Example sentences of "if he had [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ Him , ’ they said , ‘ if he had two watches he still would n't give you the time . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ If he had two eyes like any one else , ’ said Fribble , ‘ I could stand it . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | While waiting , I asked if he had many riverside cases . |
| 10 | No , cos he 's only got , if , if he had separate books she would . |
| 11 | ‘ I should think so , ’ he said severely , and paused , and swallowed as if he had some constriction , and then asked , ‘ Where were we ? |
| 12 | Meredith spoke as if he had some power over his cousin . |
| 13 | Then I asked him if he had any thoughts on how it had happened . |
| 14 | 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 . ’ |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . ’ |
| 17 | Mr Henderson asked him three times if he had any idea what a kidney was for . |
| 18 | Mr Henderson asked him three times if he had any idea what a kidney was for . |
| 19 | Wondered if he had any idea what force he would have needed to pull the arrow out , like a wooden skewer out of meat . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | ‘ If he had any idea of what she was doing for us , MoD does n't want it spread around . |
| 22 | If he had any sense he 'd get himself a good lawyer and keep his mouth shut . ’ |
| 23 | Two miles if he had any sense . |
| 24 | ‘ If he had any sense he 'd stay here and keep an eye on his daughter , ’ I quipped back . |
| 25 | Or I mean I think he 's , she 's bitten him before , if he had any sense he 'd leave them at the gate or something , I mean somebody would go for them . |
| 26 | I was looking at the vectors on either side of him to see if he had any friends and when I came back he was gone . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Do you know if he had any contact with his relatives ? ’ |
| 28 | Asked if he had any sympathy for Sergeant King 's family he said ‘ No . ’ |
| 29 | He needed hobdaying and was rather on the temperamental side , so she sent him to Bill and me to see if he had any ability in the dressage sphere . ’ |
| 30 | Yesterday , the CA was deciding whether to ask the EC competitions director if he had any powers over the move . |