Example sentences of "if he [verb] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Gesner totally ignored Therese when they were n't on stage together , but he at least kept reasonably quiet when she was performing , and if he passed derogatory comments about her at least they were audible only to those close to him . |
2 | And , for another thing , if he got any dirt on his clothes he 'd get a beating . |
3 | In contrast , at Verdun a casualty — even once picked up — could reckon himself highly fortunate if he received any treatment within twenty-four hours . |
4 | It is clear then , that , according to this head of liability , a third party may be liable if he receives corporate property with actual or constructive knowledge of a breach of trust . |
5 | If the Minister had bothered to listen to the submissions made to him or if he cared one iota for the industry , he would know that the figures come from the farmers . |
6 | If he took one side of the street during a walkabout the crowd collectively groaned , it was his wife they had come to see . |
7 | ‘ If he had two eyes like any one else , ’ said Fribble , ‘ I could stand it . |
8 | I remember thinking that if Andy Norman believed I could be Europe 's top sprinter , if he had such faith in me , well then maybe I could . |
9 | If he had one trait of potential consequence it was his fondness for France , which led him to encourage efforts to ally with that country , but the international situation made these futile during his lifetime . |
10 | If he had one talent above all — Alec Guinness has singled it out as his greatest gift — it was for reading verse with intelligence and passion . |
11 | Meredith spoke as if he had some power over his cousin . |
12 | Then I asked him if he had any thoughts on how it had happened . |
13 | Aideed , asked in an interview with the US television network CBS if he had any message for President Bill Clinton , said : ‘ I think the best message I can give is to stop killing the Somali people killing will not solve anything . ’ |
14 | ‘ If he had any idea of what she was doing for us , MoD does n't want it spread around . |
15 | ‘ Do you know if he had any contact with his relatives ? ’ |
16 | Asked if he had any sympathy for Sergeant King 's family he said ‘ No . ’ |
17 | He needed hobdaying and was rather on the temperamental side , so she sent him to Bill and me to see if he had any ability in the dressage sphere . ’ |
18 | Yesterday , the CA was deciding whether to ask the EC competitions director if he had any powers over the move . |
19 | He also enquired of him if he had any questions for the witnesses . |
20 | I asked him if he had any advice for me as I went to Rhodesia . |
21 | ‘ And it 's not as if he had any convictions of his own , ’ said his Auntie Ethel . |
22 | With such experiences of life it would be no wonder if he had few scruples about how he got what he wanted . |
23 | If he compiled this piece of information himself we have the right to know how he did it . |
24 | I tell him if he harbours any ideas about staying with me , he 'd better kick the gear . |
25 | The hunter is thus motivated primarily by self-interest and pragmatism — the fear of possible retribution — even if he expresses these motives in religious and moral terms . |
26 | ‘ at any time if he thinks fit release on licence a person serving a term of imprisonment for life subject to compliance with such conditions , if any , as the Secretary of State may from time to time determine . |
27 | This is not the place for a proper discussion of Empson 's views , which like a great deal of British work are more concerned with critical method than with theory ( he wrote ( 1950 : 594 ) that ‘ a critic ought to trust his own nose , like the hunting dog , and if he lets any kind of theory or principle distract him from that , he is not doing his work ’ ) . |
28 | I think he 's got a good idea here but if he takes that slant to his story you could do rather well . |
29 | Brightly coloured coats , shirts and trousers should be tailored to a tight fit ; an elaborately decorated scarf should encircle his waist and hold a dagger : ‘ With a monthly salary of one hundred rupees let him allot ten rupees for the belt and the embroidered badge if he spends fifty rupees on a fur it will not be prodigality . ’ |
30 | ( 1 ) A licensing board shall not refuse to grant a licence under this Part of this Act except under subsection ( 2 ) below or on one or more of the following grounds : ( a ) that the applicant is disqualified by or under this or any other enactment for holding a licence or is in other respects not a fit and proper person to hold a licence under this Part of this Act ; or ( b ) that the premises to which an application relates are not fit and convenient for the purposes of the canteen ; or ( c ) in a case where objection has been made to the situation of the canteen , on the ground specified in the objection ; or ( d ) that the applicant or body providing the canteen has entered into an agreement limiting the sources from which the alcoholic liquor or the mineral waters to be sold in the canteen may be obtained ; but nothing in this subsection shall prevent a licensing board from specifying in the licence granted by it the types of liquor ( including if the board thinks fit types of liquor other than those in respect of which the application for the licence was made ) which may be sold under the licence , and the holder of the licence or his employee or agent shall be guilty of an offence , if he sells alcoholic liquor of a type other than that specified in the licence . |