Example sentences of "if [pers pn] [vb past] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did not think He would mind this , especially if I made the whole thing into a sort of combined barby stroke burnt sacrifice . |
| 2 | They 've given me an elbow crutch , and I can make the journey perfectly well now , if I thought the blasted train would stay on the lines , but there 's not much I could do once I got to Moila , is there , if I ca n't walk ? |
| 3 | If I heard the hon. Gentleman correctly , he suggested that redundancy pay for displaced miners was excessively generous . |
| 4 | The ‘ Let ’ rule has stood since 1880 without too much fuss and I think I might get annoyed if I saw the fifth set in a Wimbledon final decided by a serve which simply hit the net and ‘ died ’ on the receiver 's side . |
| 5 | Well , actually , looking at the erm , premiums in the book , and it worked out that the total I was paying out in endowments , if I got the same level of cover under the protected savings plan , over twenty five years with living assurance , it was , it was only working about seven pound more , you know , |
| 6 | I found that if I imbibed the medicinal stimulant too quickly , the pace of creative work ( and the typing ) slowed down , and it took me some weeks of careful experimentation to find the most efficacious ration . |
| 7 | I doubt if I had the necessary day or so to spare . |
| 8 | I tried phoning you this lunchtime to ask about the above proposal , but I do n't even know if I had the right number , though I got through to it twice ; about five different people spoke to me uncomprehendingly , and eventually a man came to the phone and said ‘ Bratislava ’ ; I did n't know whether that meant I 'd got a Bratislava number , or that you 'd gone to Bratislava . |
| 9 | ‘ They said it would be all right if I had the serial numbers but I do n't think they expected me back , ’ she said . |
| 10 | You see if I had the original identification I could at least match it up against a description . ’ |
| 11 | It might have looked as if I wanted the bloody money ! ’ |
| 12 | In a cinema , for example , although you would no doubt forgive me if I shouted ‘ Move ! ’ at you if I had seen that a heavy chandelier was falling on to your head , you might not be so tolerant if I used the same formulation , requesting the same action , if you were simply obscuring my view of the screen . |
| 13 | Perhaps it would help if I explained the complicated process by which the Journal is produced . |
| 14 | If I showed the slightest sign of taking sides about Bodyline , or suggesting that it was a threat to cricket , my reports would be censored and I would probably be replaced . |
| 15 | I do n't know if I did the right thing , either . |
| 16 | ‘ I do n't care if I hit the wrong building ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I do n't care if I hit the wrong building . |
| 18 | With my luck , Ginny , I 'd lose if I backed the only filly in a one horse race , ’ Mark told her , suddenly conscious of the fact that his speech was beginning to slur . |
| 19 | If I held the winning ticket this would definitely be my Single Of The Week . |
| 20 | It would be impossible to accuse Lili of being ill-dressed , but if she wore the same clothes for decade after decade while my mother did not , then there was something wrong somewhere and my mother was suspecting that , implicit in the situation , lay criticism of her taste and judgement . |
| 21 | I asked Dora Hristova , the choir 's musical director and conductor , if she thought the recent revolution in Bulgaria would change all this . |
| 22 | She said I did n't appreciate her , I took her for granted , I did n't notice all the little things she did and that I sulked if she made the slightest mistake . |
| 23 | This measures the average number of children a woman would have if she experienced the prevailing age pattern of childbearing throughout her reproductive lifetime . |
| 24 | Even if she left the dubious sanctuary of the car she had no clue to the best direction in which to seek help . |
| 25 | if she had the first sign of anything . |
| 26 | His wife would win the hearts of all women if she bashed the judicial scalp with a frying pan . |
| 27 | She shrugged , not sure if she liked the sudden gleam in his dark eyes . |
| 28 | An individual finding a tangency on the segment 12 of the ‘ kinked ’ budget constraint would choose the same number of hours of work if she faced the linear budget constraint Y 1 125 . |
| 29 | If she loved the sad victim of despair and betrayal , even more did she love the brave idealist . |
| 30 | She was going on as if she loved the fucking man , not just the fucking ! |