Example sentences of "if [pers pn] [verb] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ If I make the other person happy then I feel great . |
2 | I did not think He would mind this , especially if I made the whole thing into a sort of combined barby stroke burnt sacrifice . |
3 | They 've given me an elbow crutch , and I can make the journey perfectly well now , if I thought the blasted train would stay on the lines , but there 's not much I could do once I got to Moila , is there , if I ca n't walk ? |
4 | If I heard the hon. Gentleman correctly , he suggested that redundancy pay for displaced miners was excessively generous . |
5 | Yeah , well , I 'll , I 'll write if I get the standard reply shall I ? |
6 | Jim , if I get the black spot , you go to that doctor . |
7 | ‘ I like the inside lanes , and if I get the right lane I think I can go under 20 seconds . |
8 | But if I get the right sort of backing I 'm sure we can turn things round . |
9 | And if I get the right role , I could be flying again . ’ |
10 | If I get the darn thing in . |
11 | Being George , he did n't try to cover the fluff and press on ; instead he said , ‘ Sorry , love , but I ca n't be expected to get my lines right if I get the wrong feed , can I ? ’ |
12 | Besides , what if I get the Maltese Falcon plot ? |
13 | do n't swear , ooh you 're doing well , if I get some of these bits , if I get the whole ones and the big pieces they can go on the top and that |
14 | We might have to , we might be able to get away without having to take the board out , if I if I use the old de- solderer might be able to just hook it out and put the next one in . |
15 | I found that if I imbibed the medicinal stimulant too quickly , the pace of creative work ( and the typing ) slowed down , and it took me some weeks of careful experimentation to find the most efficacious ration . |
16 | I doubt if I had the necessary day or so to spare . |
17 | I tried phoning you this lunchtime to ask about the above proposal , but I do n't even know if I had the right number , though I got through to it twice ; about five different people spoke to me uncomprehendingly , and eventually a man came to the phone and said ‘ Bratislava ’ ; I did n't know whether that meant I 'd got a Bratislava number , or that you 'd gone to Bratislava . |
18 | ‘ They said it would be all right if I had the serial numbers but I do n't think they expected me back , ’ she said . |
19 | You see if I had the original identification I could at least match it up against a description . ’ |
20 | ‘ If ever I succeed ’ he writes ‘ in bringing our native kings back to life in my songs , and Arthur who waged wars even under the earth , or if I tell of the splendid heroes of the table rendered invincible by their bond of comradeship and , oh if inspiration would but come to me , if I smash the Saxon phalanxes beneath the impact of the British . ’ |
21 | If I put this white if I put the white paper behind the flask , can you see the gas that 's in there ? |
22 | And so we 're likely to I think if I put the whole list in the newsletter it might have put people off . |
23 | It might have looked as if I wanted the bloody money ! ’ |
24 | ‘ I have Mattie if I need the usual palliatives , coffee , alcohol , warmth . |
25 | Perhaps it would help if I explained the complicated process by which the Journal is produced . |
26 | If I do the braising steak , will Adam eat a baked potato or should I do roast ? ’ |
27 | I do n't know if I did the right thing , either . |
28 | and could report upon them in their own ethical statements , but they could not object to my ethical statements as I meant them , if I have the relevant feelings . |
29 | ‘ I do n't care if I hit the wrong building ’ |
30 | ‘ I do n't care if I hit the wrong building . |