Example sentences of "if [pron] [vb past] they [det] " in BNC.
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1 | In newspapers I 've been called bland and ‘ smoothy-chops ’ so often that it almost goes over my head now , and people go on about my baggy eyes as if I made them that way myself — which I suppose I did , in a way . |
2 | If I told them that , they 'd think I meant daydreaming . |
3 | I 've got a few shares in British Aerospace , but nobody would notice if I sold them all . |
4 | TV 's Miss Victoria ‘ Vicki ’ Michelle gets so many requests for suspenders that she 'd ‘ go BUST if she answered them all ; |
5 | She looked at Sophie 's stricken face and added , ‘ He told her that if she gave them some garbled story he would sack her on the spot . |
6 | Yes , on this window , if you had them all bunched at one side , it would be |
7 | So if you took them that day you 'd be going while you were on duty ? |
8 | You should get the same answer if you did them both . |
9 | I tell you what if we had every company that sent their two parcels a week , if we carried them all we 'd be doing well would n't we ? |
10 | The melodic contour would suffer if we made them all equally prominent , so we have to decide on their relative importance and stress them accordingly . |
11 | because if we told them that |
12 | If you make a mistake , it 's just not possible to go back and retrieve it , and for a selector to say , ‘ Well , I do n't think this person 's made a very good case , I 'm sure if we gave them another chance they would make a better one . ’ |
13 | He did n't fancy Lizzy 's chances much if they decided they all wanted a bit of the action . |