Example sentences of "that if [pers pn] [vb past] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | To some extent the technology people are to blame for being too optimistic but they realised that if they spelled out the true uncertainty ( even if they knew it ) there would have been no investment at all , In the end the project is abandoned or has become so expensive that it can never be profitable . |
| 2 | However they were threatened that if they did not the Abbey would be burnt down . |
| 3 | It is true of these wholes that if they remained otherwise the same , except that the pleasure was removed , they would only have at most a slight value . |
| 4 | Still they kept chanting , knowing that if they stopped now the spell would run out of control and all their work would be undone . |
| 5 | Imagine your response if , when you were depositing funds in a building society account , your attention was drawn to the fact that if you died only the original investment would be returned , but if you lived you would keep all of the interest . |
| 6 | She was terrified that if she poured out the tale to her husband now , he would be filled with doubts as to the extent of her previous involvement with Davis . |
| 7 | When Mrs.McNaughtan noticed a pencilled note inside the cover saying ‘ fore-edge painting ’ , she knew that if she spread out the gilt edges of the book 's pages , we would see a picture , as indeed we did to our delight . |