Example sentences of "[adv] if [pers pn] [verb] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 Explaining this they went on to say that perhaps if they did not have to put up with Keith 's trying behaviour every day until evening they might have fewer rows .
2 Perhaps if you do n't want to sell we could take on a joint venture . ’
3 Perhaps if you do n't have a reflection you see better
4 Perhaps if I did n't know you so intimately I could be convinced , but I know your sexuality and your demands — ’
5 For my part , I think Benedict would do better if she does not saddle him with it . ’
6 ‘ We would not have stayed with this product so long if we did not believe there was potential to make at least £20 million annual profit from it , ’ Shaw says .
7 But A&R people do not stay A&R people for very long if they do n't have an eye on both money and art simultaneously .
8 You wo n't be long if you do not wish . ’
9 But as the directives are binding only if they do not deviate much from right reason and as we should act on them only if they are binding , we always have to go back to fundamentals .
10 Only if they did not show their faces , only if they kept their heads low and lived in obscure corners , could they hope to pass at least in physical safety through life .
11 It can be rescued only if we do not take judicial opinions at face value at all ; we must treat all the judges who worry about problematical statutes and precedents as practising some unmotivated form of deception .
12 Perhaps only if you did not have power : Beaton from St Andrews came to Arbroath in 1524 : the Abbey contributed to the lifestyle and wellbeing of his mistress , a fecund Miss Ogilvy , and their seven bastards .
13 read each item without hearing it first , and have the language helper say the word correctly after you have said it only if you did n't say it right
14 produce ( read ) the items across the columns , first one by one if necessary , and have the language helper repeat after you only if you did n't say them right
15 mimic each word down list A , and then down list B. Instruct the LH to repeat the word again after you only if you did n't pronounce it correctly
16 Have one of the breakfasts listed on the following pages only if you do n't have Fibre-Filler .
17 Only if you do n't mind me sayin' so , it 'll be best if you do n't treat her like a private in the Army . ’
18 Suffering can make its full contribution to my awareness only if I do not pursue it in advance , even though its value may be appreciated in retrospect .
19 Concurrent Computer Corp says it is continuing to work with its financial advisers on a series of initiatives to strengthen further its capital structure , improve profitability and provide financial flexibility , but only if it does not dilute shareholders ' interests in the company , which reported better than expected third quarter figures — in Company Results , page seven .
20 Only if he does n't know , and he and the old bat are hostile about the way Karel had me adapted
21 According to Patrick Newell , Trevor Howard agreed to do the film only if he did n't have to work with Brando .
22 You 'd dock my pay soon enough if I did n't do everything you and Matey ordered me to do in my waking hours . ’
23 The advantage of this income and converted payments method over the full accruals method is that personal creditors accounts do not have to be maintained ( why keep a record of the individuals to whom you owe money — they will tell you soon enough if you do not settle ) and the bookkeeping effort is reduced .
24 ‘ The competition is well under way , so if we do n't get going now we really wo n't have a chance .
25 She could be bluffing we do n't that do we for certain erm yes we have got one who will accept the salary yes we could take one from outside the field that 's why I wanted this deadline so if we do n't get the increase in salary by this date we can then start planning and take on board the second tier level
26 We shall be arriving at The Blackheath Gate and so if we do n't see you at the shoot , I would just like to thank you now for your help and advice on the recces .
27 But Faye and Roberta — well , they are n't middle class , to put it mildly , but surely they — yes , they would have picked up the know-how , the expertise , so if they did n't get things straight , it is because they did n't want to .
28 So if they do n't have sufficient dwellings to meet the requirements , two things and I would expect them both two things , would happen .
29 So if they do n't act , they 've had it , but , if they wrote and asked quick then
30 It seems to me that parents as well as their children have rights , so if you do not feel comfortable about letting the couple share a bedroom in the family home , you should be free to say so .
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