Example sentences of "if he [verb] [adv] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Making two shots at it before he could manage the switch , he wondered if he 'd better not drink any more . |
| 2 | ‘ Marrying is n't wrong — what if he does n't ever speak to her again ? |
| 3 | if he does n't really see that much of his mother |
| 4 | Essentially is a man of peace , even if he does n't always give that appearance . |
| 5 | ‘ The man will be a fool if he does not immediately fall in love with you . ’ |
| 6 | In the same way , a thoughtless parent who informs his or her child that he is ‘ stupid ’ will often be responsible for producing an adult who , even if he does not honestly believe in his heart of hearts that he is stupid , certainly does not have any real faith in his own ability . |
| 7 | If he does not so agree , then the Precedents in Chapters 3 and 4 are appropriate , and it is up to the wife to make a further conveyance or deed of gift once the property is vested in herself alone . |
| 8 | This point emerged in a 1986 case in which the High Court accepted that a person seeking a job relies on the accuracy of a reference about his character and capabilities even if he does not actually ask for it himself . |
| 9 | As usual on such occasions , Molyneaux looked a little embarrassed and out of place , as if he did not particularly relish the ‘ glad-handing ’ of strangers . |
| 10 | It was as if he did not even feel it , for there was no response . |
| 11 | In June , with eleven months still to go , he was told by his doctor that his state of nervous exhaustion was such that if he did not immediately take a week 's rest at Chequers ( which with Parliament sitting inevitably involved a public announcement ) he would not survive without collapse until the end of July . |
| 12 | Mountbatten , as Chief of Defence Staff , welcomed the idea , if he did not actually sow it in the Prime Minister 's mind in the first place . |
| 13 | If he did not initially envisage independence for black Africa , it is difficult to believe that he did envisage it for the départements of French Algeria . |
| 14 | How could he pursue her further if he did n't even know her name ? |
| 15 | She was more rueful than ever , so that Charles stopped dancing and if he did n't quite haul her off the dance floor , he was rather brusque . |
| 16 | He is ‘ a gentleman with a rather perplexed expression of face , and with very grey hair disordered on his head , as if he did n't quite see his way to putting anything straight ’ , but kind and honest . |
| 17 | She meant he might at least have promised to have a go at shaking the devils out , even if he did n't quite believe in them ; he might at least have tried . |
| 18 | Mr Hobbs said ‘ your husband ’ as if he did n't much like Richard , and for some reason this pleased me . |
| 19 | If he did n't constantly barge in on her thoughts and drive everything else out of her head , she would n't be having any of these problems . |
| 20 | But Ken had friends a-plenty , even if he did n't always recognize them as such . |
| 21 | ‘ But you were Mr Russell 's only child , my dear , and you must not doubt that he loved you , even if he did n't always make it perfectly apparent . ’ |
| 22 | Nobody could deny Mr Gummer this small triumph , but he might make more friends if he did n't always insist on making such a meal of it . |
| 23 | ( Once a 14-year-old son of a friend asked him if he did n't ever get nervous building lighthouses with the sea pounding ferociously on the rocks below him . |
| 24 | It was as if he did n't actually want to go near the scene of the crime and I could n't blame him . |