Example sentences of "if it [vb past] [det] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | therefore investigated recognition memory for conversation in a ‘ soap opera ’ and found that the surface form of an utterance was remembered if it carried some pragmatic meaning . |
2 | Nobody asked the Public Service official anything , and Yggdrasil would have spoken up if it had any strong objections . |
3 | He really must get back to the library and see if it had any more books on the subject . |
4 | He held the book out between finger and thumb as if it contained some dangerous virus which at any moment could threaten the whole school . |
5 | Still , she did n't mind at all having the blame laid at her door if it saved some other female from having to put up with his unwanted attentions . |
6 | " Pictures for the People " was a grand slogan , and if it extracted some national treasures from London for display in Middlesbrough and Huddersfield , it might even do some good . |
7 | Hire purchase , credit sale and conditional sale advertising had to give a comprehensive picture of costs ( if it mentioned any financial terms ) , and any interest rate it quoted had to approximate to a true annual rate of interest , but the formula used was different from the one in the Moneylenders Acts . |
8 | ‘ It would be gratifying if it held some more revelations , but perhaps that would be too much to hope for . |
9 | Tomas Tierney , a local teacher , and PRO for the group , said it was founded to enable local residents to block the proposal if it presented any environmental dangers . |