Example sentences of "if we [vb past] [adv] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If we had n't changed record companies , we really would have split up , ’ announces Dunfermline-based Adamson , hailing it as ‘ the best record we 've done — if not ever then certainly since the first two ’ . |
| 2 | If we had not given investors the chance to bid for Ballylumford and taken steps towards privatisation , that vital option would not have been made available to us . |
| 3 | His letter to Mrs Thrale contained more detail , expressed with greater pungency , and it confirms the ‘ Dark Continent ’ feel of his experience : ‘ The Inhabitants , a very coarse tribe , ignorant of any language but earse [ sic ] , gathered so fast about us , that if we had not had Highlanders with us , they might have caused more alarm than pleasure . ’ |
| 4 | The first criterion can be satisfied , of course , without its also being true that even if x ( any other event or condition or set of them ) had also occurred , then if we had not got cc we would not have got e . |
| 5 | If I may anticipate a point which , I know from experience , the hon. Member for Oldham , West ( Mr. Meacher ) may in due course seek to make , those increases mean that , when looked at alongside the extra help that we have made available in the past four years through income-related benefits for the less well-off families with children , which will amount to some £600 million next year , total expenditure on help to families next year will be higher than if we had simply increased child benefit each year since 1987-88 . |
| 6 | And can I tell you , that if we 'd just done Covermaster , somebody could have picked up a point there . |
| 7 | They told us they would kill them if we did n't follow orders . ’ |
| 8 | If we did n't have butchers to do the necessary , we 'd be vegetarians out of sheer ineptitude . |
| 9 | Yes , if we did n't have pupil comment we would miss some absolute pearls like Mr is a lying git ! |
| 10 | This was that if we did n't take part in the inquiry , then it would be easy for the pro-nuclear lobby to accuse us of ignoring democracy , throwing up the chance to have our say , implying that our case was too weak to risk exposure . |
| 11 | ‘ IF WE DID N'T SHOOT FOXES , WITHIN TWO OR THREE YEARS , WE 'D HAVE TO GIVE UP SHEEP FARMING . ’ |
| 12 | If we did n't play music we 'd probably get a baseball team together . |
| 13 | And whilst it pays to take care , where would any of us be if we did not take risks ? ’ |
| 14 | It is entirely based upon the fraudulent suggestion that , if we did not support agriculture , the prices now obtaining in the world at large would be our prices . |