Example sentences of "if [pers pn] [modal v] [adv] do this " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would , if I could n't do this . ’ |
| 2 | If you ca n't do this in the shop ask the shopkeeper whether you can try them out at home . |
| 3 | If you ca n't do this , make sure you clean them . |
| 4 | Where there is a pavement or foot path used , do not walk next to the curb with your back from the traffic , look both ways before you step into the road where there is no foot path , walk on the right hand side of the road , it is safer to walk on the side facing on coming traffic , keep as close as possible to the side of the road , take care at right hand bends , keep one behind if that is possible , particularly line heavy traffic on flurry , do not allow children under age five at least out alone on the road , go with them , walk between them and the traffic and always keep tight hold of their hands , if you ca n't do this then use reigns as security , secure them firmly into the pushchair , do not let them run into the road , always wear or carry something bright or light or reflected within the dark of light , this is especially important , that all uses it it 's just the rules I suppose |
| 5 | If you can not do this , you could put aside a certain amount of money as a reward for each time the scales register a drop in weight . |
| 6 | If you can not do this , you are probably a negative reactor . |
| 7 | If you can not do this , the company is wasting its money on you . |
| 8 | If it ca n't do this the affected part of the structure remains damp ; This can then encourage rot to grow on timber , and may also result in frost damage to masonry in cold weather . |
| 9 | His cousin , Francis Drake , who had also been among the survivors of San Juan de Ulloa , took a more aggressive attitude to the Spanish empire ; as an uncompromising Protestant he felt that his country ought to be at war with Spain and , if it would not do this , he would fight on his own account , looking round for people prepared to invest in a private attack on the wealth of Spain . |
| 10 | If he can not do this quickly — either because you have not told him what questions you have answered , or because you have indicated them in an order that is not that in which you have attempted them — he is likely to be mildly annoyed . |