Example sentences of "if [pron] have [adv] [vb pp] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Actually , I missed some good ones in the couple of days ' holiday I took ; if I 'd just bothered to look at a single fucking news-stand after I left Stromeferry I 'd have seen this story starting to break about this guy — ‘ The Red panther ’ the tabloids decided on eventually — murdering these right-leaning pillars of the community . |
| 2 | ‘ The whole thing was a perfectly natural mistake , but , thanks to him , they went on as if I 'd just attempted to rob the Bank of England . |
| 3 | You work out how much tape I 'm going to have to take out , if I 've only got to edit a minute out of what you 're saying . |
| 4 | even if I 've never had to use it much |
| 5 | Actually , if I had n't gone to check her , Hereward might have lain there till Sunday . |
| 6 | I was trying to look as if I had n't tried to look pretty . |
| 7 | ‘ There 's sorry I am about your mam , would have come to the funeral if I had n't had to work , mind . ’ |
| 8 | She asked , ‘ What was that ? ’ as if she 'd just failed to catch some remark that Luke had made . |
| 9 | Because the signs had been there all the time if she 'd ever bothered to look further than his surface charm . |
| 10 | If she had n't arranged to take Sandra to the doctor 's Marjorie would probably go back to bed herself , now , with a cup of tea and the Daily Mail . |
| 11 | Yet if she had n't agreed to carry out those imperious commands she would n't have met Silas — and she knew she was very happy to have met Silas . |
| 12 | She would n't have sent it if she had n't meant to encourage him . |
| 13 | She was behaving with unaccustomed grandeur , slipping on a manner of authority and calm that would have made her mother laugh , if she had not wanted to cry . |
| 14 | In thirty years , if she had not learned to turn a blind eye to Bernard 's excesses , she had learned nothing . |
| 15 | If she had not learned to clean so thoroughly she would never have taken each and every picture off the wall to dust both the picture and the wall behind . |
| 16 | For an instant she stared at him , wondering if she had somehow managed to mis-hear . |
| 17 | Ivy found her very elegant and said of her ( I am told ) : ‘ She 's a young woman who looks as if she had never had to wash her gloves . ’ |
| 18 | If she had only tried to make him see … |
| 19 | ‘ Your uncle , as you know , comes in at ten past twelve on the dot and Carrie a few minutes after , that is if she has n't stopped to gaze in the shops . |
| 20 | Why call me a name like that if you had n't wanted to call me Robin really ? |
| 21 | If you had n't stopped to give me a lift this morning , I 'd still be shuffling along the road to Tangiers . ’ |
| 22 | If you had n't decided to retaliate for my plain-speaking , you would have been willing to pay the price for my escort to Winchester . ’ |
| 23 | You 'd get a lot more for outright murder , even if you had n't meant to do it . |
| 24 | Self-help in these circumstances is an unqualified virtue , but do ask the library staff to help if you 've repeatedly failed to find the text you 're looking for . |
| 25 | They were watching , because a machine rolling around by itself is something that you do watch , even if you 've just had to climb a tree or hide behind a hedge . |
| 26 | If you 've ever wanted to convert a . |
| 27 | If you 've ever wanted to get your hands on a Leica then a series of three Day Leica School Courses may give you your chance . |
| 28 | If you 've ever wanted to get your hands on a Leica then a series of three Day Leica School Courses may give you your chance . |
| 29 | If you 've ever tried to explain something to somebody , that 's a very reliable way of revealing to yourself that you did n't understanding something that you thought you did understand . |
| 30 | It ca n't be all that easy — I mean , if you 've ever tried to write anything yourself … and often they 're badly paid … and so on … ’ |