Example sentences of "if it [vb past] [det] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | This is a very efficient heat-transfer mechanism , and if it existed all the way into the region of the atmosphere which radiated to space then by today the Jovian interior would have lost almost all of its heat of formation , and any remnant could not be a significant source of internal energy . |
| 2 | We know if it made any note of where we 're meant to be going . |
| 3 | Erm if it 'd all been down here , you could think , Oh well I can make it twice that , take it out to about here . |
| 4 | The Brewers ' Society contended that arrangements with their outlets fell within the block exemption of exclusive purchasing agreements 1984/83 , and therefore that the UK would be in breach of its obligations under the Treaty of Rome if it prohibited such arrangements . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | It 's grown on a , a north facing wall so bit , bit more now I think if it got more sun . |
| 7 | Idealism , then , simply did not look as if it had much to say about the major events in international relations in the 1930s . |
| 8 | Nobody asked the Public Service official anything , and Yggdrasil would have spoken up if it had any strong objections . |
| 9 | He really must get back to the library and see if it had any more books on the subject . |
| 10 | Outside , the Chelsea Pensioner pub would have have been doing good business if it had any drinks to sell , but it was purely decorative ; part of garden by Hereford Wyevale Garden Centre called the outer sanctum which won a silver-gilt medal . |
| 11 | That 's if it had any sockets upstairs ! |
| 12 | The usefulness of the Grand Plan , even if it had few subscribers , was that it provided a cover . |
| 13 | Rupert repeated his earlier greeting and came towards her with a glass jug that looked as if it contained some kind of cocktail . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | His face was thin and emaciated , drawn together as if it spent each night in some kind of linen press . |
| 16 | What if it offered more than Medau ? |
| 17 | As she hesitated , she glanced at the loose page to see if it offered any clue to its rightful position in the book . |
| 18 | But if it meant this I ought to know it . |
| 19 | They would gladly put up with a certain level of pregnancy risk if it meant fewer side effects . |
| 20 | Hall argued , however , that even this least satisfactory outcome would be worth while if it meant some of the long-term unemployed in the inner cities obtained jobs , and were thus able to climb up the skills and income levels . |
| 21 | He could n't bear the thought of a child like Anna ever being subjected to the indecencies and ugliness of a house such as Claybury 's , and he vowed that from now on he would work only to make life for lunatics stress-free and tolerable , even if it meant less money for himself . |
| 22 | As well as being practical , the end result will look as if it cost many times as much . |
| 23 | She would be drinking coffee as if it cost less than water , wearing alligator shoes made to fit her pretty feet , and watching at Tommaso 's side a parade of half-naked girls with bracelets round their legs , whirling to a drummer 's flying hands , while a group of handsome , grinning soldiers stood by . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Now that allowance would be nice if it bore some relationship to what was allowed in the estimated er , figures . |
| 26 | " 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 . |
| 27 | He said it matter of factly , as if it happened all the time . |
| 28 | If it happened all the time , I would give up the game — I 'd quit . |
| 29 | But it was the coming night that seemed to press down on Ruth ; there was a strange fear in her that the sun , if it sank this evening , might never rise again . |
| 30 | 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 . |