Example sentences of "if [pers pn] [verb] [pron] [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The client is encouraged , and initially assisted , in developing and carrying out strategies for testing thoughts and beliefs about what might happen , e.g. ‘ If I ask my boss for a raise he 'll sack me or bite my head off . ’ , |
| 2 | ‘ And , if I asked your father for your hand , you would support me ? |
| 3 | The questions she had feared earlier seemed to be taking physical shape in the shadowy corners of the room , phantoms waiting to trap her if she dropped her guard for so much as a second . |
| 4 | If you use your card for more than four journeys an alarm will sound and you will not be able to use the lift . |
| 5 | This can pose problems if you use your loft for storage purposes . |
| 6 | If you change your mind for any reason , please telephone back to say so . |
| 7 | If you devise your item for a specific number e.g. divisible by two or four , have an alternative plan in case someone falls sick . |
| 8 | Thus , if we restrict our attention for the moment to pupils for whom a statement is made , the proportion ranges across LEAs from less than 1 per cent of the school population to nearly 3 per cent . |
| 9 | My hon. Friend the Member for Ogmore ( Mr. Powell ) will tackle that issue later if we reach his subject for debate . |
| 10 | The lawyers commented that the Minister was giving detainees the message that if they wanted their demand for freedom to be taken seriously they had to go on hunger strike and become very ill . |
| 11 | For , on the one hand , they dispensed valuable resources : opportunities for lamb-barrel politics were an incentive to people to participate in popular democracy , to stand for election to a committee , even if they doubted its suitability for managing a complex hierarchical organization . |
| 12 | I hope he scores a try and if he keeps his place for the Five Nations at my expense , good luck to him . ’ |
| 13 | Is a defendant who fails even to consider that a woman might not be consenting still to be acquitted if he takes her consent for granted ? |
| 14 | Magistrates said they could disqualify him from driving and asked Elsworth if he needed his licence for his job . |
| 15 | ‘ The prime advantage of an exit charge would have been to the investor because he would have got into our funds at a nil cost and out again at a very low cost if he held his investment for , say , three years . ’ |