Example sentences of "[adj] if [pers pn] [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But you 'd be wrong if you met six men who live and work on Teesside . |
| 2 | Thankful that , though her ankle was still painful if she put any weight on it , her foot was n't swollen , Luce put on a pair of yellow flat-heeled sandals and , unable to contain her impatience a moment longer , picked up the crutch and headed down the corridor . |
| 3 | But we would be even more foolish if we imagined that modernity is neutral territory : it is enemy territory — as the world , for Christians , has always been . |
| 4 | The buzz , the uninhibited , excited talking , yes , uninhibited talking , in a district where you were made to feel peculiar if you allowed any expression to cross your face in the street , died as the lights slowly faded . |
| 5 | I VISITED the top secret Battle of the Atlantic command centre in Rumford Street and was very impressed , but I feel it would be even more interesting if they had dummy figures dressed in naval and wrens ' uniforms and placed in their respective positions . |
| 6 | The back bends could be more versatile if they had flatter carvers , with more radius in the stem . |
| 7 | Yes but then you see , in the ol in the old days Gordon , I mean , you we you were very fortunate if you got three meals a day and i and whatever you got you were glad of and used to eat it all . |
| 8 | In contrast , at Verdun a casualty — even once picked up — could reckon himself highly fortunate if he received any treatment within twenty-four hours . |
| 9 | She wondered if you would mind very much if they came another time . |
| 10 | In my view the jugular podge would n't show up so much if he had longer hair , but he never gives that coarse mousy matting of his any Lebensraum . |
| 11 | It might be a bit awkward if you it might be highly reactive if you dropped molten metal onto it . |
| 12 | ‘ I thought it might be pleasant if we had some music . ’ |
| 13 | If the accused seriously harms an arresting officer , without " maliciously " he would be guilty if he foresaw any harm at all . |
| 14 | However , I 'd be dishonest if I pretended that life would suddenly become rosy again . |
| 15 | The growth of the ‘ displacement ’ model would be understandable if it resolved individual difficulties or reduced the general incidence of difficulty . |
| 16 | In rural areas UNIP was alleged to have exploited traditional structures and beliefs ; headmen were said to have threatened to expel villagers who supported the MMD , and ritual leaders apparently told villagers in some areas that they would become sick if they attended MMD rallies . |
| 17 | Of course he 'd be happier if he had two legs , so would she , so would everyone , but he 'd rather live with one leg than not live at all . |
| 18 | I really think he 'd be happier if he wore starched collars . |
| 19 | Would it not be helpful if we used existing machinery more effectively ? |
| 20 | ‘ I thought perhaps things would be better if we had some time away from each other , so I agreed , even though it meant her taking time off from school before the end of term . |
| 21 | All the same , it was obviously better if they avoided each other completely . |
| 22 | It would be better if they had full barriers , not this system , ’ added Mrs Davis . |
| 23 | ‘ My Lady , ’ Cranston retorted , ‘ I would feel better — ’ he raised his voice to a bellow' — I would feel better if I got some custom , and the attention due to a King 's officer ! ’ |
| 24 | He had hidden it , thinking it would come in useful if he persuaded any girls to go away for the weekend with him . |
| 25 | It would be terrible if you lost this opportunity . |
| 26 | Watching the traffic and the rain swallow up the departing taxi , the Captain wondered how the man stayed so thin if he ate that way every day . |
| 27 | Now that allowance would be nice if it bore some relationship to what was allowed in the estimated er , figures . |
| 28 | ‘ Ooh , lovely , ’ she said , ‘ but it 'd be nice if you stripped that door . ’ |
| 29 | They feared that if there was another depression the unions would be left defenceless if they abandoned traditional practices which preserved jobs in the short term . |
| 30 | Thus new furniture would be defective if it contained live woodworm even though the presence of the woodworm posed no threat of personal injury . |