Example sentences of "if he [verb] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he plans to meet a delegation of members of the campaign for Clydeside against pollution . |
| 2 | The priest could n't have looked more relieved if he had completed a mission to those that dwell in the waters that are below the earth . |
| 3 | If he had persevered a bit more , he might have found a landlady whose idea of cooking extended beyond steak-and-kidney pudding and spotted Dick . |
| 4 | Where the beneficiary 's interest comes to an end to any extent or is in any way disposed of during his lifetime , then unless he becomes at the same time beneficially entitled to the property in which the interest subsisted or to another interest in possession in it CTT is to be charged as if he had made a transfer ( Continued on page 129 ) of value at that time and the value transferred had been equal to the value of the property in which the interest subsisted . |
| 5 | The shock Nenna felt was as great as if he had made a mistake with the steering . |
| 6 | ‘ Appen he wants to get his hands on the money from your dad 's books , ’ said Bill Clough , looking around him with eager interest , as if he had made a discovery . |
| 7 | ‘ You mean — ’ Paul felt as if he had received a blow in the stomach . |
| 8 | ‘ The accident might have been avoided if he had adopted an approach which enabled him to keep the crane in sight . |
| 9 | I got the impression that he was frightened , as if he had seen a ghost . |
| 10 | We came to the Tower as Ralph 's guests for Yuletide , supping as usual at the Golden Mitre in Petty Wales , but when we met Sir Ralph that particular time , he looked as if he had seen a ghost . |
| 11 | ‘ Well , three years ago Whitton was disturbed , agitated , as if he had seen a ghost . |
| 12 | They were addressed to people like the manager of the Ritz Hotel — asking if he had seen a handbag ‘ she ’ had left during a brief stay . |
| 13 | It was as if he had conceived a latterday , visual version of the sonnet or the haiku . |
| 14 | Again , if a dog-owner deliberately sets his dog on a peaceable citizen he is guilty of assault and battery in the ordinary way just as if he had flung a stone or hit him with a cudgel . |
| 15 | It was as if he had touched a nerve , sending tiny shock waves running through her . |
| 16 | That was reassuring in itself — the Irishman had a highly sensitive nose for coppers ; he would n't have touched the coins if he had caught a whiff of police involvement . |
| 17 | Even if he had committed a murder the previous week , he would not betray that fact under hypnosis if he did not wish to ! |
| 18 | Termination of the agreement by the HP finance company if the consumer stopped paying was allowed only if he had disregarded a default notice allowing him at least a week to pay up . |
| 19 | Even in anger , it was rich and deep — with a tone of natural authority that made the policeman behind her tense involuntarily , as if he had to fight an urge to stand to attention . |
| 20 | If he had included a title such as My letter-rack then the identity of it would become clear . |
| 21 | An expert would be sure to be paid only if he had included a provision in his agreement with the parties that they would pay his fees even if the reference turned out to be invalid for this or whatever reason . |
| 22 | He got off the mark with an uppish straight drive for four , which might have given a less myopic bowler than Malcolm a return catch , and in Malcolm 's next over , he attempted a square slash which , if he had got an edge , might have prevented him ever setting foot in India again . |
| 23 | In all the intervening years Chant had wondered if he had attempted a second summoning alone , and been the voiders ' victim . |
| 24 | He had just given her a triumph and had got no more reaction than if he had held a door open for her . |
| 25 | If he had held a door open for a Viennese woman she would have charmed him . |
| 26 | She felt tired and cold from all her walking , her shoes badly worn , and without thinking she asked the landlady if he had left a note for her . |
| 27 | ‘ He would have spent a lot less time on the mountain if he had left a note in his car saying where he was going and when he was due to return . ’ |
| 28 | Dustin refused , not only because he had not seen the very different Warner , which the director had , but he justifiably felt he had to find his own direction , even if he had to make a number of detours on the way . |
| 29 | If he had put a second £100 into the FT-SE index each time he bought from the state , the resulting shares would now be worth only a little over a third more than he paid . |
| 30 | It was as if he had spoken a line from the wrong play . |