Example sentences of "if [pron] [vb past] to a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dr Greene would only permit Faye to be at home if she kept to a stricter schedule of bed-rest . |
| 2 | Rumour had it that if you went to a Norman Mailer party , you 'd see people smoking marijuana , covertly passing around a joint behind the bushes at the bottom of the garden . |
| 3 | ‘ If you went to a residential symposium with murder in mind , you 'd expect to come across some suitable weapon , whether it was a heavy saucepan or a carving knife . |
| 4 | One of the things about when you are old and move to a residential home I think one of the important things is that you want to go and live close to your loved ones , if you have any , and it does just worry me that if you happen to be a person who is resident in and your loved ones live in , under these terms if you went to a residential home in you would n't qualify for the higher rate and that seems to me to be wrong . |
| 5 | Erm the advantage that schools has er have sorry , over the other products , is that if you went to a medical practice you may have four or five doctors to help you out . |
| 6 | Once it was dark our spirits were again surprisingly high ; we all felt as if we belonged to a large family . |
| 7 | The external version of the theory holds that the ‘ market value ’ of top managers ( which takes account of the salary they could command if they moved to a different employer ) will increase where they are associated with a successful company and therefore that directors will do all they can to boost profitability . |
| 8 | I like to feel that if it came to a stand-up fight I would have a good chance of victory and escape . |
| 9 | If it came to a straight choice between a dolphin and Henry ( and in Henry 's view things had already got that serious ) he would go for Henry every time . |
| 10 | If it came to a straight cash contest , Blackburn can leave the rest standing . |
| 11 | I did not know whom I might meet there , and cramped as I as I did not fancy my chances at running away if it came to a straight chase on a hard surface . |
| 12 | But if it came to a pitched battle , the phalanx of heavily armed , well-mounted knights was a very formidable weapon . |
| 13 | In King Ine 's laws the smith was rated as the equal of the reeve and a child 's nurse , who , being servants , could be taken with a gesithcund man if he moved to a different area ( ibid. p. 104 ) . |