Example sentences of "if [pers pn] did [adv] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was as if I did n't even exist . ’ |
| 2 | if I did n't fucking pass . |
| 3 | I knew of the need for fibre , fresh fruits and vegetables — even if I did n't much like them — and I knew of the dangers of saturated fats and too much salt . |
| 4 | If I did not already have these , I would probably stock a few Congo Tetras to liven up the surface layers , which would also be more in keeping with the African origins of the Synodontis . |
| 5 | Once again , I felt that if I did not somehow sublimate my pain , I should be irretrievably lost . |
| 6 | How could I say that if I did not really believe God was sovereign when something affected me ? |
| 7 | She refused to budge until she 'd got one or two matters in order , and , ignoring the fact that he looked ready to go and hunt up her bag himself if she did n't soon move herself , ‘ Is it all right for you to invite me to Mr and Mrs Hepwood 's home ? ’ she asked for starters , and braved his acid glance that said he 'd hardly be likely to issue an invitation if it was n't . |
| 8 | Oh , well , it would give her two bodyguards if she did n't ever let them out of her sight . |
| 9 | She could read them all , Oxo , Rinso , O-Cedar , and Aero , even if she did n't always understand what they meant . |
| 10 | By birth she was a lioness , born under the ruling sign of Leo and proud of it , even if she did n't really set much store by astrology . |
| 11 | ‘ Will your family still be here ? ’ asked Nina , glancing from Rachel to David and back to Rachel again , a slightly bemused look on her face as if she did n't really understand what was happening between them but wished she did . |
| 12 | She almost ran from the room , as if afraid that her newly found resolve would melt away if she did not immediately put it into practice . |
| 13 | He 's the chairman of TVL , if you did n't already know . ’ |
| 14 | If you did n't all want to go , you know you do n't have to go , but then I could just take maybe ten or fifteen of you , but how many will be interested in going to the one in the summer in this lovely out-door theatre ? |
| 15 | So if you did n't really want to embark on that treatment we again , use the waxing treatment as for the eyebrows , we use ca ho , hot wax on the area that you need , on the chin , on the upper lip . |
| 16 | More likely , once established as a member of the literati and the venerable ‘ June 20th Group ’ , she felt a need to stress her difference from them — as if we did n't already know . |
| 17 | The message of the Rio summit has been ( as if we did n't already know it ) that this is a small and fragile world and where conservation is concerned , everything is everybody 's business and that does n't just apply to the white rhino but to the artistic patrimony as well . |
| 18 | IF WE did n't already have a Vibes single of the week , this would be it . |
| 19 | Furthermore , who would guess , if they did not already happen to know , that the huge sum raised by plants was the achievement and gift of one family – the Crawfords ? |
| 20 | The force with which the judges made their case for Second Empire can be explained by assuming that they felt that if they did not strongly press for this form of building , another , and less welcome style in their eyes , would be adopted . |
| 21 | For example , a person who early on in life formed the assumption that they had to have everybody 's approval in order to be happy , could become depressed if they did not subsequently secure the approval of someone important to them . |
| 22 | In short , teachers are helped to offer all children , as Quinton put it when reporting his and Rutter 's findings ( 1988 ) on the healing effects of teachers on children in even severe adversity , ‘ good school experiences , such as some form of success , accomplishment , sense of self-esteem or just pleasure in school activities ’ , with consequent better adjustment in adult life — even if they did not always seem to have an immediate effect ( ! ) . |
| 23 | His plea was well received by his listeners who , if they did not quite accept his characterisation of the present moment as a ‘ cultural war ’ between the advocates of free expression and individuals he referred to as ‘ know-nothings ’ , nonetheless were happy , even relieved , to have something resembling moral high ground from which to defend themselves in the controversy and even take the battle back to the ‘ enemy ’ . |
| 24 | as if they did n't even want anyone to know they 'd been inside . ’ |
| 25 | There were bed-baths and nurses — nurses who if they did n't yet seem to be bursting out of their brassieres , were certainly stretching their blouses to danger point . |
| 26 | The reticence of the General Council was deliberate for it feared the violence which might ensue if all workers came out and was alarmed at the prospect of mass defections leading to the rapid collapse of the dispute if it did not immediately meet its objectives . |
| 27 | In his view the SFO should adopt a code of conduct enshrining these ideas if it did not already have one . |
| 28 | In this he was mistaken , since state control over industry was considerably reduced once the war was over , even if it did not wholly return to pre-war conditions . |
| 29 | A lackadaisical boy with spots admitted him , and asked what he wanted , as if it did not greatly matter . |
| 30 | He told me this gaily , as if it did not much matter whether I believed it or no . |