Example sentences of "if they [vb base] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | However , it 's not as if they 've erected a Chinese Wall . |
2 | ‘ If they 've hurt a single nome , they 'll wish they 'd never been born ! ’ |
3 | ‘ If they 've hurt a single nome they 'll wish I 'd never been born , ’ said Masklin . |
4 | Paul was saying that I mean , they 're a hundred percent nomination housing the people who need the housing most are are n't the ones who who 'll be able to er , to use the and there 's no housing strategy on on er o o on the equity part , the the there might be , only a tiny bit , on on on the rent side but it does n't homes fo for the people who really need it , even if they 've got a hundred percent nomination flats ! |
5 | Tell you what if they 've got a hydraulic jack in there , several people have to buy it off him , the boys will buy it off |
6 | That 's actually on all critical illness cover plans , because if they 've got a living assurance , or they 've got some other plan that 's got critical illness benefit , it 's the total maximum that Abbey will insure them for , for critical illness , for heart attacks , stroke etcetera . |
7 | Stereolab always look tonight as if they 've got a few more tricks up their sleeve than anyone else around at the moment , and in an age where recycling the past to create a spurious version of the future is the order of the day , they may well prove to be a benchmark of quality for their times . |
8 | And if they 've got a large squad , so do we . |
9 | But they 're going to be cut out from the two litre bottle range er if they 've got a bad back or these sort of situations . |
10 | All returning submarines fly one if they 've had a good patrol . ’ |
11 | Cos they 're walking through the area and they 'll if they 've had a few pints , Let's go down Oh we 'll walk through Flats and we 'll smash one or two lights up , smash one or two windows . |
12 | If they 've had a few beers , they m they may leave something else behind . |
13 | ‘ I would like to speak to any spectators who were at that match — particularly if they remember seeing a young girl in the company of an older man . ’ |
14 | A HOSPITAL is giving its terminally-ill patients the advance choice to refuse resuscitation if they prefer to die a natural death once their heart stops beating . |
15 | If it be at an untimely hour , or if they fail to assign a proper reason for being in a place , he is to arrest them … showing bad characters that they are known and watched by him … their habits will point them out without further ado … |
16 | With the Seasiders announcing a revolutionary offer to season ticket holders of a free season pass for 1993–94 if they fail to make a top seven placing next season , McHale knows he has to strengthen his side . |
17 | Erm the other thing was that the people at senior level need to be reminded , if they do have a major problem erm that 's David and Malcolm , erm where , if they 've got a rather difficult case and it 's urgent and they want a , they do n't wan na have to put it on a , on a fax , they want , they need it there and then erm , and they do n't like the telephone call facility , I said well , well that 's primarily for consultants . |
18 | If they do have a distinctive perspective it comes from their belief that Rome and terrorism are further linked in a more roundabout fashion through the ecumenical movement and the World Council of Churches . |
19 | Managers might not borrow as much as they should , on paper , if they want to retain a large reserve of borrowing power in case of problems . |
20 | Both teams have lost their first game so a win tomorrow is vital if they want to have a realistic chance of making the play-offs . |
21 | There are plenty of anglers around who have degrees in science and if they have studied a biological science , they will have covered in detail biochemistry . |
22 | a matter will be er that we going to fight er , easily er so I mean i , it meant that the er , that er er some more should be brought out so that it er does er adhere to what er these er er government departments er expect as a response rather than er er as this considered issue raising er , we can er facilitate that er quite er easily but er I think er the the main point is what Hugh has said , that er we opposed it because it 's not going to help in my view it 's not going to help er the patients , the patients are not going to come off any better as a result of er , these er er what I would say and I feel and er the , I I I 'd like to know what er the GP 's think about cos GP 's usually erm er , advise their patients if they have to wait a long time from one hospital , they would advise them to go into London and er , if that 's been stopped as been er that 's been stated erm then erm , er the GP 's are not going to feel very happy about their patients er , getting er erm a lesser service . |
23 | Strange as it may seem , some people have more difficulty in handling or expressing warm , loving feelings than negative , angry ones ; or it may feel as if they have to keep a tighter reign on the loving feelings , which they perceive as making them more vulnerable to rejection and disappointment . |
24 | Others may experience a light-headed sensation as if they have had a few glasses of wine ; a few fall into a deep sleep ! |