Example sentences of "if she [vb past] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She knew she was violating her bail conditions by being in the Rollercoaster but she also knew she would be perfectly safe if she kept a low profile . |
| 2 | The villagers often joked that if she met a German tank on the road to Berkeley , she would order it off the road and pass on as if nothing had happened . |
| 3 | And if she took a sudden dislike to a client , or observed one member behaving badly to another , her command , ‘ Out , cunt ! ’ , sent them packing . |
| 4 | My Jamaican friend , if she saw a coloured girl being beaten , she would run to help her . |
| 5 | The threat of exposure hanging over her , so close that she had dwelled since — since when ? — as if she inhabited a thick cloud of suffocating fog . |
| 6 | She wondered if she would lose her job if she tossed a sodden plaster bandage right at his grinning mouth . |
| 7 | In l979 , the then underground paper SoHo News offered to publish her work if she got a proper camera . |
| 8 | Not that Loretta had yet come up with an excuse to contact Mrs Grant , even if she acquired a proper address , but that problem could wait until after she spoke to Bridget . |
| 9 | What if she made a complete fool of herself and let Ricky down ? |
| 10 | If she made a genuine offer to return which he rejected , she would have been entitled to maintenance from him . |
| 11 | With Puddephat 's disappearance in the news , it would not seem odd if she made a casual reference to it over dinner . |
| 12 | His mother spoke as if she believed an unnatural weight of learning had fallen on her son 's head and knocked him into madness . |
| 13 | Asked if she anticipated a hung parliament she smiled . |
| 14 | If , for example , a patient expressed the wish that the doctor kill her if she reached a particular point of mental and physical deterioration , or if the request was that she be left to die when she was not terminally ill , then the doctor would be legally obliged to ignore the request . |
| 15 | It was as if she had a hot line to the Devil . |
| 16 | So had every other beautiful girl , of course ; but Jane Ashton was now not only the first beautiful girl Killion had kissed good night , she was the first to kiss him in return , and kiss him as if she had a great deal to give as well as take . |
| 17 | It did seem , however , that Donna Hazell , the girl with leukaemia , stood a very good chance of being cured if she had a bone-marrow transplant . |
| 18 | The girl who would only appear in school plays if she had a non-speaking part was now centre stage . |
| 19 | Still , the dream had felt so real that he could n't resist ringing her from the office to ask if she had a sixteen-year-old sister he could meet . |
| 20 | The man paid the gaveller about a shilling a day : if she had a young child to look after at the same time she would have to manage as best she could . |
| 21 | If she had a particular experience or some expertise , fine . |
| 22 | If she had a brief glimpse of life 's pleasures , then ‘ bad luck ’ would quickly follow . |
| 23 | ‘ I wonder why she came , though ? ’ he said , ‘ she does n't look as if she needed a free meal . |
| 24 | She would n't be keeping the Law if she turned a deaf ear to the call or ran away from it . |
| 25 | He was tempted to tell her to hire someone from the gutter press if she wanted more earthy writing , or some bloody feminist if she wanted a sensitive novel . |