Example sentences of "if it [vb past] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In neither case , does the activity of a postman emerge as something which could be good if it existed in isolation . |
| 2 | And if it came to court she would make a plea that he be given the care of his daughter until she became of age . |
| 3 | If it came to court today Armstrong would not be convicted . |
| 4 | Susan hoped the skill would come back to her if it came to guns . |
| 5 | I note that the first thing that the Labour party would do in my Department , if it came to power , would be to change the name of MAFF to FAFF . |
| 6 | If it came to violence , he was n't going to do too well . |
| 7 | Finally , as an incipient autocrat , he would not tolerate any interference , or " mediation " , wherever it came from , but especially if it came from foreigners . |
| 8 | He said : ‘ I always said we would never get the title if it went to points and that 's exactly how it turned out . |
| 9 | Even if a Bombay or China voyage was as profitable as David Scott suggested , a vessel with excellent accommodation for passengers was likely to bring a greater reward to its commander if it went to Bengal , for the centre of government was the destination of many of the wealthier travellers . |
| 10 | The first person has to start skipping in the middle and everybody says H P W R and if it landed on P the next person would have to skip fast . |
| 11 | Even if it landed on time , I would have the four-hour journey to Hull and it was unlikely that I would make it to the funeral . |
| 12 | Though patients were exempt from all charges under the 1946 Act , the Labour government amended that Act in 1949 to give itself the power to levy charges if it wished on prescriptions and appliances . |
| 13 | For me , the sound of the bullet striking home and a clean kill , with the animal dropping where it stood , was the climax of the hunt , all the more rewarding if it followed upon days and even weeks of testing and arduous hunting , or a really difficult stalk . |
| 14 | Can the hon. Gentleman confirm that that means that the average family in this country would be approximately £2,000 better off if it lived in Italy ? |
| 15 | Or she could say that Derek had always had charming manners and was in the habit of commending ladies on their scent , even if it smelled of Alexandrian sewers , and sound as though she had lost something worth keeping — and inevitably regretful . |
| 16 | I therefore went into a meeting at in December and er we were presented with a report , we did n't receive it before the meeting , it was taken at the meeting and we said that we would n't discuss it if it related to night flights and again I wrote immediately back to the department of transport and I suggested that they should erm spend the report which I refer to , monthly figures of night flights so that the night flights could be monitored . |
| 17 | ‘ I wonder if it would have that smile if it knew of Belsen . ’ |
| 18 | I felt incredibly well , but he said to keep an eye on the swollen gland and to see him immediately if it grew in size . |
| 19 | If it occurred to Ruth — and how could it possibly occur to Mrs Peterson — that there might be a good reason for this , she dismissed it from her mind at once . |
| 20 | Which floor would the elevator ( or lift ) stop at , if it started from street level , went up 4 floors , came down 3 floors , then went up 2 floors again ? |
| 21 | Which floor would the elevator ( or lift ) stop at , if it started from street level , went up 4 floors , came down 3 floors , then went up 2 floors again ? |
| 22 | The non-lexical procedure works by applying rules specifying how a particular letter or letter group is to be pronounced ( and so can not be used for reading exception words aloud correctly , since such words disobey the rules : if you apply the rules to read an exception word aloud , you will produce an incorrect pronunciation , such as reading pint as if it rhymed with mint , hint , lint , etc . ) . |
| 23 | If it depended for government on the whims of its grandees , Georgian Sussex owed even more to their changing habits as members of leisured society , the relatively small but wealthy group whose fashions determined large areas of the economy in pre-industrial England . |
| 24 | There was none but yourself to blame if it ended in tears . |
| 25 | A sensitive pilot could then be so confused that he would be unable to respond logically to the situation , particularly if it happened at night or in cloud . |
| 26 | The impression was that we wanted sponsors cash even if it detracted from development funds , but nothing could be further from the truth . |
| 27 | This meant that if the plane increased in value , Virgin were the beneficiaries ; while if it decreased in value , Virgin were protected by a fixed-price agreement . |
| 28 | I wanted to go to Chimney 's it would be nice if it rained at Chimney 's cos there , we could go in the pond . |
| 29 | Leskov was prepared to accept the utility of the term " liberal " , but only if it referred to advocates of moderation . |