Example sentences of "if [pers pn] [modal v] not [verb] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I can not stop this , my solicitor will help me gain compensation . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I will speak to him , ’ he said to her when they had got out of earshot , ‘ and see if I can not resolve this matter . ’ |
| 3 | The troubles of the spirit are not always translated into the grosser medium of the flesh , but if I could not make this transfer with Miller then there would be no point in making him ill in the first place . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | If you can not do this , you are probably a negative reactor . |
| 6 | If you can not do this , the company is wasting its money on you . |
| 7 | If you can not make this , do n't worry , as it will be repeated all over the country on a weekly basis . |
| 8 | If you can not get this in time you may , exceptionally , be able to get a Social Fund Crisis Loan from your Social Security office . |
| 9 | You can buy one of the many reproduction plaster or fibre-glass cornices by the foot and have it added to your room just under the ceiling or , if you can not afford this luxury , go for a stylish compromise with a paper border . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |