Example sentences of "and if a [noun sg] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And if a boy did … well , I 've the knowledge here ’ ( and he tapped his head ) ‘ of where that boy comes from and where there 's brothers and sisters a-plenty to take in his place and use as I used Squit and the others before him . |
| 2 | And if a man had a bent furrow or a hog 's trough ( a hollow between two furrow slices ) in his work , the mistake would soon be recorded in every farm and public house in the parish . |
| 3 | He said people were allowed to use air rifles in their own gardens , and if a cat strayed into the path of the pellet in those circumstances it would be regarded as an accident . |
| 4 | Although until the crown 's powers were curbed in 1688 it was limited in scope and summoned when and if a monarch felt like it . |
| 5 | At one time the local authority would have provided only one library service — the public library — and if a school did have its own library it would probably have been administered by the public library . |
| 6 | So it was quite a simple job and of course , as yard inspector at Street , my job was to see that the s platforms were always When one train left you had to put the other train in to get the shunters to shunt another train into the empty platform you see , for the next the next shunt and that and if a train came in from Carstairs you see , you seen that the pilot and phoned the signalman , let the pilot into number five dock . |
| 7 | At 0430 there are no civilians about , and if a bomb had been planted this would be an ideal time to detonate it . |
| 8 | ‘ And if a woman wanted to marry you ? ’ |
| 9 | The biscuit packets travelled on a conveyor over this machine , and if a packet did not fall within pre-set weight limits it was pushed off the conveyor , later to be opened and good biscuits fed back into the line . |
| 10 | The room was small , and if a chair stood on the other side of the fireplace from where Aunt Louise sat , it was in the way of anyone passing through the door leading into the kitchen , or that leading to the stairs . |