Example sentences of "if he [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gesner totally ignored Therese when they were n't on stage together , but he at least kept reasonably quiet when she was performing , and if he passed derogatory comments about her at least they were audible only to those close to him . |
| 2 | it really was So erm but I do n't know , I , I think if Jim got a ticket , if he got two tickets and he said do you wan na come ? |
| 3 | And , for another thing , if he got any dirt on his clothes he 'd get a beating . |
| 4 | In contrast , at Verdun a casualty — even once picked up — could reckon himself highly fortunate if he received any treatment within twenty-four hours . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | So would Mr Kinnock topple Thatchergate if he became Prime Minister ? |
| 7 | If he went that way , he 'd go right into the range of Jack 's gun . |
| 8 | If he took one side of the street during a walkabout the crowd collectively groaned , it was his wife they had come to see . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | If he took more staff on and they were say filling up provisions , putting the pies out every day is taking the department forward , it 's an everyday task . |
| 11 | There was no doubt at all , if he led this assault , that he would not return . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ Him , ’ they said , ‘ if he had two watches he still would n't give you the time . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ If he had two eyes like any one else , ’ said Fribble , ‘ I could stand it . |
| 15 | Of course he 'd be happier if he had two legs , so would she , so would everyone , but he 'd rather live with one leg than not live at all . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | While waiting , I asked if he had many riverside cases . |
| 21 | No , cos he 's only got , if , if he had separate books she would . |
| 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 | Then I asked him if he had any thoughts on how it had happened . |
| 25 | 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 . ’ |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . ’ |
| 28 | Mr Henderson asked him three times if he had any idea what a kidney was for . |
| 29 | Mr Henderson asked him three times if he had any idea what a kidney was for . |
| 30 | Wondered if he had any idea what force he would have needed to pull the arrow out , like a wooden skewer out of meat . |