Example sentences of "if he [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Otherwise , Kovacevich was well wide of the mark and if he respects this work he might contemplate putting it away for a few years before reconsidering its interpretation . |
| 2 | And , for another thing , if he got any dirt on his clothes he 'd get a beating . |
| 3 | In contrast , at Verdun a casualty — even once picked up — could reckon himself highly fortunate if he received any treatment within twenty-four hours . |
| 4 | If he receives decent ball , Stuart Barnes can be brilliant but a big question mark hangs over his performance when he 's confronted with poor quality possession . |
| 5 | It is clear then , that , according to this head of liability , a third party may be liable if he receives corporate property with actual or constructive knowledge of a breach of trust . |
| 6 | Yet , if he receives full parole , in little more than two years Courtney will be free . |
| 7 | If the Minister had bothered to listen to the submissions made to him or if he cared one iota for the industry , he would know that the figures come from the farmers . |
| 8 | So would Mr Kinnock topple Thatchergate if he became Prime Minister ? |
| 9 | If he loses this case he could face a jail sentence . |
| 10 | But that could mean that he never sings again if he loses this case . |
| 11 | If he went that way , he 'd go right into the range of Jack 's gun . |
| 12 | If he took one side of the street during a walkabout the crowd collectively groaned , it was his wife they had come to see . |
| 13 | He never reacted hostilely to any such suggestion , except to say to me that she was difficult enough in a friendly association and matters might be worse ( his own words ) if he took any action to remove her from his political scene . |
| 14 | I said if he says one word , I said I 'm gon na jump on him . |
| 15 | There was no doubt at all , if he led this assault , that he would not return . |
| 16 | The day was overcast and it was becoming difficult to see what he was typing , so , about noon , when imagination began to fail him , he walked up to the house to inquire from Dorothy whether Isobel would mind if he had better lighting installed in the garage , provided he paid far it . |
| 17 | I remember thinking that if Andy Norman believed I could be Europe 's top sprinter , if he had such faith in me , well then maybe I could . |
| 18 | Only Zed Juron was wholly uninjured — that slab of a man was so nimble at dodging , as if he had second sight — though a ricocheting shuriken had smashed his communicator . |
| 19 | If he had one trait of potential consequence it was his fondness for France , which led him to encourage efforts to ally with that country , but the international situation made these futile during his lifetime . |
| 20 | If he had one talent above all — Alec Guinness has singled it out as his greatest gift — it was for reading verse with intelligence and passion . |
| 21 | While waiting , I asked if he had many riverside cases . |
| 22 | ‘ I should think so , ’ he said severely , and paused , and swallowed as if he had some constriction , and then asked , ‘ Where were we ? |
| 23 | Meredith spoke as if he had some power over his cousin . |
| 24 | Aideed , asked in an interview with the US television network CBS if he had any message for President Bill Clinton , said : ‘ I think the best message I can give is to stop killing the Somali people killing will not solve anything . ’ |
| 25 | The young man was claimed to be ‘ abundantly capable of the office ’ , but if he had any experience which might justify his placement in a supervisory post , it was not mentioned . |
| 26 | Making sure that Ryan was already inside , they entered , sat near him , and began a general chat about land , A saying to B , in a casual roundabout fashion , that if he had any land going in Norfolk to unload it quickly because the councils were clamping down on building regulations and that land in future was to be used for agricultural purposes only . ’ |
| 27 | Mr Henderson asked him three times if he had any idea what a kidney was for . |
| 28 | Mr Henderson asked him three times if he had any idea what a kidney was for . |
| 29 | Wondered if he had any idea what force he would have needed to pull the arrow out , like a wooden skewer out of meat . |
| 30 | When she explained what the kidnappers were after and asked if he had any idea where or what the document might be , his reply was predictably negative . |