Example sentences of "if they have [vb pp] a [noun] " in BNC.

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31 Oh it 's summat about erm yeah it is you know erm where you vote for them union things I meant to ask you if they 'd got a stamp
32 I was going to ask you if they 'd got a youth team ?
33 When Melinda answered him in fluent Arabic , they all looked at her as if they had seen a ghost , bade us goodnight , and melted away into the darkness again .
34 Mr Martin stood and asked if they had reached a verdict .
35 ‘ They were talking as if they had lost a £10 note .
36 Readers became familiar with their Doppelgangers , as if they had turned a corner and unexpectedly confronted themselves in a mirror .
37 If they had displayed a disclaimer ( sufficiently bold , precise and compelling ) they would have avoided commission of the offence even without having to rely upon section 24 ( see paragraph 16–11 ) .
38 It looked as if they had discovered a minefield .
39 Then , quickly she opened the door and went out and left them standing in a half circle , silent , no laughter on their faces now , just memories of what might have been if they had had a child like the little girl who used to run into them , and a daughter as she was now .
40 It was their own indolence which had landed them with a murder which could probably be explained and might even have been prevented , if they had taken a bit more trouble .
41 There were lots of hopefuls who would have been journalists if they had pursued a career , or who now wanted to learn .
42 The Snotlings will not move until they are able to move within 12″ of a friendly Orc or Goblin unit , and if charged by enemy troops they are automatically broken as if they had failed a panic or fear test .
43 If they had agreed a price the deal would have gone through just as SMS found itself in so much trouble with Volvo [ SMS was forced to resign the $40m Volvo account in early 1991 , after it was discovered the agency was rigging performance advertisements ] .
44 IT HAS been said that Glasgow only really welcomes an incomer if they have built a ship .
45 There is a frisson between them as if they have discovered a game of role-playing which both find sexually stimulating .
46 Candidates over twenty-five may be allowed to enrol if they have obtained a position of responsibility in a non-accounting career — that means that you wo n't necessarily need A-levels to do the course .
47 We have to dig deep into records to find these and then only if they have committed a crime or some other act do they get their names recorded .
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