Example sentences of "if [pron] [verb] [pos pn] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As regards utilising the services of third parties for debt collection , you have once again assumed the worse scenario as if I meant their complete extinction , which I quite clearly stated ‘ less dependent ’ . |
| 2 | But if I take my five grand back : what difference ? |
| 3 | If I get your tinned stuff this week . |
| 4 | We are creating chances all the time and I 've always believed if I get my fair share , I 'll score goals at any level . |
| 5 | if I said his upper lip trembled like the lip |
| 6 | ‘ If I use my own money to buy a plough , will you supply the horses and let me spend two or three days a week hiring out to those with new lands ? |
| 7 | If I renounced my Fenian oath he would hear my confession and give me communion . |
| 8 | Oh , what pleasure would it be to me were there a good understanding between my mother and myself , when I am assured if I know my own heart , that I am so far from having any ill against her that I have almost undone myself to serve her … |
| 9 | If I had my own way , I shall tell him where to shove his petrol ! |
| 10 | ‘ If I had my own clubs I might , ’ Sir Bryan said gloomily . |
| 11 | I know total-total that if I had my own bike , the Wheels-and-brakes Boys would n't treat me like that . |
| 12 | If I had our impromptu interview would have been quickly and suddenly over . |
| 13 | If you say something to me I check that I have understood your message by saying it back to you in my own words , for if I repeat your own words exactly you will doubt whether I have really understood you . |
| 14 | Instead of moving all the gear around , he said , how about if I borrow your bass cabinet ? |
| 15 | Sorry if I put my big foot in it , but what else could I say ? |
| 16 | If I pass his little test , he may talk . |
| 17 | If I sell my British Telecom shares , will I be taxed on any profits I make ? |
| 18 | If I meet my young son from school , laughing with his friends and waving to me and the dog , who wags its tail and barks in return , should I be supposed not to know what I am talking about if I pronounce them both to be conscious ? |
| 19 | I suppose I thought — if I found my real father he 'd be — different somehow . |
| 20 | And also , if if if you 're in an area like me and mine 's , if I ring my local police station , Eastwood and I 'm paying for a trunk call or an out of area call , costing me twice as much |
| 21 | McAllister put down her brush , placed her hands on her hips in the manner of every recalcitrant servant and said aggressively , with the hint of a twinkle in her eye , ‘ And what would Miss Mates say if I neglect my early morning duties ? ’ |
| 22 | If I leave my packed lunch |
| 23 | If the Fruity Party fields three candidates in a constituency election ; if I give my first preference to Apple and second to Banana ; if I give my third preference not to Cherry but to Hazel of the Nutty Party ; and if finally , that third preference becomes an effective vote , it will unquestionably be a vote against the Fruity Party that I was supporting with my first and second preferences . |
| 24 | If the Fruity Party fields three candidates in a constituency election ; if I give my first preference to Apple and second to Banana ; if I give my third preference not to Cherry but to Hazel of the Nutty Party ; and if finally , that third preference becomes an effective vote , it will unquestionably be a vote against the Fruity Party that I was supporting with my first and second preferences . |
| 25 | But it it might be worth if if I outline my own office view |
| 26 | If someone slaps your left cheek then you slap his right , only harder . |
| 27 | And if someone wrecks our little houses or projects , let's not get too upset , because when night falls and we have to go indoors — I 'm speaking of our death — all those little houses will be useless ; we shall have to go into our Father 's house . |
| 28 | Ms Streisand , in the same paper , claimed that the press would be happier if she spent her free time shopping , and pointed out , quite fairly , that she and the others at the correspondents ' dinner had been invited there . |
| 29 | ‘ If she took her poor child back to his father and gave her husband a second chance , she would n't need money . ’ |
| 30 | Walking to the door , Sabine wondered detachedly what the reaction would be if she voiced her unspoken thought aloud , but decided not to risk it . |