Example sentences of "[conj] if [pers pn] [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | but where if they sold little packets of sweets |
| 2 | It asked the troops whether they had ever been linked to a group who aimed to overthrow the authority of the State , or if they had any family members , friends or associates connected with such organisations . |
| 3 | Similar questions were asked about involvement in narcotics or whether they had any criminal record , or if they had any reason to suspect they could become vulnerable to coercion or blackmail . |
| 4 | I lay there with absolutely no idea what I would be doing the following day or if I stood any chance of being selected by the Legion . |
| 5 | If the Minister had bothered to listen to the submissions made to him or if he cared one iota for the industry , he would know that the figures come from the farmers . |
| 6 | It may be necessary to enquire how far her lust was excited , or if she experienced any enjoyment . |
| 7 | It is unreasonable to expect them to tackle problems through their consultants , although if they had independent supervisors this might be possible . |
| 8 | Now I 've always taken that to mean that if they had big faith , they would have been alright . |
| 9 | Witnesses were warned that if they gave false evidence they would suffer the same verdict as that given to the accused ( Mark 14:56–7 ; Matt. |
| 10 | He was sure that if we checked enough pubs we were bound to find her . |
| 11 | It was felt that if we had that information available that it might be worthwhile exercise to carry out some analysis of erm time was given or |
| 12 | The underlying fear was that if we accepted any connection we would be back to the world of incomes policy . |
| 13 | He is quite decided that it is important that we all go to the one service although I feel that if we covered both services then we would not miss out on anything . |
| 14 | They did n't quite tell us that we 'd never had it so good , but the impression they gave was that if we trusted Honest John and Uncle Norman to look after the nation 's piggy bank , all would be well . |
| 15 | And the theory was that if you served thirty years in the Ce Central African police , you 'd be given a section of land in what later became Rhodesia . |
| 16 | ‘ You know you could stop that if you 'd any self-control , ’ said Bob , noticing my state . |
| 17 | ‘ The collection was so comprehensive , so beautifully put together ’ , says Richardson , ‘ that if you subtracted one drawing , the totality would suffer . |
| 18 | Yeah that would , that If you brought proper weed |
| 19 | At the moment he seems to be veering towards the idea that if you did more good than bad during your life you go straight to Heaven , an arrangement which at least processes the merit of simplicity ; the rest sounds like something dreamt up by a vindictive bureaucrat on acid while closely inspecting something Hieronymus Bosch painted on one of his bleak but imaginative days . |
| 20 | ( Do you fantasise that if you lost two stone , you would suddenly be happy , self-confident , popular and successful ? |
| 21 | I had an idea that if I dropped this diaper when we unloaded our bombs , it might help some mother . |
| 22 | ‘ Well , all right , so I thought the decision was surprising , but I 'd long since realized that if I allowed that sort of thing to keep me awake at night I was going to be a chronic insomniac . |
| 23 | ‘ Political in the sense that if I threw this glass of water over you in an interview , that would be a political act . |
| 24 | He told me that if I bought this land at five pounds a dunum , he and his friend would buy it from me at twenty-five a dunum . |
| 25 | I asked him not to say any more to me , since at that time I represented the Labour Party and felt it quite possible that if he brought any action I would be called upon to act for them . |
| 26 | Making sure that Ryan was already inside , they entered , sat near him , and began a general chat about land , A saying to B , in a casual roundabout fashion , that if he had any land going in Norfolk to unload it quickly because the councils were clamping down on building regulations and that land in future was to be used for agricultural purposes only . ’ |
| 27 | His mother came , but she did not take him away , and his Uncle Charlie told him that if he wrote another letter like that he would get a thrashing , so he stayed and coped . |
| 28 | We got transferred to another old council house , it was very damp , but it was a new start , and I decided that if he wanted some responsibility , OK the tenancy could be in his name . |
| 29 | " Mrs Plant , " Timothy said quite softly , and Mr Plant whispered that if he issued another sound he would thump him to a pulp . |
| 30 | With the law as it is there may be some men who would prefer an adult partner , but who at present turn their attention to boys because they consider that this course is less likely to lay them open to prosecution or to blackmail than if they sought other adults as their partners . |