Example sentences of "if [pers pn] [be] [verb] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jimmy was silent for a moment , then he said , ‘ What sort of thing did you mean when you asked if I was suffering any after-effects ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ It may not be as comfortable as an ordinary saloon , ’ Ward said on a note of apology , ‘ but buggered if Ah was takin' any chances in a country like this . ’ |
| 3 | You know ’ he added thoughtfully ‘ if she 's keeping any secrets in that place she 's not trying very hard with a back-door lock like that . |
| 4 | Freeman ( 1984 ) has suggested that some of her research was not as thorough as it should have been if she was to make such claims , and even that her desire to reach the conclusions that she did made her see things as she wished to see them , rather than as they actually were ( see Shipman 1988 ) . |
| 5 | If you are taking any medicines in syrup form , ask your doctor if he can prescribe a sugar-free alternative . |
| 6 | But if you are taking any medicines , it 's wise to ask your doctor whether you can drink alcohol nor not . |
| 7 | Use the best quality paper , and if you are getting several photocopies made make sure they are done on good quality paper and not ordinary photocopy paper . |
| 8 | If you are fitting several lights ( downlighters or eyeball spots , say ) , run this cable to the nearest fitting , and then run cable from this to the next nearest , and so on to the last . |
| 9 | A few copies are available if anyone needs one and if you are experiencing any repercussions please let the Society know IMMEDIATELY . |
| 10 | If you are rearing those kinds that burrow into the soil , put some soil in the bottom of the cage when you see that they are fully grown . |
| 11 | As with all other learning curve problems , please do not hesitate to contact SST Technical Support if you are having any difficulties . |
| 12 | so , er , come and see me before you know , if you are having any problems , just come along . |
| 13 | If you are told enough times that you are incapable , you begin to believe it and lose the self-confidence you need to do your job … |
| 14 | This may seem rather inelegant or wasteful but , if you are sampling several wines , swallowing them all will result in your senses of taste and smell , and thus your powers of differentiation , becoming jaded . |
| 15 | If you 're using these substances do please be careful but not only about Do It Yourself er er enthusiasts . |
| 16 | But if you 're taking several medicines , you might forget which medicine is for what . |
| 17 | It 's not something that can be changed , like maybe management but erm it 's it 's just that , you know , to be careful , that if you 're doing these things , there 's some things which , I think women can do , and a lot of things that women should be doing , maybe there 's other things which just are n't there for them just now . |
| 18 | He hummed and hawed for quite a while about it , but in the end I asked him if you were getting any visitors , and if not , I said , must n't you be feeling pretty lonely , and that did it . |
| 19 | If we are to control all variables , we have to set up a totally artificial situation . |
| 20 | An understanding of the processes involved in ‘ choice ’ and participation is essential if we are to include more girls , and members of other disadvantaged groups , and alienate fewer . |
| 21 | This is an acceptable solution if we expect to concentrate on one form of arithmetic for a number of instructions , but if we are using several forms ( for example , floating-point calculations with address computation in fixed-point format ) then we have to change the contents of the mode register continually . |
| 22 | Science as it is presented in schools , he argues , seems irrelevant to most 13–16-year-olds , and if we are to recruit more pupils into scientific careers , then science should be shown to have some relationship to the issues that concern them . |
| 23 | If we are to confront these matters , they need to be worked out at the levels of the individual student experience , the curriculum and the institution as a whole . |
| 24 | Chrysanthemum cuttings need to be taken if we are to have any flowers next season . |
| 25 | ‘ And if we 're to outwit these giants , there 's nothing for it but for me to call up the Draoicht Suan . |
| 26 | Not now , not next year but in the next twenty years so there are a problem with schools , there are problems , I think , with changing leisure habits er people , the way that people take their leisure has changed over the last twenty years and not always have clubs , organizations and sailing schools taken account of that in , in their programme , especially with youngsters and I have to say I also believe there is apathy in some clubs and other organizations , not every club has an active youth sailing scheme and I believe that any club that does n't either must be extremely popular because of its er prices of beer or , or some other reason or it may not exist perhaps in twenty years ' time , so I think it 's an ext extremely important topic brought about by the maybe , without being melodramatic , some of the stuff that we 're reading in the papers about youngsters these days but looking at it from a purely selfish sailing point of view if we 're to get more youngsters into the sport even if we 're to hold our ground we 've got to make a big effort over , over this year and , and it 's important make sure that it runs on for future years . |
| 27 | If we were to prioritize these needs on a one to seven basis , one being the most important and seven the least , which would be the number one priority ? |
| 28 | It strikes me if we were to use these cards I forget what the wording is on Patterns , but er if we , dear supermarket manager , we would like you |
| 29 | If we were to add those provisions to the Bill , I fear that we might not fall within the long title of the Bill . |
| 30 | Yes , it was not so much a deletion as er a reduction in the numbers because we were very mindful erm in going through the requirement erm and not making significant changes as far as the U K was concerned and we needed to make some savings in cost if at all possible and therefore we carried out a very comprehensive review of all the items of role equipment such as drop tanks er pylons , explosive release units and those type of things which had been provisionally earmarked for a very high intensive and fairly long running conflict and it was felt that if we were to make some savings then it was a sensible balance to reduce those numbers on the basis that we could save some money in the programme but at the same time many of these items could be bought later on at relatively short notice , clearly not within a conflict but in the years to come . |