Example sentences of "if they [vb past] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cos we used to swear like hell if they 'd lost a door |
| 2 | They were uncertain of her , she could feel it as surely as if they 'd appointed a spokesman to stand up and tell her so . |
| 3 | If they 'd spent a particularly warm close time together , Jay even wondered if she and Lucy could be unique friends and veer away from this sexual desire which shimmered like an uncrossable burning field for Lucy . |
| 4 | They 're getting fined more for marrying again er than they would if they 'd committed a crime . |
| 5 | If they 'd had a cook ! |
| 6 | Even if they 'd had a formal partnership , which they did n't , it would have made no difference . |
| 7 | And if they 'd had a row , you could hear him . |
| 8 | The Indians had taken the radio telephones ( they 'd have gone off with the genny if they 'd had a crane ) and Caracas thought they 'd just broken down again so came as per normal . |
| 9 | ‘ I feel women are pushed out of hospital , just as if they 'd had a minor operation , or a very mild illness . ’ |
| 10 | If they 'd had a key , they would n't have been so careless as to leave it open , would they ? ’ |
| 11 | I did ask if they 'd had a nice meal , but Lisabeth just ‘ harrumphed ’ so I dropped the subject and told them instead that I was going to meet Duncan and collect Salome 's car . |
| 12 | Oh rather yes , out-work , people used during the First World War there were no end of people were sort of er especially if they 'd had a bit of experience in the leather industry like harness and saddlery and that sort of thing , especially the harness and er other work attached to leather cavalry and er revolver holsters and that sort of thing , they 'd do them at home you know oh yes there was er now Walsall 's divided is n't it ? |
| 13 | that 's what I mean if they 'd had a good whistler he kept instead of her , could n't he ? |
| 14 | Even worse , if they 'd fancied a bottle of Bell 's whisky to toast in the New Year , it would have cost them £23.04 , almost twice the UK price . |
| 15 | I was going to ask you if they 'd got a youth team ? |
| 16 | Oh it 's summat about erm yeah it is you know erm where you vote for them union things I meant to ask you if they 'd got a stamp |
| 17 | There was another story about a blind mother , whose son did not return after the battle ; she wept when he did not return , and asked the survivors if they had seen a young and lovely boy lying slain , dressed in delicately embroidered garments of fine silk , and the survivors said No , they had seen no boy , but they had seen a great bearded man dead , and he had worn tied about his waist strange garments , torn and faded and old , which had once been embroidered with flowers . |
| 18 | When Melinda answered him in fluent Arabic , they all looked at her as if they had seen a ghost , bade us goodnight , and melted away into the darkness again . |
| 19 | Mr Martin stood and asked if they had reached a verdict . |
| 20 | In the suggested answer , we noted that if they had fitted a multiplicative model , the effect would be very similar . |
| 21 | If they had scored a second it would have been no robbery . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ They were talking as if they had lost a £10 note . |
| 23 | Readers became familiar with their Doppelgangers , as if they had turned a corner and unexpectedly confronted themselves in a mirror . |
| 24 | It looked on Saturday as if they had declared a premature end to the season , in any case . |
| 25 | If they had displayed a disclaimer ( sufficiently bold , precise and compelling ) they would have avoided commission of the offence even without having to rely upon section 24 ( see paragraph 16–11 ) . |
| 26 | This Act required school boards to pass byelaws to secure attendance ( although pupils older than 10 could be exempted if they had achieved a certain standard of attainment , or a satisfactory record of attendance ) . |
| 27 | It looked as if they had discovered a minefield . |
| 28 | Mostly , these were people in lower socio-economic groups ; but it is worth noting that even in these groups people with high credit commitments , or people who said that if they had to arrange a loan it would be for a relatively large sum of money , generally said they would prefer monthly repayments . |
| 29 | Up to 50 per cent of people with heart disease or cancer could probably have prevented or delayed the onset of their illness if they had eaten a better diet or stopped smoking . |
| 30 | Then , quickly she opened the door and went out and left them standing in a half circle , silent , no laughter on their faces now , just memories of what might have been if they had had a child like the little girl who used to run into them , and a daughter as she was now . |