Example sentences of "if [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The woman turned , meeting Karr 's eyes briefly , her own eyes wide , her whole body tensed as if to meet some other threat , then she turned away , a faint shudder passing through her , letting her co-workers carry the three men off . |
| 32 | And if consume enough of it , will kill you . |
| 33 | From an argument based on such negative evidence it may be that as a hunting weapon they were more common than the record suggests , having such a high use-value that they were not disposed of at burial ; if accepted this would also say something of the use-value of weaponry . |
| 34 | If wanting that luxury , but are unable to buy your Swan new , then through our international network of twenty-two offices you can find those same endearing features in pre-owned Swans . |
| 35 | Perhaps symbolic is the typical picket line of today ; people in high spirits shouting slogans and singing to the beat of a salsa band as they march defiantly under the eyes of the police contrast with the solemn processions of strikers we had seen in the 1940s , walking through the streets in silence and in proper order , as if to create any disturbance was a mark of poor breeding . |
| 36 | ‘ It was gone , Eric , ’ he had explained , his eyes fidgeting to every part of Colonel Windsor 's crammed office as if seeking some corner which would not awaken images of once familiar surroundings . |
| 37 | I 'll er Yes I should use them , they cost nearly three pounds and if put some on the other side it will stabilize it . |
| 38 | Occasionally one of them would glance the youth 's way as if expressing some general unease about him . |
| 39 | Isabella does not know that the Duke had played the role of the Friar instructing her in the foiling of Angelo 's plots , and so , lacking any independent evidence , she realizes how feeble her case must seem ; yet she still affirms that But the Duke , behaving as Angelo had predicted , and as he would have to behave if he had no evidence , sweeps aside her complaint , leaving her with only heaven to appeal to : The evil is indeed finally ‘ unfolded ’ , not by heaven but by the Duke , although Angelo ( as if recalling that passage in Luke 's gospel ) ascribes divine omniscience to him : But the Duke has only used deception and disguise , legitimately , as Shakespeare makes him say : ‘ Craft against vice I must apply ’ ( III.ii.270 ) . |
| 40 | She smiled , as if recalling some secret happiness . |
| 41 | It is an indication of how low Kylie 's emotional defences were during this crisis that — just for once — the intensely personal details of her life suddenly came gushing out , as if to exorcise some spirit that was within her . |
| 42 | And yet , as if to contest all that , there is evidence that each read the other with respect , even avidity , occasionally sending copies of recent books as if eager for comment and commendation . |
| 43 | It just so happens that if multiply this term by X plus two you get rid of the X plus two at the bottom do n't you ? |
| 44 | I must have moaned : she looked at me coldly as if suspecting some kind of trickery , and then her face altered and she came across the room to take my arm and help me back to bed . |
| 45 | Oh yeah , that was it , yeah , yeah , muttered it under my breath as I walked out , yeah , I 'll have to get in touch with that to say if got that erm |
| 46 | Sophie said it as if describing some tiresome duty . |
| 47 | The right coronary artery is a little irregular and not quite normal , but it is certainly patent and no surgeon would operate if shown that picture . |
| 48 | If removing all possible rewards means turning off the TV or record player so that other people 's enjoyment is affected then , again , total removal is necessary . |
| 49 | In many cases the answers to that question would be difficult to unravel , and if challenged most people probably would say that they were doing both . |
| 50 | as if to underline this the players each received a gold watch to commemorate their Cup triumph , despite a loss for the year of £1,700 . |
| 51 | ‘ Gilbert , Gilbert … ’ said Rohmer , as if pacifying some nervous child . |
| 52 | Trigonafulviventris usually forages alone but , if rewarded several times at a site , will bring recruits , their number dependent on the molar concentrations of sucrose — the first bee marking the surroundings with an oily pheromone from its mandibular gland . |
| 53 | If apprehended all care should be taken when a |
| 54 | ‘ We are citizens of the British Empire and subjects of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second , ’ she announced , as if to pre-empt any further questions , pushing the photograph into her grandchild 's hand . |
| 55 | Bernice waited for the Doctor to continue , but he walked on and then glanced sideways at her as if expecting another question . |
| 56 | But this could not be so if calling these things ‘ good ’ were just to reiterate that they promote the survival of the species . |
| 57 | As they cycled along side by side , Deirdre put a comradely hand on Jacob 's shoulder , as if to deny any accusation in her words . |
| 58 | If to do this , if to be a Whistler at best , in the art of poetry , is to reach the height of poetic expression , then Ezra and Eliot have approached it and tant pis for the rest of us . |
| 59 | A familiar example is the professor who assures a reporter that scientists can not say ‘ exactly ’ how large a part genes play in deter mining IQ , as if to criticise those who do assign a numerical weight to heritability . |
| 60 | The oral contraceptive pill , particularly if containing much oestrogen , has an effect on the vagina similar to pregnancy . |