Example sentences of "if [pron] [vb past] [vb pp] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If she 'd confessed at the beginning it would n't have been so bad , but how could she tell them now ? |
| 2 | If she felt hurt at the realisation that his affectionate gestures had been no more than a front — well , it could only be because her ego was wounded . |
| 3 | If you 'd known at the beginning that I knew your parents you would n't have even given me the time of day . |
| 4 | Fast motion can be used to express erotic tension and desire , if the purpose is comic rather than romantic — if we had laughed at the romantic yearnings of Cecile or even Frankie , the film would be failing , even though the treatment of these themes is throughout as much comic as tragic — ‘ bitter-sweet ’ seems to be the compound word , or better still the mot juste is ‘ douce-amère ’ . |
| 5 | If they 'd settled at the beginning we would n't have had to go through this battle . |
| 6 | I found nothing ; it was as if they had vanished at the end of the revolution . |
| 7 | In the event of your death before the date of maturity your TESSA will be treated as if it had matured at the date of death and gross interest will be paid up to and including that date . |
| 8 | Then it was possible for the expert to pick out a glazed tile , though only if it had sunk at the correct angle to the river bed . |
| 9 | If he had braked at the collision he would have slid straight past the scene . |
| 10 | If he 'd explained at the beginning — and it did n't cancel out the fact that he 'd lied to her , did it ? |
| 11 | I doubt if he 'd , I mean if he 'd looked at the constitution it was only a constitution , it was oh yes , that 's their constitution . |