Example sentences of "if [adv] a [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If ever a chimp deserved a medal it was Ham . |
| 2 | The purchaser hopes that if ever a court considers any one level of protection to be unreasonable , it may sever this from the agreement and leave the other covenants untouched or impose a more reasonable amended form . |
| 3 | You 've been set in a certain class and no matter how your opinions change and you want to throw that class off , if ever a man does , it wo n't let him , it 's there in his voice , in his manner ; even if a gentleman was to take to the road he 'd still be a gentleman ; I mean , according to the kind of education he 's received , so to my mind that has become a kind of cage . |
| 4 | And if ever a man sleeps well after a day 's work done well that man is , and I pray God give him rest , Donald Templeton ! ’ |
| 5 | If ever a man deserves an honour from his country , it 's this man . ’ |
| 6 | But the memory of being caught and injected never faded , and even a year later the cat would still rush upstairs and hide beneath the bed if ever a man visited the house . |
| 7 | If ever a sentence summed up the gale of change that is blasting through Yorkshire cricket this season it is that one . |
| 8 | And , if ever a subject needs intelligibility , it is race . |
| 9 | If ever a baby brought tremendous joy and fulfilment to a home , turned a darkness into light and a longing into glorious reality , that baby was Carl . |
| 10 | If ever a pool held good fish , I thought , then this is one . |
| 11 | If ever a victory deserves to be recorded for posterity this one does . |
| 12 | Two readers , Meryl Emerson of Alresford and Mrs. D. Dibble of Farnborough , are both agreed that if ever a shopkeeper deserved our Gold Star , it is Lena Kerry of Woolwork in Grosvenor Road , Aldershot , Hampshire . |
| 13 | If ever a house cried out for a woman 's hand , thought the lady dramatically , this was it ! |
| 14 | Ian Balding , the winning trainer who sent out Mill Reef to win the Arc in 1971 , said : ‘ If ever a horse deserves to win a Group One race it is Silver Fling . |
| 15 | If ever a politician lost his audience with his first sentence it was Meacher . |
| 16 | And , er if indeed a deal has been done , is it worth it , to get those three British people out ? |