Example sentences of "[conj] if [pers pn] [verb] [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can promise you , however , that if you walk around for three weeks with a chest pain , fearing a heart attack at the age of 43 , and you are told you have a hiatus hernia you feel a great relief . |
| 2 | Without the imperative of obedience , albeit lovingly enforced , the child may come to conclude that if he holds out for long enough , demanding his own will , he 'll get his own way in the end . |
| 3 | And we only know that if it goes on for Monday afternoons for an hour , instead of |
| 4 | Because women 's work is never done , and underpaid , or unpaid , or boring or repetitious and we 're the first to get the sack , and what we look like is more important than what we do , and if we get raped it 's our fault , and if we get bashed we must have provoked it , if we raise our voices we 're nagging bitches , and if we enjoy sex we 're nymphs and if we do n't we 're frigid , and if we love women it 's because we ca n't get a real man , and if we ask our doctor too many questions we 're neurotic and if we expect the community to care for our children we 're selfish , and if we stand up for our rights we 're aggressive and unfeminine , and if we do n't we 're typical weak females , and if we want to get married we 're out to trap a man , and if we do n't we 're unnatural , and because we ca n't get adequate safe contraceptives , but men can walk on the moon , and we ca n't cope or do n't want a pregnancy we 're made to feel guilty about abortion , and for lots and lots of other reasons we 're all part of the Women 's Liberation Movement . |
| 5 | Jelly babies , dolly mixtures , love hearts that said ‘ Kiss me quick ’ , and if you saved up for two weeks you could buy a whipped cream walnut . |
| 6 | Well I do n't know , there are such good Japanese coupes now , you know you see these lovely Toyotas and Nissans that they do the sort of two plus two and they 're really lovely cars and but if I change c car this next year I 'll still have to have four seater or , you know , plenty of room in the boot so I can pick you up from Haileybury and all that crap , but if I hung on for another two years I could then get something I actually wanted , you know . |
| 7 | ‘ But if you carry on for a few more days on an unofficial basis , that 's your business . |