Example sentences of "if you [vb past] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 It would n't matter if you 'd been promised a king 's ransom if you achieved a lucky jump to the scorpion .
2 ‘ How much more would it be , ’ John asked , ‘ if you added a modest profit to us on those outlays ? ’
3 If you spotted a smart black-and-white magpie in a field , that was certainly one , but if , when you 'd walked into the next field , you saw another , was that two or another one ?
4 If you drank a small sherry , two glasses of wine and a small brandy , how many units of alcohol would you be taking ? a.5 b.10. c.25. d.40
5 So , if you drank a whole bottle of wine , blood alcohol would rise to about 150ml/100ml or 70mg above the legal limit and it will take nearly 5 hours ( 70 ÷ 15 ) to fall to that limit .
6 But if you ordered a ten thirty delivery and it arrived before noon , we would just give you the money difference the before twe , ten thirty and the before noon price , not the complete price .
7 Once , fellow divers would be envious if you brought a nice-sized crab to the surface .
8 Okay if you said the first one was saw ,
9 You know , it had to be ready cash for all these shops , the probably did their bit when people had money , you know if you had a wee bit extra money .
10 You would n't be able to do that if you had a frozen shoulder .
11 Aye , well , if you had a frozen shoulder you would n't get it past there .
12 But it 's something which even you could use if you had a specific , good example of a specific situation could , which could be turned into news .
13 So that the bill I would es estimate , if you have a solicitor as executor would be the same as if you had a private person as ex as executor who went to see that solicitor .
14 And I wondered if you had a personal interest as well . ’
15 eating too much , I suppose if you had a little glass , then just one
16 And if you , if you had a religious knowledge
17 So , ’ he continued , ‘ if you had a tall skyscraper , say , with people living at the top , they will think everything at the bottom has shrunk — been squashed down — compared to normal . ’
18 because , you know , erm , most kids these days , especially by the time they 're nine or ten , they 're used to having their own pocket money , and then you , and they say they ca n't do any maths at all , and you say well , if you had a fifty pence and you bought something for twenty four , how much change ?
19 If you had a two week spell in hospital due to illness , and you worried about keeping your household running smoothly , the £280 weekly payments would let you employ home help without straining your finances .
20 But in today if you if you had a new landfill site developed today .
21 Which are the sectors where you feel , if you had a new settlement , er there would be potential er problems if that 's the right word , for the implementation of your regeneration policies in Leeds .
22 You were trusting people to pay it if you had a black book .
23 At the early age of thirty-eight me mother sent me West Get up , said she , and get a job says I I 'll do me best I pulled on my Wellingtons to march to march to Kiljimock But I took a wrong turn at Charlestown and ended up in Knock Once this quiet crossroads was a place of quiet prayer Where Catholics got indulgent once or twice a year You could buy a pair of rosary beads or get your candles blessed If you had a guilty conscience , you could get it off your chest …
24 We had to explain to them what a three-dimensional , you know , lock-up page was and why , you know , gutters were a certain width and if you had column rules and gutters , you know , why they were centered and why you could n't , if you had a wide margin below three columns of text why you did n't move the gutter beyond where the text was n't so white , or why you did n't move it down and have it join a rule here because it would have been a real pain in the arse to have to do that in metal , so you just sit and do it .
25 Because if that if you had if you had a perfect year it is that .
26 And if you had a complete attendance you got your er you got your fee back again from the from .
27 paid but if you had a complete attendance they gave you the money back for your self which was quite er a good thing in these days when a a tanner was a tanner .
28 But if you had a rich peasant economy that you 're gon na tax all the time , I mean he 's not gon na much is he ?
29 Go on if you had a bloody some bloody stuff nicked last Saturday
30 ‘ Perhaps it would be better if you had a nice lie down , ’ Mrs Hobbs was saying .
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