Example sentences of "if [pers pn] [vb past] on [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If I went on holiday in the sun I would use high factor cream , stay in the shade at midday and wear a hat and t-shirts . |
| 2 | She felt light-headed , as if she walked on air . |
| 3 | The man had to have great financial resources and staying power to follow the Girl if she went on tour . |
| 4 | Yet she would n't be able to live with herself if she informed on Papa . |
| 5 | Er you know but you see , conservative won the election and because what they did was , if you went on strike they they paid you off , you got sacked and you just did n't get any money . |
| 6 | If we insisted on electricity generators buying expensive coal , that would be bad news for domestic electricity customers and it would cause job losses in the rest of British industry . |
| 7 | But erm we ca n't spend money we have n't go , we ca n't spend money and erm I mean er if we spent if we went on spending money , then what would happen is that the Trust would simply well it would go it would n't exactly go broke but jobs would have to be cut and that sort of thing , people would be very badly affected by it so you just have to wait . |
| 8 | It was also believed by some that if they went on strike for higher wages they would be victimized by all the companies in the area . |
| 9 | And the Democrats among them also know that if they went on record against a war that turned out to be a great victory , President Bush would be even harder to beat in 1992 . |
| 10 | So if they kept on flat out , every ten seconds they 'd go a further so many hundred metres , for ever and ever . |
| 11 | Even if it landed on time , I would have the four-hour journey to Hull and it was unlikely that I would make it to the funeral . |
| 12 | If he got on top of his weeds and successfully kept them under one could be sure he was a good farmer . |
| 13 | He was terrified of being electrocuted if he went on stage at the show in Taipei . |
| 14 | Holt was at pains to point out that from his garden , if he stood on tiptoe , craned his neck and employed both imagination and compass he could , perhaps , in the right light , makes out the Drus . |
| 15 | If he stood on tiptoe , he could reach the shelf . |