Example sentences of "[prep] if [pers pn] do not [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | More likely , once established as a member of the literati and the venerable ‘ June 20th Group ’ , she felt a need to stress her difference from them — as if we did n't already know . |
2 | The message of the Rio summit has been ( as if we did n't already know it ) that this is a small and fragile world and where conservation is concerned , everything is everybody 's business and that does n't just apply to the white rhino but to the artistic patrimony as well . |
3 | as if they did n't even want anyone to know they 'd been inside . ’ |
4 | It 's , I , I mean these , these , the work with , with the original action network seems to , seems to come and go , you 've got a very large amount at one point and then nothing for sometime , it just depends er , I think which country they 're targeting and how much there is , because we had quite a lot on Malawi did n't we during the early part on last year not much on South Africa recently , as if they do n't quite know what to do , you know with the situation there it 's not quite er clarified . |
5 | ‘ Will your family still be here ? ’ asked Nina , glancing from Rachel to David and back to Rachel again , a slightly bemused look on her face as if she did n't really understand what was happening between them but wished she did . |
6 | It was as if he did n't actually want to go near the scene of the crime and I could n't blame him . |
7 | Mr Hobbs said ‘ your husband ’ as if he did n't much like Richard , and for some reason this pleased me . |
8 | He is ‘ a gentleman with a rather perplexed expression of face , and with very grey hair disordered on his head , as if he did n't quite see his way to putting anything straight ’ , but kind and honest . |
9 | As usual on such occasions , Molyneaux looked a little embarrassed and out of place , as if he did not particularly relish the ‘ glad-handing ’ of strangers . |
10 | It was as if he did not even feel it , for there was no response . |
11 | He told me this gaily , as if it did not much matter whether I believed it or no . |
12 | A lackadaisical boy with spots admitted him , and asked what he wanted , as if it did not greatly matter . |
13 | It was as if I did n't even exist . ’ |
14 | ‘ I 'll show you in a little while , my darling — as if you do n't already have a very good idea ! ’ laughed Maria . |
15 | Do n't keep using expressions such as ‘ You know ’ , ‘ Like ’ , ‘ Er … ’ or ‘ Um … ’ — they all make it sound as if you do n't really know what you 're talking about . |
16 | as if you do n't really care whether you live or die ? |
17 | Well I think er yeah I definitely have to agree with you that we 're not hearing enough of them but I suppose more and more now people are starting to record you know a little bit more of the older stuff and I think what 's happened on the pop scene that they 've absolutely dried up as regards er creating new music you know and people are going into computerized music now and you know everything is played on the one machine and it 's getting like a er I do n't know it 's as as if you do n't really have to be a musician any more . |