Example sentences of "if [adv] [pron] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If only they had some grenades of the gas or choke or knockout variety ! |
| 2 | Their views are readily recognizable in a world where the fuss about the Turin Shroud has reminded us of a time when high hopes and claims of miracle were commonly attached to pieces of the true cross or heads of John the Baptist , where much Christian literature promises believers great success in life if only they have enough faith in God , and where men and women of political power still try to have God and his Church on their side , and to use their authority to enhance their own . |
| 3 | It 's a very striking book because while on the one hand he admires the Bolsheviks very greatly for the hope that they have given to man , for the feeling that they have given to the world that new potentialities are there to be realized if only we had enough courage , yet on the other hand , even at that point , he was acutely conscious that the Bolsheviks ' attitude towards the equality of power was leading them in a fatal direction , and long before Stalinism began to take shape , he described in advance what he expected to come . |
| 4 | Engineers like their materials to be consistent and are not too deeply interested in reasons , so they encouraged the idea that each material has a characteristic strength which could be determined accurately , once for all , if only one did enough tests . |
| 5 | If only there remained some sort of plan of the former layout ; but it could hardly have been anticipated when the conversion was begun that a modern miller would be the buyer , who proposed to grind not corn but electricity . |
| 6 | ‘ If only you believed that . |
| 7 | ‘ If only I had that opportunity such a rewarding experience working among people of that type . ’ |
| 8 | He said , oh if only I had that power ! |
| 9 | ‘ If only I had some money put by , ’ he told Rosie , as he was taking her home to the pub one evening . |
| 10 | If only he had some security , if only his art supplies were replenished . |
| 11 | If only he had some tools … |
| 12 | All his life , the fool thinks that if only he tried another woman , or holiday , or whatever , then this time he would really catch the mysterious something . |
| 13 | There were no strike pay , you just had a promissory note that er if ever they got any money they 'd pay you , you see ? |
| 14 | He always noticed pools of oil and empty coke cans round the house if ever he passed that way . |
| 15 | anyway he went to the toilet , went a wee and I put him back in bed and he was laid there and anyway and , and he eventually dropped off , anyway I was telling my mum about it yesterday , and I did n't sort of think no more of it the next day , right , and mum I said well if ever he gets that again she said you should from the doctor she said , because , one of our boys had it she said and it was a blockage |
| 16 | Cor Sue if ever you get any tickets to see them , we 'd better go and see them . |
| 17 | Now , she decided , if ever she had that kind of money , she would first ensure that her family would never again , for as long as they lived , be in need . |
| 18 | ‘ If ever I catch another man looking at me with that look which means ‘ You 're mine , all mine ’ I shall kill him , because I 'm not his all his at all . |
| 19 | If ever I think that 's a possibility , I do n't make the deal . ’ |
| 20 | Yet if subconsciously we invite such injuries — ‘ |
| 21 | By 1922 only 232 households owned a plough , whilst 278 lacked even a primitive wooden plough with which to turn over their new earth , if indeed they possessed any . |
| 22 | In most areas , only bulls with small ivory survive , a fact which bodes ill , genetically speaking , for the future of the species — if indeed it has any future in the wild at all . |
| 23 | If you are not interested in CPU time etc. for your use of LIFESPAN , then you will probably only have one LIFESPAN Process UIC , if indeed you have any . |
| 24 | If initially you find this is too hard to do , see the reason why this time you are afraid to shut the door . |