Example sentences of "if [noun] [adv] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So halvard , if youve actually seen a lot of him in action ( on the pitch ) then fair enough … but i would nt believe the hype mate . |
| 2 | Christina wondered if Martin really had a date , and suddenly felt cheated , guilty and annoyed , all at the same time . |
| 3 | If gallerists now sense a hesitancy on the part of collectors , this is not the direct or exclusive result of those collectors ' financial circumstances post reunification . |
| 4 | If Gedge inadvertently adopts a rockist pose , he instantly recognises the irony and sends himself up . |
| 5 | Without meaning to fall into pretentious meanderings , it does appear as if Morrissey finally needed a release from his previously closely guarded sexuality . |
| 6 | The passing out parade was held on Saturday , 23 February 1918 , which ended with Charlie marching his section up and down the parade ground keeping step with the regimental band , and for the first time feeling like a soldier even if Tommy still resembled a sack of potatoes . |
| 7 | Granted , if socialists merely develop a list of pat answers to these questions ( nationalisation , ‘ planning ’ ) while failing to fight for more immediately realisable socialist gains outside of government they will not get much of a hearing , but equally to write off the macroeconomic questions as too difficult to speculate about is to forego the right to contest the policies of a reactionary national government . |
| 8 | IF AMERICA ever needs a banking tsar , Bruce Sundlun is your man . |
| 9 | ( a ) That one night in June 1986 at ‘ Illusions ’ night-club the defendant said that he was having an affair with Paulette and that , if Zaidie ever laid a hand on her , he would kill him . |
| 10 | If Sinatra ever blew a line he would make ‘ such excuses as ‘ There 's an extra talking back there ’ . ’ |
| 11 | If Hollywood ever made a film of it ( Ha ! ) , it would doubtless finish with violins , smiles and tears of joy all round . |