Example sentences of "[coord] if [pron] [verb] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Indeed , one of the researchers ' most important tasks is to ascertain for my benefit what kind of conversation we 'll be likely to have — whether the guest talks nineteen to the dozen , in which case I 'll need to prepare lots of questions , or if they take ten minutes to say ‘ Good evening ’ — in which case I 'll start praying . |
2 | Or if you have three works which are performed live in PRS-licensed premises at least twelve times over the course of two years , you can also become a member of the society . |
3 | If the Minister had bothered to listen to the submissions made to him or if he cared one iota for the industry , he would know that the figures come from the farmers . |
4 | How does one decide whether company directors are functionally more important than their workers , and if they receive five times as much as workers , does this mean they are five times more important ? |
5 | erm and ask them you know and say , and if they want two years , say well you know I 'm pretty keen on this , now what , you know I necessarily expect you to have me |
6 | pint they buy , and if they buy five pints |
7 | the butcher , on the corner of Street , the little tiny grocers where you used to go and fe your mother used to go and fetch her groceries , and if she spent three shillings in the shop she was a good customer . |
8 | If it be light , dry and free from bugs , if it be central in position , and if it contain three rooms , it will be eagerly sought for and hard to find . |
9 | And if it means fifty percent of whatever we get in capital receipts going to pay off our debts , it 's a worthwhile attitude , and I think we ought to take our debts responsible . |
10 | I would always be ‘ starting the diet tomorrow ’ and if I ate one thing ‘ out of order ’ , the diet would collapse and I would eat everything in sight until I could hardly move . |
11 | And if I put six weeks , now this 'll overlap slightly with the present one , that does n't matter the D S S do n't give two hoots from that point of view , and that 'll then run out six weeks , which is about the beginning of September |
12 | And if I have two weeks time then we get paid er thirty six hour . |
13 | And if I have one person dearer to me than another , why must that person be singled out for an object of your violence ? |
14 | and if , and if I do two Beta award weekends |
15 | If 14 days be a reasonable length of time in such a contract in this particular trade , and if he waits seven days before entrusting the goods to a third person on sale or return , that third person has the right to keep them as against him for 14 days , whereas the original owner has a right to the return of them within seven days from that date and I think that is clearly an act inconsistent with anything but his having adopted the transaction . ’ |
16 | They 're the classic example of a band that thinks with one brain , and if you took one component out it would n't happen . ’ |
17 | And if you change one spreadsheet you have to change everything because it is n't automatically changed throughout . |
18 | So the craft show , er adults are a pound , there 's easy free parking , children are free and if you want two tickets give us a ring , but make a note Nottingham University , this craft show , Jessie Conference Centre , Nottingham University , Friday and Saturday November the twenty six and twenty seventh from ten A M till six P M. |
19 | And if you want 70,000 people at a birthday tribute concert for Nelson Mandela , you push the information through to organisations like CND , The World Council of Churches , and you 'll have a full house ! |
20 | It is well acted and well directed by Patrick Dromgoole and if you want three acts of vicious infighting , grisly humour , sadism , transvestism and incest this play contains them all . |
21 | And if you wanted ten rolls of wallpaper they 'd paper your room for five shillings . |
22 | What it was was I 'm in charge , no you 're not and if you meet two people give me two people who are both power like |
23 | Yeah but if we charge twenty P each we 're actually making a profit selling them . |
24 | But if I had one drink of any description that 's the one thing that would make me nervous because I 'd be afraid that I 'd forget this or forget the other , so we just do n't have them at all you know . |
25 | It is only natural that his pace has slowed and perhaps that gazelle-like mind , which was such an influence on the young George Best , may have dulled , but if I had eleven Dave Doyles in my side then we would make the Guinness Book Of Records and cause referees and opponents utter confusion . |
26 | But if I Saw Three Ships was in there because it was one of the few in six eight time . |
27 | But if I come one day and Liverpool are from the league , I |
28 | As Mr. Micawber said ‘ If a man had twenty pounds a year for his income , and spent nineteen pounds nineteen shillings and sixpence , he would be happy , but if he spent twenty pounds one , he would be miserable ’ . |
29 | As Mr Micawber said ‘ If a man had twenty pounds a year for his income , and spent nineteen pounds nineteen shillings and sixpence , he would be happy , but if he spent twenty pounds on , he would be miserable ’ , On a temporary and controlled basis , some excess expenditure can be justifiable — but when excess expenditure increases regularly , the danger signs flash up . |
30 | ‘ But if you deny one story , the rest become true . ’ |