Example sentences of "if they [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If they hoped that freedom would automatically bring intellectual variety and competition they must be disappointed with the press and pessimistic about the effects of deregulation on broadcasting , however . |
| 2 | Indeed , when Jessica had locked her car with all the others at the Moira roundabout — travel-sharing , she assumed , hardheaded Ulstermen saving on the petrol — Rory had walked up to her and kissed her lightly on the mouth as if they owned each other . |
| 3 | If they adopted that system which costs nothing you would avoid patients ' frustration and give the health service a better name . |
| 4 | I wondered if they passed that Trade Union ( positive vetting ) file over to someone else or whether they were keeping it for my return . |
| 5 | The sheriff had suggested that more detonators , designed to alert drivers if they passed red light , be installed . |
| 6 | Hyam also deplores the recent ‘ willingness of Third World governments to adopt the peculiar Purity laws and conventions of Britain in the 1880s as if they represented ultimate truths about human civilisation ’ . |
| 7 | She wondered if you would mind very much if they came another time . |
| 8 | Yes , if they went forty miles an hour , but they do n't . |
| 9 | All the same , it was obviously better if they avoided each other completely . |
| 10 | If they afforded unique opportunities , especially in the international realm , they also posed the ultimate challenge for him : to elevate the banality of peace and prosperity into something epic . |
| 11 | but where if they sold little packets of sweets |
| 12 | the safety officers of today , oh they 'd have a blue fit if if they saw such things you know . |
| 13 | ‘ All that rigmarole about the house being a haunted house was just to keep people from inquiring if they saw any signs of William Egan 's habitation ? ’ |
| 14 | The general impression conveyed is that these women would not necessarily be more satisfied with work if they saw more people , but that they would certainly be less dissatisfied . |
| 15 | Police are asking for any witnesses to come forward if they saw suspicious activity near the garage at any time on Saturday night . |
| 16 | And would it be all right if they brought another couple of Conor 's mates ? |
| 17 | He said they could have a picnic if they brought some cake out into the garden , but they did n't seem to understand him . |
| 18 | Martin , tall with a roll-necked sweater under a grey suit , played war games ; John , slightly paunchy with a beard , was into steam trains — he took photos of them ; Julian , fair , well-dressed , with crooked teeth , divorced , spent Saturdays with his children and would expect her to do so too if they suited each other ; Lewis , in three-piece suit and striped shirt , supported the reintroduction of corporal punishment in schools ; Gerald , a mild , bushy-haired man , described with passionate precision the arrangement of the plants in his garden . |
| 19 | If they failed another night in the open would probably be Hugh 's last . |
| 20 | If they failed another night in the open would probably be Hugh 's last . |
| 21 | All patients were encouraged to become familiar with their own mole pattern and to return to the clinic before the next regular appointment if they observed any change . |
| 22 | If they became tied agents they were authorised to do business through the life office which took them on ; the life office , in turn , was responsible for their conduct . |
| 23 | Even liberals believed that the colonies would remain loyal if they received economic benefits and shared in the ideals of liberty , equality and fraternity , which France provided through her ‘ civilising mission ’ . |
| 24 | A communiqué passed to the government on Nov. 22 by a group of prominent citizens known as " the notables " , believed to mediating between the government and the Medellín drug cartel , contained an offer from the cartel that between 200 and 300 of their members would surrender to stand trial if they received official assurances that they would not be extradited to another country . |
| 25 | They felt it would be a good idea if they extended these ideas to the subject of physics , and we were asked at the university to try for the very first time to run a set of these master classes for children aged thirteen to fourteen in physics , to see if we could transmit some of the excitement and pleasure of doing physics to children at that crucial stage in their scientific development in schools . |
| 26 | The road cut a swath through the centre of the belt of trees , and as the gig passed between them they seemed to menace , arms grotesquely waving , as if they resented this intrusion through their territory . |
| 27 | With the law as it is there may be some men who would prefer an adult partner , but who at present turn their attention to boys because they consider that this course is less likely to lay them open to prosecution or to blackmail than if they sought other adults as their partners . |
| 28 | They could engage in foreign trade , and retain 50 per cent of export earnings in foreign currency , but would require Ministry of Foreign Trade approval if they sought foreign capital investment . |
| 29 | The Iraqi Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz said on Aug. 13 , amid suggestions that Venezuela , Saudi Arabia , the UAE and perhaps Nigeria might increase output , that " OPEC states should take into consideration their interests " and warned that they might " pay hard in the future " if they followed this course . |
| 30 | Mr Rifkind says that many people in industry are telling him they would ‘ switch to rail tomorrow ’ if they knew British Rail was reliable . |