Example sentences of "[coord] if they [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They just need a little help like with feeding or or if they throw a tantrum |
| 2 | Patients were excluded from the study if they were pregnant or lactating , if they were expecting to undergo surgery , or if they had a history of concurrent gastric ulceration , renal insufficiency , alcoholism ( pure ethanol intake greater than 100 ml/day ( women ) or 120 ml/day ( men ) , or behaviour consistent with alcohol abuse ) , drug abuse , or language difficulties . |
| 3 | I do n't really know what they think , or if they think , or if they give a shit about any of it in any case . |
| 4 | Erm nobody 's gon na mug a person if they see us coming , or if they see a bobby coming . |
| 5 | So the treatment is double nappy if it 's not a very er serious one or if they notice a click just after delivery they would immediately put the baby in double nappies . |
| 6 | Cycling officers were asked what measures they used to reduce traffic speed and if they had a cycling programme . |
| 7 | Final warnings were slapped on 15 of the garages and if they put a foot wrong in the next five years they will also be barred from further MOT testing . |
| 8 | If , in a time of reduced employment opportunities , unemployed people rather than more traditional seasonal workers are filling a share of seasonal jobs , and if they develop a pattern of working in this fashion , they could be penalised by these regulations ( see Hansard , 4/2/87 ) . |
| 9 | And if they hide a lot . |
| 10 | And if they go a goal ahead in Turkey , the home-team are going to kick hell out of them and hopefully side-line most of them until the New Year ( and god knows what the crowd will do — have you ever seen Midnight Express ? ) |
| 11 | ‘ It has n't cracked the shell , ’ said another , ‘ probably because people see the long list of issues covered and think , ‘ oh yes , and if they find a load of things that they say need addressing how much is it going to cost ? ’ |
| 12 | They looked like anatomies of death , they spake like ghosts crying out of their graves , they did eat dead carrions , happy where they could find them , yea , and one another soon after , insomuch as the very carcasses they spared not to scrape out of their graves , and if they found a plot of water cress or shamrocks , there they flocked as to a feast for the time , yet not able long to continue therewithal , that in short space there were none almost left , and a most populous and plentiful country suddenly left void of man or beast . |
| 13 | A county council has told its entire staff that they can no longer smoke in their offices , and if they want a cigarette they must have it in their own time . |
| 14 | And if they have a lot of money they probably do n't want to show it . |
| 15 | Mr Chairman I 'm , I 'm a little bit concerned about er number two er there 's something that is , we promised to reply straightforward written enquiry with without sort of commenting on whether it 's two weeks , two days , or whatever , I am a little concerned that some of the replies people show me that have had from Highways Department , erm , they really whoever writes them do n't go into any detail , I 've had , I 've seen letters recently where , where somebody said it will be dealt with in about four weeks ' time , well that 's okay , maybe they 've good and valid reasons why about four weeks is about right for their particular problem , but they do n't know why it 's gon na take four weeks , they say oh god they should be able to do that in a couple of days there 's no problem it 's an easy little job , I , I feel that the , our officers when they reply they should give some amount of detail and if they give a time span in which they 're gon na put something right , they should say why it 's gon na take that long . |
| 16 | The problem in the doctors ' surgery , I mean you 've got people taking ill sick children round there with high temperatures and , and they do tend want to park close to the surgery , er and if they see a space they will obviously use it . |
| 17 | The new chairman upset visiting speakers by introducing them incorrectly ; he ‘ picked his nose and wore jumpers with holes and even wrote to a local newspaper saying that new members should be on s ; weeks probation , and if they missed a meeting they should be expelled ’ . |
| 18 | But if they had a hole in the wall here I think I 'd put money into it . |
| 19 | But if they had a booking to go into it , Mark 's got ta get out . |
| 20 | But if they had a doctor you see , they 'd have to pay a pound . |
| 21 | They had always attached importance to keeping level with India , and now they renewed the pressure , It was explained that the Dominion status option was open to them , with the same timetable as India ; but if they became a republic this would require more contentious legislation and the negotiation of an Anglo-Burmese Treaty . |
| 22 | But if they see a bunch of black kids hanging around they wo n't nick them . |