Example sentences of "if it [vb past] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | If it came to court today Armstrong would not be convicted . |
| 3 | Susan hoped the skill would come back to her if it came to guns . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | If it came to violence , he was n't going to do too well . |
| 6 | He said : ‘ I always said we would never get the title if it went to points and that 's exactly how it turned out . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Leskov was prepared to accept the utility of the term " liberal " , but only if it referred to advocates of moderation . |