Example sentences of "if he [verb] [pos pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maybe he thought , if he drove her hard enough and far enough , she 'd quit of her own accord . |
| 2 | He raised the status and majesty of the royal household beyond even the limit set by Diocletian , which included an acceptance of Christianity in a purely formal sense , since it is very doubtful if he understood its true meaning . |
| 3 | If he asked me such and such I 'd say now this is how you do it . |
| 4 | His dark eyes met hers as if he felt her surreptitious appraisal , and she found herself at the receiving end of that long , sardonic smile . |
| 5 | If Mr Bush vetoes the measure , he risks losing abortion-rights voters who supported him for other reasons , and if he changes his firm anti-abortion stance he runs the potentially greater risk of losing his hard-core right-wing support . |
| 6 | Though if he took his own life , as everyone has always supposed , and as we are still likely to be supposing after the present rumours have been scotched — if the balance of his mind was disturbed , that curious disruption which accompanies a man 's election to end his life , but never any other procedure , no matter how eccentric or irrational — then reasons are not to be looked for . |
| 7 | If he neglected his physical body , there was no one here to reprimand him , for the whole community was woefully neglected . |
| 8 | Wattana , who moved into third place , could overtake Hendry and Davis at the top if he wins his two matches in hand . |
| 9 | Redgrave has already won two gold medals and will become Britain 's most successful current Olympic sportsman if he wins his third . |
| 10 | She would have to keep the child 's arms covered , because Roy would go crazy if he thought his little angel had been whipped . |
| 11 | I made a guesswork assessment that it would be able to provide a motor car that would cost the disabled person at least 25 per cent less than if he made his own arrangements . |
| 12 | If he slept his starved body would summon up a parade of dreams that re-ran those amorous collisions at the Parc Hotel and Melbury Court . |
| 13 | Lewis can become a multi-millionaire over the next four years if he becomes our first world heavyweight champion for nearly a century — and defends successfully . |
| 14 | I knew that , when we reported in September , if he expressed his adverse opinions to journalists he would dominate the headlines , and the Report might be irretrievably damaged . |
| 15 | If he achieves his ambitious growth targets it is bound to mean more jobs although it is highly unlikely that they will grow at the same rate — ‘ but it would be fairly substantial and it would be in Glasgow ’ . |
| 16 | Of course he will feel jealous when a new baby arrives on the scene — even if he does his best not to show it . |
| 17 | If he answers his own question in the affirmative ( which he clearly does ) de Man will have read the text in a certain way and therefore construed it as an object , the discovery of which will then be used to validate the way in which the text has been read . |
| 18 | His gaze was very direct , but somehow managed to encompass her whole body , make her feel as if he saw her semi-naked again , vulnerable and furious , the way he had last night … |
| 19 | If he saw her naked , he knew he would be lost . |
| 20 | If he maintains his present form he will get caps . ’ |
| 21 | He calculated that he would be able to meet all his daily and official duties if he devoted his entire time to them , and abandoned any attempt at his own writing , but this he was determined not to do . |
| 22 | If he backed his superior , Marshal Yazov , and the putschists , he might expect promotion ; but he would still be far from the top . |
| 23 | The championship leader Massimo Biasion , of Italy , will retain his world title if he repeats his 1988 triumph in San Remo . |
| 24 | And I asked him if he found his present abode conducive to the writing of poetry . |
| 25 | It 's a great chance for the 27-year-old to revive his career — and Halifax could make the move permanent if he shows his fearsome form of three seasons ago . |
| 26 | If he held his own with other boys in the struggle for power he could hardly help behaving in ways which were unlikely to be lovable — a fact which assumed a definite importance when the only hope of affection came from those same boys . |
| 27 | If he gives his second- or lower-preference vote to a candidate of a different party , he is saying , " This is the candidate I want to see elected , IF for any reason my first- or any other higher-preference vote does not count " . |
| 28 | so erm , I mean it 's all down to Gary , I mean if he wants his new computer , I said to him I said you 're better off getting you know extra three or four grand on the mortgage |