Example sentences of "if [pron] did n't " in BNC.
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| 1 | Strong hints about his IRA sympathies , as if everyone did n't know he 'd been a self-proclaimed Sinn Feinner since he was a youngster . |
| 2 | Lendl smiled and countered : ‘ It would be laughable if I did n't say it because it 's obvious that Wimbledon is my main goal — to pretend otherwise would be wrong . ’ |
| 3 | I have been approached on many levels , from stripograms in the office to packages arriving at reception with worms and a message inside threatening even worse if I did n't see the band ( I did n't ) . |
| 4 | If I did n't give him a square meal on Monaghan Day he 'd drink himself stupid in Mohill . ’ |
| 5 | It was as if I did n't even exist . ’ |
| 6 | I suppose he must be real hungry if I did n't feed him yesterday . |
| 7 | It 'd be real easy — I 'd just say to myself ‘ Well , I think I 'll just pop over and see Marie today ’ , and five minutes later I 'd be there and we could have tea together , then if I did n't want to stay the night I 'd just fly into the sky again and stay there . |
| 8 | I said that I could n't fault their prices , but asked what would happen if I did n't pay . |
| 9 | I felt that this was a very brief phase and if I did n't cash in on it now , I was n't going to get the chance again . |
| 10 | ‘ as if I did n't know . |
| 11 | If I did n't recognise it , ’ says Neneh , ‘ I 'd be an unhappy person . |
| 12 | At one time I imagined that if I was n't obsessed with food and controlling my weight , if I did n't have a head stuffed full of calorie charts , I would be empty , have nothing to think about , nothing to fill up my life . |
| 13 | Tremayne grunted and bore the document away , coming back presently to say I should stop working and go with him to Newbury races , if I did n't mind . |
| 14 | If I did n't move someone would come and feel for a pulse and , finding one , finish me off . |
| 15 | If I did n't move I would die where I lay . |
| 16 | That I could express nothing if I did n't have the technique to do so . |
| 17 | Patiently , the practitioner examined them , me and us , and proclaimed that I would probably be able to see jolly well if I did n't have them inside out and in the wrong eyes . |
| 18 | ‘ If I knew I would n't be asking you , and if I did n't know her inside out I would have said she was worried about something . ’ |
| 19 | Sure I have to , Nellie , for if I did n't give it a redd up at least once in a while he 'd have the place like a right midden . ’ |
| 20 | If I did n't keep on at them , homework would never get done . |
| 21 | I knew of the need for fibre , fresh fruits and vegetables — even if I did n't much like them — and I knew of the dangers of saturated fats and too much salt . |
| 22 | It was always hard to get going , for if I did n't carry my own sins , and hence guilt , then my dad 's sins were always about to be draped around my neck like a dead albatross . |
| 23 | The letters lying there on the mat did n't exactly look as though if I did n't open them the world would stop . |
| 24 | A final demand from the Gas Board and a threat from Glasgow Public Libraries if I did n't return The Maltese Falcon and pay my seventeen-and-six fine they 'd permanently withdraw my ticket and cut my left hand off . |
| 25 | ‘ Well if I did n't some bugger else would , ’ said Joe defensively . |
| 26 | ‘ I reckon that if I did n't have that cigarette first thing in the morning , I could last out and resist the rest of the day . |
| 27 | AB : I would be a fool if I did n't say Schenker was one of the few analysts we can rate seriously . |
| 28 | Anyway , she was very tired and said that if I did n't tell her she was going to go to sleep . |
| 29 | I would die if I did n't have water . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'd feed 'er meself if I did n't 'ave me latest , ’ said Rosa . |