Example sentences of "if [pers pn] [adv] [vb past] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I knew she was n't far offshore , but I did n't know anything about the set of currents off Winter Marsh , and if I just rowed into darkness I might miss her altogether , and be carried anywhere . |
| 2 | I said , " Yes-sir ? " as if I still worked for Hatch & Hodges . |
| 3 | How would it look if I suddenly disappeared for weeks — leaving a gap that other people would have to fill — because my wife 's grandmother is ill on the other side of the world ? ’ |
| 4 | Do n't blame me if you only read about Drayton and Taverham classes . |
| 5 | Classic lighting is ideal for creating atmosphere in traditional-style bedrooms , although if you often read in bed you may need to opt for a more practical design |
| 6 | Vigno , who had served with the 2ème Régiment Étranger de Parachutistes , intimated that if we ever got to Corsica we would be expected to do it in under forty minutes . |
| 7 | If we really fell in love and then never saw one another again , it would take us a long time to get over it and forget . |
| 8 | As for some of these Territorial officers — temporary officers , he labelled them … about as likely to amount to anything if they ever went to war as a commercial traveller or a third rate comedian in a music hall . |
| 9 | But by the time of Charlemagne the majority of warriors were on horseback , though it is not clear if they actually fought from horseback or if they used the horses simply as rapid transport for traditional Frankish foot soldiers . |
| 10 | So letters were unearthly and invaluable , even if they only came from Barclays Bank . |
| 11 | had repercussions for all commandos , for they were strictly uniformed troops , even if they sometimes appeared off enemy coasts under flags of convenience . |
| 12 | On the other hand , I suspected that those concerned with the practical supply of publicly available information to business executives ( whom , after all , the work carried out here was originally intended to help ) would probably not take the trouble to read such a review , if it ever came to fruition , because it would not be practical enough ! |
| 13 | But the Red Army was larger than Western forces in Europe , war could break out ‘ by accident ’ ( through the failure to manage a diplomatic crisis properly ) and a US guarantee — even if it only existed on paper — could provide a major psychological boost to West European morale . |
| 14 | That 's if he ever came near Rose Cottage again . |
| 15 | He 'd sounded as if he really believed in Angelica 's death . |
| 16 | He talked as if he never thought in words and had to invent them to describe the shapeless , bulky concepts in his mind as he went along . |