Example sentences of "if [noun prp] had [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One may take leave to wonder whether , if Aristotle had pondered even more deeply on the nature of citizenship , he would have agreed with these schools and added ; health and safety ; eating for health ; smoking ; sexual relationships and decision making ; or body abuse . |
| 2 | On the journey back , she asked if they had slept together — in fact , jocularly , if Jessica had notched up another broken heart — but Jessica shook her head , without the usual laugh . |
| 3 | If Bathsheba had known how strong the feelings of this dark and silent figure were , she would have blamed herself terribly for her thoughtlessness . |
| 4 | If Nutty had known how Nails intended to get the money for her fees she would have been shocked . |
| 5 | And even if Harvey had written just about the whole of Amaranth 's damn speech , she would , were it to be successful , be more in need of his favours than Harvey 's . |
| 6 | If Wright had taken as much care with his finishing as his feud with Saints defender Ken Monkou , Arsenal would have escaped with a point . |
| 7 | ’ ‘ You go along that Blo Norton road and you 'll never see the black cat unless Alby [ we 'll call him that , though that was n't his proper name ] if Alby had disappeared out of sight the black cat was there . |
| 8 | Forester 's fear was not so much that the room might not have been available , but that if Hennessy had moved out the hotel might be closed down for the off-season altogether . |
| 9 | If it had n't been so hot , if there had been no row the night before , if Dennis had n't passed out , if I 'd fallen asleep , if any of the others had been there , if Karen had come back later , if she 'd gone straight to the pool rather than taken a shower , if any or all of these had been the case , then intercourse would not have occurred . |
| 10 | If Nicholson had strolled down Sunset Strip , he would have caught sight of Dean at Googies or one of the other coffee joints where Dean would meet with Natalie Wood and Dennis Hopper . |
| 11 | There was a feeling , however , that even if Scotland had nudged ahead , it was only a matter of time before England got their act together . |
| 12 | If Zen had survived more or less intact all this time it was thanks to the instinct that was telling him to leave now . |
| 13 | Would it have mattered so very much if Heather had found out about it ? |
| 14 | It was neither homely nor luxurious and Charlotte doubted if Maurice had done more than visit to check the mail in recent months . |
| 15 | Being under constant surveillance , there could be no further runs across Heath and Common to Aunt Marjorie 's , even if Clarissa had stayed on . |
| 16 | There was nothing revealing about Culley 's pause — the surprise was genuine , as if Sanchez had come straight to a point that Culley had intended to arrive at slowly . |
| 17 | If Rune had set out deliberately to enrage her he could n't have chosen a better way . |
| 18 | If Lili had come in by the back door it had been very late indeed . |
| 19 | He wondered if Irina had gone out , perhaps to buy some more clothes . |
| 20 | ‘ I must say I 'd have been happier , ’ said Rose , when everyone was suited and they had all sunk into their chairs , ‘ if Viola had kept away . |
| 21 | After all , if Dysart had fallen out with Clare , he was not likely to have broadcast the fact after her death . |
| 22 | If Leland had gone there , he might well have described the eastern Weald as he did the Forest of Dean : ‘ more fruitful of wood and grass than corn ’ with ‘ many iron mines and forges ’ ; yet although he judged it self-sufficient in corn , Dean was very much poorer than the Weald . |
| 23 | It was as if Jack had stepped back in time to the scene of an earlier age . |
| 24 | It was one of those rare occasions when a covert operation could be examined in the full glare of publicity and it showed what a foolhardy idea it was from the start for , even if Crabb had returned safely , it is unlikely he could have brought back enough information to have justified the risk in the first place . |
| 25 | Well if Bill had come today |
| 26 | This , this is totally normal conversation , I 've never got this done if Wendy had turned up , I 'm glad , cos we 've now got , a tape and a bit done tonight |
| 27 | It would have been catastrophic if Bailey had come here . |
| 28 | Turning Sardinia into a Mediterranean Alcatraz to prevent hooliganism would have looked a little silly if Belgium had gone there instead . |
| 29 | Turning Sardinia into a Mediterranean Alcatraz to prevent hooliganism would have looked a little silly if Belgium had gone there instead . |
| 30 | ‘ If Charles had hung around long enough to notice the state I saw you in , he 'd have thought the worst had happened , Virginia . |