Example sentences of "if [pron] [vb past] [verb] the same " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ If you had asked the same plumber three times to fix a leak , and , every time he has been , he has pottered around a bit and he has gone away , telling you he has fixed it and there you are standing in the kitchen up to your waist in water , are you going to call the same plumber to fix it again ? ’ he asked . |
2 | The local man replied " There would have been as much enthusiasm if you had done the same tonight . " |
3 | Indeed , I wondered if we had attended the same event . |
4 | A woman present asked if Elizabeth were my sister , and at one time I wished she had been — but better not , for she would have lost an adored and incalculable mother and gained a dreadfully unhappy home ; and it would be a pity if we had shared the same literary material . |
5 | The change in net debt , er worth referring worth mentioning minus three point three million that much worse would have been significantly lower thirty five million or so lower if we 'd had the same year end exchange rate as we did in nineteen ninety one . |
6 | well for god 's sake , I mean I often wonder about people who make noise like this how they would feel if we did do the same , but I still say because we 've done our polystyrene insulation she ca n't hear us , it 's worked in the reverse ai n't it ? |
7 | If they had polled the same plurality as they commanded in 1987 , there would have been no overall party majority . |
8 | The Leader of the Opposition simply pointed out in an article that he wrote just before the party conference that the proportion of gross domestic product — national income — devoted to education since 1979 had dropped , and that if it had remained the same , the difference would be the figure to which the hon. Gentleman has referred . |
9 | READING Barrie Clement 's diatribe ( 6 October ) under the heading ‘ Union law policy remains unclear ’ , I wondered if he had attended the same Labour Party Conference as I did . |
10 | ‘ I AM talking about a man that has done 26 years behind bars and if he had done the same crime today he would have got 10 years and would have got out five years ago ’ — actor Mike Reid on Reggie Kray . |
11 | Even if he had used the same words , his non verbal communication in the two situations would have conveyed a very different attitude . |