Example sentences of "[not/n't] [prep] if [pers pn] can [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His puppies do the same thing — and it 's not as if they can copy him , because they never see him . |
| 2 | It is not as if we can give young people a ration of knowledge that they can draw on throughout their careers . |
| 3 | Not as if you can wash them . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's not as if you can do anything — and believe me , we 've enough staff who 'll be more than happy to keep him occupied if he should wake up , but just now all he wants to do is sleep . |
| 5 | Oh , oh , it 's not , it 's not as if you can do , go long , long ways does it , do a , fill up you , fill up very often do you ? |
| 6 | It 's not as if you can stagger in like when you 've got a heavy cold , at least |
| 7 | Table 22 of Appendix 1 shows that when people have recently bought a major item for cash rather than credit , half did so either because they never use credit or because they prefer not to if they can avoid it . |