Example sentences of "[adv] if we 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 really if we did agree that any of those supplementary factors were going to be significant . |
| 3 | Even if we did manage to overpower them we could be putting her life in danger . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I really did n't want to stay there , even if we did play sports and everything . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The main thing was that we were picking up a lot of hawking know-how , even if we did look ridiculous . |
| 8 | 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 . |