Example sentences of "if [pron] [vb past] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | What if I got rid of the clothes and kept her stuff till we 're ready to do a boot sale with it . |
| 2 | Cutting that over the numbers had me down and stopped well before the first intersection , a distance of around 400 metres , and I could have done much better if I 'd heaved on the brakes , which are single Goodyear discs with excellent stopping power . |
| 3 | But I lied about the afternoon and I was worried when you wanted to keep the betting slips because you probably know that one of the horses won and I would have won quite a lot of money if I 'd stayed in the betting shop . |
| 4 | You know if I 'd gone on the I said hello look here 's a mad man |
| 5 | If I 'd gone to the rank inside , it would have been the railway police 's case . |
| 6 | I had also agreed to load up out of sight , though within easy walking distance , of villages — it would be as as if I had gone into the villages for supplies , but this way meant that I would n't attract anyone 's attention . |
| 7 | What use would it have been if I had gone into the lounge without something like that ? |
| 8 | If I had to choose between the two , I could live without performing but not without song writing . |
| 9 | If I had landed on the ski-track , which was hard-packed and icy , I 'd have probably broken my neck , but I seemed to swerve off centre and thus landed in a soft snow-bank and lay panting , stunned and breathless , for a few minutes . |
| 10 | If I had stayed on the pitch who knows what might have happened . |
| 11 | During the fifties ignorance about Black people was rife : I remember being asked on many occasions , as a child , if I had lived in the jungle , if my parents ate cat food or even people . |
| 12 | I knew that if I had to drive to the park or into the country first , then the walking would never get done except at weekends . |
| 13 | I mean if I 'd have if I 'd have , if I had come to the last one |
| 14 | If I wanted to point at the put directory . |
| 15 | The interest of the BBC 's Heart of the Matter was triggered by Newsnight and that , in turn , caught the attention of a researcher on Wogan , Mandy Nixon , who asked if I wanted to appear on the programme . |
| 16 | I invariably sat at the back of the class for reasons not unconnected with gang warfare , and if I needed to glance at the blackboard there was always someone to show me roughly where it was . |
| 17 | I invariably sat at the back of the class for reasons not unconnected with gang warfare , and if I needed to glance at the blackboard there was always someone to show me roughly where it was . |
| 18 | When I was due to arrive in Tasmania to stay with a geologist colleague , Penny Green , you can imagine that I was n't too displeased when I was asked if I minded going on the odd fishing trip as the whole family was ’ into ’ it ! |
| 19 | The room seemed to have gone dark , as if someone had turned off the lights , and she wondered if she might be going to faint . |
| 20 | If she 'd jumped into the water she 'd have made a splash . ’ |
| 21 | If she 'd confessed at the beginning it would n't have been so bad , but how could she tell them now ? |
| 22 | ‘ If she 'd stuck to the patterns , ’ said my mother , ‘ there 'd have been no need , but Cynthia had to fiddle with them . ’ |
| 23 | If she felt hurt at the realisation that his affectionate gestures had been no more than a front — well , it could only be because her ego was wounded . |
| 24 | Breeze partook of this refreshment wondering if she had stepped into the pages of Cranford . |
| 25 | ‘ I wondered if she had gone through the same situation and if she had got into the car . ’ |
| 26 | I wondered if she had gone through the same situation and if she had got into the car . |
| 27 | He had assumed , discriminated , made her feel as if she had to apologise for the way she lived her life , when he knew nothing , nothing of her circumstances or her reasons . |
| 28 | He was a sensible and capable boy , an eldest child , so he moved closer , trying not to breathe , and stood steadfastly looking until he was confident of what he had seen : a body , must be a girl because it was wearing a skirt , lying face down , head towards the bottom of the embankment as if she had dived off the top . |
| 29 | The letter asked Diana if she had co-operated with the author . |
| 30 | But the notion , once born , firmly took root , refusing to let her settle , and as she wandered aimlessly about the living-room she realised she 'd soon be in danger of going stir-crazy if she had to look at the same four walls much longer . |