Example sentences of "if you have [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you had to give a phoney address , could n't you at least have picked something that did n't have a remote basis in reality ? |
| 2 | If you had seen the young girl who was apparently in the bed what would you have done ? |
| 3 | ‘ It would serve you right if you had broken the damn ankle , ’ Travis declared with suppressed violence as he knelt down . |
| 4 | Erm just the same as if you had had a good nights sleep . |
| 5 | In the example invented , you would have been on much safer ground if you had written a precise account , as follows . |
| 6 | If you had written a full answer to each question , how could you have rearranged the word order to draw attention to the most important word or words ? |
| 7 | If you had knitted the ribbed welt , it might have knitted 300 rows in the same amount of time . |
| 8 | ‘ If you can take Paul Jones , you will be as high in the estimation of the public as if you had beat the Combined [ i.e. French and Spanish ] Fleets . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ If you 've made a new life for yourself , what are you doing here ? ’ she challenged . |
| 10 | ‘ It sounds as if you 've made a promising start . |
| 11 | Dick does n't follow him in fact he thinks the bloke is trying to get off with him which is a bit of a laugh if you 've seen the Indian women , until the Indian runs off and fetches Miguel who 's one of the guides . |
| 12 | ‘ There was a lack of a shared view about what the health service 's purpose was , and yet without that how can you know if you 've done a good or a bad job ? |
| 13 | but if you think about it , if you 've done a good job , you 've done a good presentation , done a good fact find and they buy , then they should be very happy at that moment in time and er it was stupid because that is the right time to actually ask |
| 14 | If you 've done a diagonal . |
| 15 | If you 've written a fun game and want to make your fortune , sling the tape and rob a bank ! |
| 16 | if you 've had a good innings . |
| 17 | If you 've had a horrifying experience with some visitors that you 've invited , then let me know . |
| 18 | Do n't be tempted to lie in and snooze if you 've had a bad night . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm sorry if you 've had a wasted journey , Charlie . ’ |
| 20 | Although bargaining is often very tough you 've always got a better chance if you know with whom you are dealing — it helps if you 've had the odd meal or drink together or a game of squash . |
| 21 | Erm I wonder if you 've remembered the short cut of this . |
| 22 | You keep the line dressed and straight behind the float and a certain tension at the point where the float tip protrudes from the surface so that the slightest movement of your wrist just lifts the float fractionally without interfering with its progress downstream and you watch it lift slightly and settle and feel in your bones — if you 've executed the hold-back right — that it will surely sink to a fish before travelling another inch . |
| 23 | ‘ I shall be extremely gritty if you 've pinched a single one of my precious bottles . |
| 24 | If you have any view If you 've read the front page of the Daily Mirror today , and if you are as angry about it as me , I 'd be interested in hearing for you . |
| 25 | If you 've bought the basic Steama as a wallpaper stripper , an attachment kit costs around £26 . |
| 26 | If you 've skippered a small yacht on an open sea passage before and you can navigate , then you may sail any of our yachts independently within a wider area — from Corfu to Zante , and up the Gulf of Patras in the Ionian , or in any of the three gulfs in Turkey . |
| 27 | How do you spell preparatory school , if you 've got a prep school and it cou |
| 28 | ‘ It seems to me , ’ he continued , ‘ if you 've got a personal contact like this , knowing the family background and all that , you 'd be crazy not to see this girl . ’ |
| 29 | Erm so if you 've got a judging person and they 're having a party , then they will , they will organize it a fortnight in advance . |
| 30 | Training a bird of prey is definitely not recommended if you 've got a weak stomach and a house-proud mother ! |