Example sentences of "[adv] if [pron] did [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So if we did get Three out of four chances we get a blue . |
| 2 | so if you did fit anything on the back of the head they 'd had the comfort , they know what was wrong like |
| 3 | So if he did take them , it must have been when he was here before . ’ |
| 4 | Oh hold on , you 've got , you 've got a , you could have a shot at those , but I think at this stage of the game , it 'll be best if you did have a shot at the yellow . |
| 5 | Perhaps it 's for the best if he did take an early retirement . ’ |
| 6 | But anyway if they did phone now I think it 's very bad practice if she 's leaving tomorrow |
| 7 | Presumably if they did modify their behaviour it was in the direction of approximating more closely to their own beliefs about what constitutes good teaching . |
| 8 | Possibly if they did tell you something then it was likely to be made up because children did n't know it was wrong to lie . |
| 9 | But his face gave me no clue , and he went on : " Would you love me more if I did succeed ? " |
| 10 | thing is though if it did happen |
| 11 | So really if we did agree that any of those supplementary factors were going to be significant . |
| 12 | Now if you did recognize the voice or you think you can help the police then there 's a free phone number to contact it 's O eight hundred six to six nine nine nine it 's O eight hundred six to six nine nine nine that 's a free phone number so it wo n't cost you anything to call O eight hundred six to six nine nine nine it 's the number to call if you did recognize the voice there or you think you can help the police in any way O eight hundred six to six nine nine nine and there 'll be more on that in our next main news which is on the way at one o'clock . |
| 13 | One would never roll one 's own , even if one did smoke . |
| 14 | The claws on the crane did n't seem to close properly so that , even if they did manage to get a grip on a tube of sweets or a pink plastic comb , the prizes always slipped out again as soon as the crane started to lift them . |
| 15 | I wanted their approval , even if they did smell so terrible , the reek of their hair in its stiff , bright tufts mixing with the fumes of alcohol . |
| 16 | Do n't pretend it was all the other driver 's fault , even if they did crash into the back of you , or were driving recklessly . |
| 17 | Since most employment rights are dependent upon the possession of a record of continuous service with a single employer , most casual workers would fail to qualify for most of these rights even if they did have dependent employee status . |
| 18 | Because even if they did have X-ray eyes , they had failed spot and to penetrate the cylinder of impervious Balbazian steel in my cabin . |
| 19 | and even if they did buy without a solicitors assistance , what was the system about sending them the letter which we 've looked at earlier which is at erm D one , five , two , remember this is the letter that goes to Mr solicitors assuming you get a very rare person who does his or her own conveyance |
| 20 | Even if they did put down some yellow lines I do n't think it would stop some people . ’ |
| 21 | We can not let them get too far ahead as it will become too great a gap to close even if they did happen to fall over their showlaces again . |
| 22 | One or two of the people he spoke to found him politically fascinating , even if they did take his style of callous irony with no irony of their own . |
| 23 | Bernice could n't see what he thought he would be able to do even if they did catch up with the shapechangers . |
| 24 | That the children liked him he knew for , even if they did mock , gesture rudely and scream and call , they did so with a laugh . |
| 25 | Even if we did manage to overpower them we could be putting her life in danger . |
| 26 | But even if we did have some such reason — even if we thought it slightly more natural for right-handed people , who form the majority , to drive on the right — our reasons for wanting everyone to drive on the same side would still be much stronger . |
| 27 | I really did n't want to stay there , even if we did play sports and everything . |
| 28 | We were at great pains to explain that we were novices and aware that diving in Barbados was unlike diving in the UK and were told that ‘ courses taken on holiday mean nothing at all ’ and that we should be prepared to snorkel around a pool for six months should he deem it necessary , and that even if we did dive to any standard we would be taken on a dive ( presumably in a pool ) , and ‘ ripped down ’ until we eventually failed a test . |
| 29 | The main thing was that we were picking up a lot of hawking know-how , even if we did look ridiculous . |
| 30 | The last-night party , a hallowed Easter Course tradition , was studded with starts of the highest calibre ; we were richly entertained throughout the evening by acts that were all professional to the core , even if we did see through some of the flimsy disguises . |