Example sentences of "if they have [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , it 's not as if they 've erected a Chinese Wall . |
| 2 | ‘ If they 've hurt a single nome , they 'll wish they 'd never been born ! ’ |
| 3 | ‘ If they 've hurt a single nome they 'll wish I 'd never been born , ’ said Masklin . |
| 4 | Paul was saying that I mean , they 're a hundred percent nomination housing the people who need the housing most are are n't the ones who who 'll be able to er , to use the and there 's no housing strategy on on er o o on the equity part , the the there might be , only a tiny bit , on on on the rent side but it does n't homes fo for the people who really need it , even if they 've got a hundred percent nomination flats ! |
| 5 | Tell you what if they 've got a hydraulic jack in there , several people have to buy it off him , the boys will buy it off |
| 6 | That 's actually on all critical illness cover plans , because if they 've got a living assurance , or they 've got some other plan that 's got critical illness benefit , it 's the total maximum that Abbey will insure them for , for critical illness , for heart attacks , stroke etcetera . |
| 7 | Stereolab always look tonight as if they 've got a few more tricks up their sleeve than anyone else around at the moment , and in an age where recycling the past to create a spurious version of the future is the order of the day , they may well prove to be a benchmark of quality for their times . |
| 8 | And if they 've got a large squad , so do we . |
| 9 | But they 're going to be cut out from the two litre bottle range er if they 've got a bad back or these sort of situations . |
| 10 | All returning submarines fly one if they 've had a good patrol . ’ |
| 11 | Cos they 're walking through the area and they 'll if they 've had a few pints , Let's go down Oh we 'll walk through Flats and we 'll smash one or two lights up , smash one or two windows . |
| 12 | If they 've had a few beers , they m they may leave something else behind . |
| 13 | I did ask if they 'd had a nice meal , but Lisabeth just ‘ harrumphed ’ so I dropped the subject and told them instead that I was going to meet Duncan and collect Salome 's car . |
| 14 | that 's what I mean if they 'd had a good whistler he kept instead of her , could n't he ? |
| 15 | Even if they 'd had a formal partnership , which they did n't , it would have made no difference . |
| 16 | ‘ I feel women are pushed out of hospital , just as if they 'd had a minor operation , or a very mild illness . ’ |
| 17 | There was another story about a blind mother , whose son did not return after the battle ; she wept when he did not return , and asked the survivors if they had seen a young and lovely boy lying slain , dressed in delicately embroidered garments of fine silk , and the survivors said No , they had seen no boy , but they had seen a great bearded man dead , and he had worn tied about his waist strange garments , torn and faded and old , which had once been embroidered with flowers . |
| 18 | In the suggested answer , we noted that if they had fitted a multiplicative model , the effect would be very similar . |
| 19 | If they had scored a second it would have been no robbery . ’ |
| 20 | It looked on Saturday as if they had declared a premature end to the season , in any case . |
| 21 | This Act required school boards to pass byelaws to secure attendance ( although pupils older than 10 could be exempted if they had achieved a certain standard of attainment , or a satisfactory record of attendance ) . |
| 22 | Up to 50 per cent of people with heart disease or cancer could probably have prevented or delayed the onset of their illness if they had eaten a better diet or stopped smoking . |
| 23 | The council agreed to object to the pylons , but said if they had to have a preferred option , it would be for the western , or red route . |
| 24 | There are plenty of anglers around who have degrees in science and if they have studied a biological science , they will have covered in detail biochemistry . |
| 25 | a matter will be er that we going to fight er , easily er so I mean i , it meant that the er , that er er some more should be brought out so that it er does er adhere to what er these er er government departments er expect as a response rather than er er as this considered issue raising er , we can er facilitate that er quite er easily but er I think er the the main point is what Hugh has said , that er we opposed it because it 's not going to help in my view it 's not going to help er the patients , the patients are not going to come off any better as a result of er , these er er what I would say and I feel and er the , I I I 'd like to know what er the GP 's think about cos GP 's usually erm er , advise their patients if they have to wait a long time from one hospital , they would advise them to go into London and er , if that 's been stopped as been er that 's been stated erm then erm , er the GP 's are not going to feel very happy about their patients er , getting er erm a lesser service . |
| 26 | Strange as it may seem , some people have more difficulty in handling or expressing warm , loving feelings than negative , angry ones ; or it may feel as if they have to keep a tighter reign on the loving feelings , which they perceive as making them more vulnerable to rejection and disappointment . |
| 27 | Others may experience a light-headed sensation as if they have had a few glasses of wine ; a few fall into a deep sleep ! |