Example sentences of "if [pers pn] [vb past] the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I knew that if I made the slightest false step he would leap at me . |
| 2 | A few days ago when I was hooked up to a foetal monitor , a midwife rushed in , not to ask how I was , but to see if I knew the latest on the war . |
| 3 | If I showed the slightest sign of taking sides about Bodyline , or suggesting that it was a threat to cricket , my reports would be censored and I would probably be replaced . |
| 4 | She said I did n't appreciate her , I took her for granted , I did n't notice all the little things she did and that I sulked if she made the slightest mistake . |
| 5 | ‘ And this may be your villa , and your bed , but if you had the minutest atom of good manners or breeding you 'd get out of here right now and let me get some clothes on ! ’ |
| 6 | If you took the lowest number of booklets which is two and a half thousand which is probably may be a two sometimes three three doctor practice |
| 7 | But if we took the highest price of everything then we 're making thousands and thousands and thousands . |
| 8 | Who on earth would want a holiday in Wales if they had the slightest knowledge of the climate ? |
| 9 | He had the sort of sensitive nose that made him instantly burst into tears if it got the slightest knock . |
| 10 | It was necessary in 1859 to write about the process of evolution as if it produced the best of all possible worlds , a substitute for the finger of the Almighty at work . |
| 11 | If he had the slightest suspicion of how she really felt , it could well bring out the sympathetic side of his nature . |