Example sentences of "if [pers pn] [vb base] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought to myself , ‘ Jimmy Dickinson does n't go abroad and certainly not to the States , so if I make a good job of it at Walton Heath I might be caddying for Sandy full-time in the future . ’ |
| 2 | If I make a black man sweep up my trash , empty my dustbins , wash the vomit from my floor and kill for me in my imperialist wars … well , what do you think ? |
| 3 | Yes , well I did n't call , but I did said Jane , well you leave , well I 'll leave you to it said Mr Sandy , if you would come upstairs , the policeman and Jane entered her room , please look in the cupboard , I think we 've got a case Sarge , do you mind if I make a quick phone call ? |
| 4 | If I make a large number of such measurements the theory enables me to calculate the proportion of times the electron will be found " here " and the proportion of times it will be found " there " . |
| 5 | ‘ I think it is better for the club if I make a clean break . |
| 6 | He points out that if I tear a living system apart into its component atoms , I kill it . |
| 7 | What happens if I get a mild reaction ? |
| 8 | If I get a decent vote I intend going to the Guinness Book of Records for the highest number of votes for the smallest expenditure . ’ |
| 9 | I 'll try to slip over if I get a spare minute . |
| 10 | ‘ I appreciate it , and if I get a nice sky in a picture then fine , I 'll manipulate it in the darkroom and make the best of it . |
| 11 | I moved from Nazeing into Harlow because my house was condemned at Nazeing and I had to come into a Council house at , and erm , from I had erm , when I came from Nazeing I had erm , three sons three sons then and when I got to , I 'd been here a year and then I had another son and after that er , when he was about two years and four months I had a daughter , but unfortunately I lost her with heart trouble and er she only lived four months and I lost her and er , er I stayed there , stayed there and , in and after that I moved to because it was a bit larger house for my family you see and from erm I was there several years and er stayed there and I had erm oh first of all I , I had my twins , my twin boys after I lost the daughter , I had twin boys and they , I went to I suppose about two years and four months between and I wanted to adopt a little girl but they would n't let , my hubby said no and so then I er , sort of see if I get a little girl and I had twin boys did n't I , and I 'm still in , I 'm in and after er after I had the twins when I was about er forty two if I did had another boy which is the one I 've got , the last one up there of my eight , I ended up with eight boys |
| 12 | so I 've put that away , I , it ai n't even in my account , Alan 's got that and I said to Alan if I pass this test I shall buy a banger , five hundred quid with this tax money and then put the odd to insurance , if I do n't I 'll leave it where it is , because I , I mean little one will want a holiday and that anyway so I 've kept it for that , but that 's what I intend to do , so I said to Alan if I get a little banger just enough to get me to Tettering and back I was gon na go tech , to do some courses |
| 13 | Thus if I raise a two-pound weight through a height of five feet I have increased its potential energy by ten foot pounds . |
| 14 | If I 've a complicated feature to write , or a problem to solve , I usually duck out and go for a run . |
| 15 | ‘ Why do you ask me if I know a big man ? ’ |
| 16 | Thus if I incur a verbal warning for stepping out of the area , I do n't then expect to receive a half-point penalty for a slight contravention of another rule . |
| 17 | ‘ No , if I wear a bright dress , people will say I 'm encouraging Mr Boldwood . |
| 18 | If I meet a new act , I always try and assess their maturity in order to judge whether they might go off the deep end as soon as they have success . |
| 19 | If I meet a bad guy I usually have to shake hands with him and do a deal . ’ |
| 20 | So if I meet a big queue |
| 21 | Do you think , if I buy a little spade , I can make my own garden ? ’ |
| 22 | If I assemble a rolling chassis with a V8 , air conditioning , coil springs , full time four wheel drive and other things that go with a 110 , can the 109 body be laid on that chassis . |
| 23 | you know what I mean , if I say a similar situation close , right |
| 24 | If I say a little bit about Moat er , we are a registered housing association who are obviously monitored by the housing corporation responsible to a committee of management . |
| 25 | What about if I add a negative number ? |
| 26 | My father 's sort of said to me that if I want a job afterwards , and if I want a decent job and a job with a future , it 's got to be on the engineering side of the works . |
| 27 | If I want a different sound altogether I have a collection of Fender amps . |
| 28 | Pitt stands up and asks if I want a full tour of the house . |
| 29 | ‘ If I do a good piece of journalism , fine . |
| 30 | At least if I do a dropped shoulder I might do the neckline before I do the sleeves , and then it once you 've done the sleeve it 's finished , you know what I mean ? |