Example sentences of "[conj] if they [verb] n't [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The company 's response was to issue notice to the original 40 that if they did n't return to work they 'd all be sacked . |
| 2 | He was amused to find himself surrounded by the dead mackerel of his own catch , and held one aloft , waving and shouting to his crew that if they did n't hoick him out good and quick , there 'd be no free ale in Mother Russell 's that night . |
| 3 | And they were just worried that if they did n't join in , they were n't part of the club then er |
| 4 | One risk was that if they did n't act there was a gunman on the loose , desperate , he 's after all escaped from prison , possibly in a confined space in a block of flats with a vantage point . |
| 5 | And she resisted finding out , in the way that other girls she had known kept themselves in deliberate ignorance of such things as impregnation , in the unarticulated hope that if they did n't know what it was it could n't happen to them . |
| 6 | That corrosive fear has now spread through industries and professions who once felt that if they did n't have the fabled ‘ job for life ’ , they could at least be assured of adequate warning of impending unemployment , reasonable compensation , a decent level of benefit linked to their final salary , and a realistic chance of a fresh start with another company . |
| 7 | Lee gave him a shove , there was some pushing and tripping up , Kevin fell over into Dean 's lap and a woman at the other end of the car shouted that if they did n't behave themselves she 'd find someone at Goldhawk Road who would make them . |
| 8 | Many parents feel , too , that if they do n't intervene , hurt and/or an injustice will be done to the younger and/or weaker child . |
| 9 | This suggests that if customers pay extra , their films will be better protected and that if they do n't pay the extra charge the company wo n't be liable . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've tried to impress on people - I go round the schools and catch them young — that if they do n't leave us their stuff , uncaring descendants may simply throw out a tool , plate , picture or letter , preferring to have a stainless-steel fork , a plastic plate , a multiple … ’ |
| 11 | We can always warn trouble-makers that if they do n't stop it the RAF will deal with them ( c ) Cruisers are not needed and should be scrapped ( d ) Aircraft Carriers and naval Aircraft are unnecessary . |
| 12 | Part of the drive to improve inner cities is deliberately to reward success , increase the gap between the working and the non-working , retain business and talented and successful people in these areas , and charge those who use services the economic cost of these services , so that if they do n't like the price they will be encouraged to move out to areas where ‘ the price is right ’ . |
| 13 | Finally accepting that if they do n't hang together in the face of the threat from Microsoft Corp , their Unix efforts will hang separately , IBM Corp , Hewlett-Packard Co , Sun Microsystems Inc , Unix System Laboratories Inc and its Univel Inc unit , and Santa Cruz Operation Inc lined up at the UniForum trade show in San Francisco yesterday to announce a common desktop strategy for Unix vendors — but over time , the effort will extend beyond the desktop to embrace common networking , graphics , multimedia , distributed object technology and systems management . |
| 14 | Finally accepting that if they do n't hang together in the face of the threat from Microsoft Corp Windows NT , their Unix efforts will hang separately , Hewlett-Packard Co , IBM Corp , Sun Microsystems Inc , Unix System Laboratories Inc , Univel Inc and Santa Cruz Operation Inc lined up at last week 's UniForum trade show in San Francisco to announce a common desktop strategy for Unix workstation vendors ( UX No 427 ) . |
| 15 | Miners , aerospace workers , no one seems to be safe from the axe — except perhaps all these public servants who think that if they do n't get a hefty pay rise every year they are hard done by . |
| 16 | You can say that if they do n't keep to the agreed rules of the drama , then the magic will start to fail ; if they climb up the wall-bars when you have asked them not to , you can say that the magic only works when their feet are touching the ground , thus using the fiction of the drama to limit the space they work in and remind them through a dramatic device of those rules which you will have agreed before the lesson begins ( see also the section on " Control " in Chapter 4 ) . |
| 17 | GEORGE GRAHAM last night assured the Football Association that if they do n't deal with Ian Wright , Arsenal will . |
| 18 | Meanwhile , officers are repeating their warning to Carol 's clients that if they do n't contact the police , the police will come to them . |
| 19 | And if they do n't meet their needs , then we are going to see small firms finding trainee chartered accountants less attractive . ’ |
| 20 | Erm , you could try and if they do n't go well they do n't go . |
| 21 | If the Labour Party , if the Labour Party want our money then we want some influence and we do n't , and we , and if they do n't want to represent the views of our members they can do without our money . |
| 22 | I think we ought to go and talk to them first and exp you know , put our side forward and if they do n't want to play then , then you have a solicitor . |
| 23 | And if they do n't want the committee making |
| 24 | I once saw this great T-shirt in New York which said , ‘ If you love somebody let them go … and if they do n't come back , hunt them down and shoot them ’ . |
| 25 | And if they do n't say that , or if they positively say , You 're not the guy , you 're wasting your time . |
| 26 | Debt collectors do it better because if they do n't get your money and look after your goodwill they do n't get paid and if they do n't get paid they are not around very long . |
| 27 | People want instant results and if they do n't get it , they voice an opinion very quickly . |
| 28 | Erm you must have heard of the phrases of poncing , where somebody is operating a prostitute and if they do n't get a required amount of money a week or er er an amount of money where they consider it sufficient , they 'll probably go and beat them up or something like that . |
| 29 | Yeah , and if they do n't get it , they convert into a repayments , so nothings lost , really . |
| 30 | Steve White of Swindon says they 've still got some tough teams to play but they are in good form and if they do n't get into the play-offs it will be their fault |