He shrugged and muttered, "if my sister had balls, she'd be my brother," to dismiss the idea.

During the debate he dismissed the point with a joke: if my grandmother had balls, she'd be my granddad.

In the margin of the antique script appears she'l, an obsolete contraction recorded by the scribe.

If she studies every day, she'll pass the exam next month.

By the time I got there, she'd already left the café.