Example sentences of "if they be [verb] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Drivers go to pubs and if they 're encouraged to drink more alcohol , the liklihood is they will cause an accident and kill themselves or other innocent people . |
| 2 | ‘ I expect everyone 's being asked if they 're going to do any overthrowing , ’ said Gurder wisely . |
| 3 | Cos I think last time we hired them from Staffordshire and I 'd have thought if they 're going to buy some they will be very happy to hire us them . |
| 4 | However , such sections ( or their representatives ) are groups in our sense only if they are organized to pursue that interest by lobbying government officials or seeking the election of particular candidates . |
| 5 | But he was singing ; people only do that either if they are drunk or if they are trying to collect some money , in which case they will sing and sing all day , having no other means of getting it . |
| 6 | However , it could be obtained through local libraries if they are persuaded to stock this wonderful work of reference . |
| 7 | The US Baby Bells are telling the US powers that be that they will invest $100,000m upgrading their networks if they are permitted to carry any services they choose on them — if not , they will simply allow their networks to deteriorate and decay : no , they do n't actually go that far , but they say they will collectively invest only $25,000m . |
| 8 | The Revenue would have some difficulty if they were to try to apply this head to tax upon the settlor or the spouse of the settlor income validly accumulating in an overseas discretionary trust . |
| 9 | I could n't accept it ; my resolve to carry on snapped and I said that if they were going to do this , then 1 , too , would not eat . |
| 10 | They were art students at the time when art college was the bolthole for all the drug-deranged bongo bashers , paint flingers , crappy experimental film-makers and fanny dancers who thought being a student was a great doss but they were f—ed if they were going to read any books . |
| 11 | Provided Shell were willing , we probably would go ahead next year , although the question you could ask is , having helped a group of thirty six kids in Sussex this year , should n't Shell , if they were going to run these master classes , help a group of kids in Westmorland next year , rather than another group down in Sussex next year . |
| 12 | Perhaps they would tell us , if they were allowed to spend more , where do they think the funds come from , and who do they think 's going to pay ? |