Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [noun sg] if [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There were also leaks to the Scottish newspapers spreading the rumour that I would lose the chairmanship of the Scottish Affairs Committee if I defied the Whips . |
| 2 | Through Special Branch it arranged for Inspector Lamport , of the Portsmouth CID , to visit the Sallyport Hotel two days later , on 21 April , where , in front of the astonished manager , Edward Richman , Lamport tore out from the hotel register the pages bearing the signatures of Crabb and ‘ Smith ’ , and threatened Richman with prosecution under the Official Secrets Act if he told anybody anything about the affair . |
| 3 | I think local Government 's gon na be an absolute pigs ear if you 've got two tiers two tiers in one county and and authorities in another . |
| 4 | At er well this week you sort of look back and say yeah but erm in about ten years time if you come and ask me the same question I would be able be in a better position to give you an answer . |
| 5 | But if you have n't got that amount of capital it takes capital out of your hands and you ca n't spend it in five years time if you need it because you 've given it away effectively forever . |
| 6 | Now , the , the membership of this particular , er , special purposes committee if you like , erm is the core officers and three other members , and they called for volunteers , and one came from Avon , one came from Dorset , put his name forward from Wiltshire . |
| 7 | When legislative change was being considered , attention was often drawn to the so-called ‘ perverse incentive ’ that saved local services money if they supported people in residential care rather than in their own homes . |