Example sentences of "if [pron] have [verb] for " in BNC.

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1 If I 'd paused for more thought I perhaps would n't have had the nerve , but I simply opened his door , checked up and down the corridor for observers ( none ) and went inside , shutting myself in .
2 I was no expert , but I would know enough to make a preliminary diagnosis and summon an ambulance if I had to arrange for her to be taken into hospital .
3 But I still felt as though I 'd have a nervous breakdown if I had to cope for much longer … .
4 Whatever she [ mother ] needs , it 's there regardless … if her money did n't amount to whatever she needed , she would get it , even if I had to borrow for it , she would get it from somewhere .
5 Do you know what the total price of the tickets would have been if I had to pay for this , one hundred and ten pounds
6 if I had to pay for it
7 That they have cost me no more than my time makes such decisions much easier than if I had paid for them in gold .
8 if I have to wait for you I 'll wait forever cos your eggs are not done
9 I 'll prepare a ship at Bristol , take you and Hawkins with me , and have that treasure if I have to search for a year ! ’
10 But if I have to qualify for the Open , I 'll qualify .
11 If someone 's expelled for drugs you know do n't you think everyone else would think hey , you know ?
12 I wonder if she 'd asked for him over at her house .
13 she knew she would save Billy , even if she had to die for it .
14 It was n't as if she had searched for it , determined to see what lay behind the forever locked door .
15 If she had weakened for a moment , to the extent of uttering one soft word of forgiveness , of friendship , she might have burst into tears .
16 He had assumed , discriminated , made her feel as if she had to apologise for the way she lived her life , when he knew nothing , nothing of her circumstances or her reasons .
17 If she had asked for Ward Five he would have told her morning visiting in the public wards was forbidden and he might , because he was feeling benevolent , have called her love .
18 If she had thought for one moment he was serious she would have been deeply shocked .
19 If you had waited for me to return and confronted me with your distress I would have told you .
20 Well , would n't you if you had to work for only one night a year ?
21 Stockings were never long enough and the tension between suspender and stocking-top would result in spring-loaded legs ; if you had to run for a bus , the legs would keep going for three stops .
22 How much extra would it cost you if you had to pay for the additional choc ices ?
23 What would the free portion cost if you had to pay for it ?
24 I mean at the moment of choice you 're faced with a set of people , including , let's say , one man and one woman , who on paper match each other and who perhaps , even if you 've adjusted for a possibility of the woman 's having to fight and so on , they 're equal on paper .
25 After a concert or disco , if you 've arranged for someone to pick you up and they do n't arrive — speak to the organisers and ask them if you can phone home .
26 If you 've worked for one employer for two years or more before leaving to have your baby , you may be entitled to maternity pay .
27 In the new South Africa , if you 've worked for a white family for more than five years , you get to keep the house …
28 ‘ Surely , if you 've worked for him you must know what I mean . ’
29 If you 've come for a session with Kafy , you 're out of luck she 's booked for the whole night by one of the priests from the Temple of Khepri .
30 If you 've finished or if you 've finished for today .
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