he would have vowed then and there never to go back , but such courage was not his yet , but was it so bad for a man who could make no sense of how he had come to be where he was to rest his fate on the unknown course of an eagle 's life ? |