Example sentences of "if it [vb past] [verb] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It did well enough , though might have done better if it had covered less ground ; also , in the four years that had elapsed since gathering material for it , public interest in the world role that Americans had taken up in the Kennedy years had largely evaporated . |
| 2 | I think that it would place great strain not only on the Comptroller and Auditor General and his staff but on the budget of the Public Accounts Commission itself if it had to authorise such expenditure . |
| 3 | It was a black and white picture , superficially scratched , and curling at the edges , as if it had received much handling . |
| 4 | A flicker of rebellion stole into her mind and , as if it had needed that impetus , one clear thought struggled free . |
| 5 | But the east Belfast based group vowed the show would go ahead — even if it did take some time . |