Example sentences of "if [pron] [vb past] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would feel bad if I knew for certain that someone was going to cosh me with a lead pipe on January 15 of that year . |
| 2 | ‘ Planning ’ was judged to have taken place if the girl had known the man for at least six months before cohabitation and if she cohabited for positive reasons rather than because of outside pressures such as pregnancy or the need to escape from an unhappy home . |
| 3 | Alec and his colleagues believe the military would laugh at them if they asked for personal protection weapons . |
| 4 | If they knew for certain that a vote of censure could not result in a general election , but would simply bring about a reshuffle in the Government , their conduct would become more robust . |
| 5 | Even if it worked for senior house officer appointments it would not work for registrar appointments . |
| 6 | If he hoped for public sympathy from his revelations about the affair and marriage , he was very wrong . |