Example sentences of "if she [vb past] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her friends did not think of her as a drunk and Rachel would be truly shocked if she knew about the long nights of insomnia and secret alcohol . |
| 2 | She already had her travelling companion , Swimmer of Lakes , and if she thought of the wild horses in the valley at all it was simply to wonder about the legend of the tamers : to subdue the spirit of the wild animal ; to be permitted to ride upon its back ; yes , magic would have been necessary in early thought , and cult legends certainly would have grown around the hunters who snared the fast , proud creatures . |
| 3 | If she believed in the Prime Mover she would be praying . |
| 4 | Not sure of the reception she would get if she spoke to the other girl , not sure what her mother or Feargal might have told her , she was about to duck back into her room when Terry turned . |
| 5 | And what would happen , though , if she trod on the black — would all this simply go on , this bleak nightmare , for the rest of her life , sixty or even seventy years ? |
| 6 | Even if she jumped on the next space shuttle to Mars it would n't make any difference . |