Example sentences of "if [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , while as if bestowing some order of merit she fastened the beads round my neck , her face wore a motherly expression and for the first time I was with the Aunt Louise of my childhood . |
| 2 | He brushed his blond hair back from his cheek with a swift gesture , leaving the hand poised on his shoulder as if touching some invisible insignia . |
| 3 | If using this method , it is necessary to use a higher value of resistor R1 ( 100k works well ) . |
| 4 | You will need two Vero Plugblocks if using this method of construction — one for the transmitter and one for the receiver . |
| 5 | as if to support this prediction , some newspapers underlined that American and French students were planning to take part , and noted that certain organisers were not English and therefore ‘ outside the consensus ’ ( ibid.:210–11 ) . |
| 6 | All other things equal , it looks as if producing more of the model is beneficial . |
| 7 | Not if involves this weekend . |
| 8 | If given such an opportunity , agree quickly and say thank you . |
| 9 | The function of the male is the guard the territory and to keep all intruders away ; meanwhile the female — or females , as males will maintain a harem if given several females — tends the eggs and wrigglers , and is responsible for their immediate safety when they emerge from the cave . |
| 10 | If given any choice in the matter , you should know that funded-in-advance schemes offer greater security but are not tax-efficient , as the employee has to make contributions out of his net income and is also taxed on the employer 's contributions as a benefit in kind . |
| 11 | It possesses a large number of small but very sharp teeth and can inflict a painful bite if given half a chance . |
| 12 | It sounded the sort of voice which might start offering gynaecological details if given half a chance . |
| 13 | If they recovered and were friends she was delighted , and would flirt with them , and assume an easy physicality with them , and sleep with them again maybe , and break their hearts again if given half a chance . |
| 14 | Eventually , if given enough care and space , the new cuttings will grow stronger and larger than the mother plant herself . |
| 15 | as if to confirm this , Eliot 's earlier draft of section II used the phrase ‘ waking echo ’ . |
| 16 | In any event , Acheson had realized that the US bargaining position with the French disappeared ‘ the moment we agree to give them aid ’ and , as if to confirm this predicament , a couple of days after Truman 's cabinet had decided unanimously in favour of recognition , the French were letting it be known that , although their intentions were indeed evolutionary , they could not ‘ afford to kindle unrealistic national appetites ’ . |
| 17 | And again and again in the stories comes the hint of separateness , of difference , as if to confirm this . |
| 18 | as if to confirm these notions of her importance , an enormous party was held in the villa a few weeks after her arrival . |
| 19 | Then , aside to me , she said : ‘ She 's got a way with policemen , ’ as if confiding some dark secret . |
| 20 | She had a lump in her throat and an enormous yearning to say something beautiful to her father , something that could not be expressed by words , and so without quite knowing how it happened she suddenly turned her head and with a smile tossed out her arm in the air , easily , flowing , as if to see each other many more times . |
| 21 | ‘ Where there is a danger of eutrophication in this country , ’ says the government , ‘ usually the limiting factor is phosphate , and not nitrate ; if confined this would mean that zones would not therefore need to be designated to prevent eutrophication . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Elsie Mitchell says I stink ! ’ she said , as if opening this topic for theoretical debate . |
| 23 | They can be territorial , so if keeping several specimens in the same aquarium allow plenty of hiding places . |
| 24 | They can be territorial , so if keeping several specimens in the same aquarium allow plenty of hiding places . |
| 25 | as if to bear this out , there 's been a flood of portables announced recently . |
| 26 | When asked if has any hope for the future Bruce Harris smiles and replies : ‘ If you promise to keep writing I do . ’ |
| 27 | He turned away as we entered , shoulders shaking as if relishing some private joke . |
| 28 | The physician smiled as if relishing some private jest . |
| 29 | ‘ Miss Araminta regards me as a servant , ma'am , ’ Theda said , faintly smiling , and reaching a hand out to stroke Hector 's woolly head where he lay on his blanket , as if to find some outlet for the feelings of gentleness running through her . |
| 30 | Headache as if bruised all through the bones of the head and down into the root of the tongue with nausea . |