Example sentences of "if he [verb] it [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | And if he drove it well , I knew he 'd play well . |
2 | If he drinks it now , today he wo n't have it tomorrow will he ? |
3 | I do n't know if he realised it either , but the Danuese would not have taken kindly to having their programme wiped off the air-waves midway through . |
4 | Nevertheless , it was clear that the wisest Cambridge leaders whom he could consult would not regard his going as betrayal if he felt it right . |
5 | He had shown interest in her work and talked as if he took it seriously . |
6 | The hair that God had left him was sparse , dry and vertical , as if he brushed it forward every morning . |
7 | If something or somebody seems to be all the go , it takes a determined editor to ignore it even if he thinks it wildly over-rated . |
8 | When he sang to me — and he did not sound now as if he meant it very much — I tried to think of something else … |
9 | I 'd already told him where she kept it … and he was afraid that if he left it there it 'd be traced back to him . |
10 | If he swings it fast and hard , he would obtain maximum shaft distortion and the ball would travel all over the countryside . |
11 | Clive 's favourite , perfectly serious , leitmotif was : ‘ We 're a top team , are n't we ! ’ until Jane felt she 'd scream if he said it once more , and ordered breakfast in her room so as to avoid him first thing in the morning , at least . |
12 | Oh and if he said it once well he said it half a dozen times trying to impress me . |
13 | So if he does it again , he 's had it ! |
14 | Yeah , co well if he clarifies it then we know where we are . |
15 | He laughed softly to himself , then looked across at his father , wondering if he saw it too , or whether the connection existed in his mind alone . |
16 | He had thought he could fly , if he willed it enough . |
17 | There 's no reason for the door to stay shut for good over that flying incident , but it will only be opened if he wants it enough . ’ |
18 | Five feet three , immensely strong — ‘ could pick up a thirteen-stone man by the seat of his pants ’ — a craftsman collier — ‘ he would look at the seam of coal … take a Number Two mandrel [ a half-headed pick ] and if he hit it just right , something like twenty tons of coal would fall out of the coal face ’ — and a man with a ‘ love of words , the longer the better ’ . |
19 | If he hit it as straight as Ben Hogan , he would never get beaten . " |
20 | ‘ Why did he stay if he hated it so much ? ’ |
21 | This session is the cause of much joshing in the Right Said Fred camp , him saying how he 'd make sure he had a hot shower first and primed himself for action if he did it again , his partners enjoying wiggling their little fingers at any opportunity and ribbing him for his perceived shortcomings . |
22 | Ken particularly liked the story Orton told him about a man he had picked up in a lavatory and asked him if he did it often . |