Example sentences of "[verb] if [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Saturday 7 March 1719 ( English style ) the Spanish invasion force , consisting of 5000 men , plus some horses and with food and water for a month , sailed from Cadiz in 25 transports , escorted by only five weakly armed warships which would have been outnumbered and out-gunned if they had encountered either of the British squadrons . |
| 2 | Sweet Molly , who he was about to take out for the day and seduce if he got the chance . |
| 3 | As public sector managers often benefit in terms of status , pay and conditions from the size of their bureaucracy , they will attempt to produce more of a non-marketed good than its customers would buy if they had to pay a price which reflected the cost of the good . |
| 4 | At last the shops opened and like a kid with a tanner , I hunted and sniffed and tasted and tried , imagining what I 'd buy if I had all the money in the world . |
| 5 | Claudia sat down quickly , feeling she would fall if she did n't . |
| 6 | He put his hands on her shoulders , towering over her , his powerful body so compelling that she thought she would fall if he let her go . |
| 7 | I must also apologize if I seemed to be trying to put you off them . |
| 8 | I must apologize if I gave the impression of trying to keep these from you , as you ( perhaps jokingly ) suggested . |
| 9 | Erm how many men would we need if we wanted it built in four hours . |
| 10 | ‘ Miguel , I apologise if I said anything unflattering about you . |
| 11 | I apologise if I did not make myself clear . |
| 12 | She would n't be laughing if she knew how close she was to disaster . |
| 13 | Soon , though , we hit a Catch-22 : I could get funding for more equipment if there was a ‘ group ’ organised , but no village women wanted to be organised if they did n't have machines . |
| 14 | Any or all of these factors may encourage you to seek to negotiate a settlement which entitles you to speedy payment of a lump sum and perhaps other benefits , even if the value of the total package is less than the amount that you might theoretically win if you sued and all went well . |
| 15 | This way it will act rather like an appetite suppressant pill — or , rather , in the way pills should act if they contained sufficient cellulose . |
| 16 | How would he act if he knew that his career was to be made into fiction , to serve as an object lesson , and a name of opprobrium , to the generations that followed him ? |
| 17 | One opposition leader , Mr Jacek Kuron , rendered the hardest-boiled judgment : ’ This could n't be happening if they did n't want it to happen . |
| 18 | As the hon. Member for Livingston can promise his hon. Friends nothing about money , he could not prevent that from happening if he returned to the old system . |
| 19 | ‘ It is disappointing because he was just getting the hang of Wimbledon and he would have won if he had n't taken the knock at the first bend , ’ said Williams . |
| 20 | ‘ For my part I believe the African Jesus would have won if it had not been for the Dark Host . |
| 21 | Heating the water , well it heated if you 'd the fire on it heated the water and then you 'd take a couple of buckets out into the bath , plug a couple of buckets in . |
| 22 | How would we know if something went wrong with the machine ? |
| 23 | I did not know if we had a ‘ D. ’ |
| 24 | Erm if we actually look erm and I do n't know if we did introduce to all members Bryony who is my assistant and who works very largely on the programme with me and on the educational and events side , and is acting minute secretary while Judith is on maternity leave . |
| 25 | We 'd never know if we did n't check . ’ |
| 26 | Anyway , I gave him the gist of what had happened and he asked me if I would let him know if we found her . ’ |
| 27 | And there are records of this everywhere are n't there you know sort of and and probably you know the the management thought er I do n't know if they thought this far really or we 'll we 'll show them that they ca n't that they ca n't stick together as a union and why should all the quarries stick together . |
| 28 | She had introduced herself on the doorstep , often been invited in and asked the tenants to let her know if they had any problems with which she could help . |
| 29 | We do not know if they had music or even if they had genuine art : cave-paintings and bone-carvings might be manifestations of the muse , but they could equally well have been executed solely for mystical purposes . |
| 30 | I did n't even know if they had been responsible but I had nothing more to offer . |