Example sentences of "if they [vb past] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If they chose to quarrel at the tops of their voices , that was their business . |
| 2 | Commentators claimed that the UN would implement its threat of economic sanctions against the Khmers Rouges if they failed to comply with the deadline . |
| 3 | Catholic civil servants usually had to abandon any practical political project if they wished to proceed through the ranks . |
| 4 | At least if they kept going towards the sunset they were going away from the Ridgery and would arrive somewhere . |
| 5 | By formally merging , companies could continue their old practices within the merged company and take their chance if they got investigated by the MMC . |
| 6 | In the end Leeds could have had 4–5 … if they 'd scored in the first half it could have been 10 ! ! |
| 7 | If they 'd settled at the beginning we would n't have had to go through this battle . |
| 8 | She began to be uncertain whether she would be able to recognise him ; she tried out her set of mental snapshots , but they were dim and amorphous , as if they 'd rubbed in the wallet of her fantasy for too long . |
| 9 | If they 'd listened to the warnings years ago perhaps Gemma would be alive today . ’ |
| 10 | Then , as if they 'd recovered from the surprise , they began to laugh , snorting and giggling in delight at the water being thrown at them , like two children playing a game . |
| 11 | The 18th-century mountain traveller John Macculloch described Sutherlands as containing ‘ mountains which seem as if they had tumbled from the clouds , having nothing to do with the country or each other . ’ |
| 12 | The Parliamentary majority in favour of including women was still small and as Martin Pugh has commented , ‘ when one remembers that the 1918 Act actually enfranchised boys of nineteen if they had served in the forces , the limit on women [ to those of thirty years of age or over ] was almost an insult ’ . |
| 13 | However , if they had lived with the deceased , an unmarried partner 's children from a previous marriage or relationship might be able to prove they were dependent and obtain provision from the estate . |
| 14 | The governors of royal colonies , appointed by the king , were expected to maintain a rather dignified and aloof attitude and it was thought that they might find it hard to do this if they had lived in the colony as subordinates or as private citizens in the past . |
| 15 | If they had stayed in the flat … |
| 16 | I found nothing ; it was as if they had vanished at the end of the revolution . |
| 17 | If they had stuck to the plan instead of … ah ! forget them . ’ |
| 18 | It could have been a dire result if they had got into the surf . |
| 19 | He and Whelan would have had a better chance if they had come along the floor more often , even despite the permanent ten-man claret and blue wall . |
| 20 | as if they had known to the minute the time of Rachaela 's arrival . |
| 21 | If they had climbed down the side of the escarpment he had no doubt that she would not have made it . |
| 22 | On Feb. 16 the Serbian LC further demanded that what it termed " illegal immigrants " from Albania should be repatriated , and that those who had been granted Yugoslavian citizenship should be stripped of their rights if they had acted against the constitutional order . |
| 23 | It was as well that I was unable to visit the Aran Isles , for if they had changed since the 1930s my disappointment might have been too great to bear . |
| 24 | Kathleen had several times suppressed the thought that if they had telephoned to the doctor half a day earlier , Faith might . |
| 25 | At best we might get material from which a more or less dubious inference might be drawn as to what the promoters intended or would have intended if they had thought about the matter , and it would , I think , generally be dangerous to attach weight to what some other members of either House may have said . |
| 26 | In fact Major Wiseman 's letter preserves an inaccurate memory — not surprising after so long — of the actual circumstances , for it conflates the events of twelve days and relates them as if they had happened on the same night . |
| 27 | The paper went on the say that such a move would at least give the people who came into the city centre greater reassurance , even if they had to pay for the privilege . |
| 28 | He had raised his glass civilly enough in recognition of Vernon 's presence whenever their eyes had met across the floral displays , and he had always been very effusive if they chanced to meet in the queue for the cloakroom or on the pavement outside the State Restaurant , but he had held his distance in mixed company , had never introduced him , for instance , to Mrs Harcourt . |
| 29 | Do n't pretend it was all the other driver 's fault , even if they did crash into the back of you , or were driving recklessly . |
| 30 | And if they wanted to go against the wind , they had men , and they had oars . |