Example sentences of "if he [vb past] [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Practice partner Jack Nicklaus also had an ignominious start , and even Norman himself had contemplated whether he might sue the Royal & Ancient if he injured himself in the dune grass . |
| 2 | Eventually MacPhie found he could break the spell of the magic thread if he cut it with the woman 's magic hatchet . |
| 3 | If he surpassed himself with a full-scale mock-up of the ceiling for the Salla Romana with a snake-pit of interwoven flowers and exuberant garlands , he could be sure that a cursory glance by Ceauşescu would be followed by the demand , ‘ More flowers , more gold leaf . ’ |
| 4 | So James had good reason not to trust a local market in tobacco , and to believe that he would do better if he kept it as a commodity to be imported and to pay duty accordingly , mainly at London and Bristol . |
| 5 | He said this kindly , as if he meant it as a tip she could use on her next date — which obviously was not going to be with him . |
| 6 | Whereas if he raised it through a levy on Copts that would be wildly popular with everyone else . |
| 7 | If he left you in the lurch when you needed him most . ’ |
| 8 | Not if he arranged it at the most awkward time of the year ? a little voice rejoined . |
| 9 | They prepared Cameron for his appearance in the High Court of Justiciary by one final interview , a dry recapitulation of what had been said before , with the slightest of hints that it would go well for him if he divulged something about the United Scotsmen , who evidently still preyed on their minds . |
| 10 | He says he felt as if he knew her from a previous life — of course he did . |
| 11 | As the evening wore on , he asked Derek if he knew anything about the Ulster Defence Association or anybody in it . |
| 12 | " If he wanted something in the house and I did n't have it he 'd say , " What did you do with all the money ? " |
| 13 | He remembered writing of Paula 's death , — of how he could not live without knowing the truth , and how , if he gave himself into the hands of the great Whale , he knew that he would be reunited with her in death . |
| 14 | The scene of crime officer kept looking at him , as if he found him in the way but did not know how to say so . |
| 15 | ‘ Mac , ’ as of course he was known , would promise to bring down the wrath of almighty God on them if he found them in the Trocadero , Elephant and Castle , when they should be ‘ capable of , and available for work , ’ as one had to be in those days . |
| 16 | For , if he used her as a model , she used him as good copy . |
| 17 | He was told that , if he behaved himself in the segregation block where he was being held , he would be allowed to make a call to his father who was seriously ill . |
| 18 | If he hit it into the wall … at least it took someone out : - ) , and with the power he got behind it … when it was on target it was in . |
| 19 | Mrs Roberts advised her to mend her temper before her daddy came home , and asked what Parr would think if he caught her like a toddler in a tantrum . |
| 20 | But within twenty-four hours I told Ted that his only chance of carrying on as Leader was if he submitted himself to an early election through the 1922 Committee . |