Example sentences of "if [pron] have [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | They are often advertised in the newspapers as ‘ bomb proof ! ’ ; no matter what occurs they will just continue their mild sweet way as if nothing had ever happened . |
2 | The weeds that we 'd uprooted in the morning were shrivelled and brown ; the earth looked as if nothing had ever lived in it . |
3 | Then I washed and dried the two beer-mugs and the three vases , and put them back in their normal places , as if nothing had ever happened . |
4 | On shore the remaining sheep were released with their new stud ram , whereupon they scattered over the grazing as if nothing had ever disturbed their tranquillity . |
5 | And for those people who are n't happy with what Stacker does anyway ( like our esteemed editor , for example ) , the package now comes with a useful Unstack feature so you can automatically return your system to its original state as if nothing had ever happened . |
6 | God , it was as if nothing had ever happened between them . |
7 | ‘ Not to the same degree , of course , but on Sunday there was the same feeling — as if we were continuing a conversation we were having yesterday , as if nothing had really changed . |
8 | " If nothing has yet been settled with regard to Ald. Hallam 's gift of a thousand pounds , it seems to me well worth considering whether it would not be more advantageous to the School to endow a " Hallam Lectureship in Natural Science " than to found a scholarship . |
9 | He would n't want to waste his time chasing that story if I 'd already done it , and I can get a story into print more quickly than the British magazines he supplies . |
10 | As I got up Terry looked at me as if I 'd just announced I had a private income . |
11 | Actually , I missed some good ones in the couple of days ' holiday I took ; if I 'd just bothered to look at a single fucking news-stand after I left Stromeferry I 'd have seen this story starting to break about this guy — ‘ The Red panther ’ the tabloids decided on eventually — murdering these right-leaning pillars of the community . |
12 | ‘ I would n't be if I 'd just lost twenty million , ’ Plummer said humourlessly . |
13 | ‘ The whole thing was a perfectly natural mistake , but , thanks to him , they went on as if I 'd just attempted to rob the Bank of England . |
14 | I made sure I looked as if I 'd just got out of bed and dressed in a hurry — hence no socks and the sweatshirt — and went down to front garden to wave them in . |
15 | The big one looked down at me as if I 'd just crawled out from under . |
16 | " It 's as if I 'd just taken a photograph . " |
17 | I think the other thing also , I found it a disadvantage actually having it on the table , I think if I 'd just left it on the like that |
18 | ‘ It looks as if I 'd better , does n't it ? ’ |
19 | Unable to say , Because I felt as if I knew you , as if I 'd always known you ; because your face was as familiar to me as my own , she replied weakly , ‘ Sometimes a particular face stands out . |
20 | So if I 'd still been giving Clive the best part of my days , occasions for dalliance would have been rare and risky . |
21 | But er , yes er , I would have been er , I think if I 'd still been in Jim 's place , er quite rightly so , getting all that we can for the town . |
22 | If only I was this , if I 'd only said that , done the other — why always ME ? |
23 | It was as if I 'd only just found him , except that now I 'd start to wail like a baby if someone so much as knocked my little finger . |
24 | ‘ If I 'd only realized sooner — ’ |
25 | It 's as if I 'd only seen him at twilight ; and now suddenly I see him at dawn . |
26 | If I 'd only met you in the first place … before Bella , and … well … ’ |
27 | as if I 'd only been half awake before so no wonder I could n't do anything . ’ |
28 | ‘ If I 'd only thought … |
29 | if I 'd only been there when he died , I 'd of hold his hands , blah , blah , oh God , poor lass |
30 | Nell smiled sweetly at his departing back and asked if I 'd ever noticed how important everything was to actors ? |