Example sentences of "[conj] if [adv] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maggie had never bothered to resist their reasoning , and she folded her clothes partly from the natural instinct of obedience , and partly because she had never been entirely sure that these external appendages did indeed belong to her , Maggie Petherington , or if perhaps they were loans from the mysterious outer world ; loans that would doubtless be called in some day . |
| 2 | ‘ I have a business engagement , ’ she excused , and wondered for a moment if Lubor had guessed that her business engagement for that evening was with his employer , or if perhaps he already knew from some office discussion with him that she was dining with Ven ? |
| 3 | He wondered if Alexei was angry because he had been beaten again , or if maybe he was beginning to realise that there was no way , short of an accident , that he was ever going to be allowed to win . |
| 4 | Er one wonders how on earth they speak to each other , or if indeed they even know who each other is or where their offices are and there is n't that personal relationship that one might expect to find in the normal concept of a legal firm and indeed er without clearly we go to off the point somewhat to have a discussion as to whether or not er a partnership is a suitable legal entity for these people to trade under . |
| 5 | Their hair was uniformly black , and cut short , seriously short , or if long it was spiky and rigid , sticking up and out and sideways , like a handful of needles , rather than hanging down . |
| 6 | Or if suddenly you have to halt then the whole lot does n't come forward and squash into the next piece in front into the ne That 's why it 's edge on longways down so that the the wardrobe is that way edgeways on you see so that if you suddenly stop the weight of something there wo n't squash the the wardrobe . |
| 7 | They live in the past , believing that if only they had had loving parents , or if only little sister had n't been born , or if only they had n't married so-and-so , then everything would be fine . |
| 8 | And because she wanted to know more , she wanted to find out all there was to find out about this dark , ancient stronghold that her ancestors had known , at times she stole out from her bedchamber after nightfall and stood listening to the night rustlings and the soft settling of the old , old timbers ( and the footsteps ? did n't she still hear the footsteps every night ? ) and thought that if only she knew the right words , or if only she had the power , she could summon the enchantments and lay bare the secrets and understand this place . |
| 9 | I think that if today we can give a little help to those who are carrying on the race the money will not be wasted , ’ ( House of Commons Debate , Vol. 300 , col. 1634 ) . |
| 10 | Can I just reassure Mr that if actually we were not , er , if we were discussing an increase in members allowances then I would be fair square with him . |
| 11 | And I can tell you that erm Birmingham City Council told me this erm that if ever they need anyone to chair a meeting they would look to the Guild , committees . |
| 12 | Six six contracts all the same print so that if ever we shifted you or wanted you wanted to shift you from estate into to golf or to schools we do n't have to retrain you at all . |
| 13 | I said I 'd remember that if ever I found him dangling upside down by one toe from a ski-lift cable . |
| 14 | ‘ You may be sure , ’ said Jared Tunstall , ‘ that if ever I do go bankrupt I should certainly die of grief , or of mortification at such a turn . |
| 15 | But my grandmother had told me that if ever I was trapped , no matter what , I should do anything to stay alive . |
| 16 | And she thought , as she sat there translating a piece of Polyeucte , that if ever she could find the personages for the rest of her tragedy , then her happiness would be complete . |
| 17 | I felt that if ever there was a close selection decision , I would n't get it . |
| 18 | On each occasion , every available manservant had been posted to keep watch for soldiers , and she knew that if ever there was a night Tristram should not come visiting , this was it . |
| 19 | Ellie listened , but said nothing , thinking that if indeed there was a God , and if he was anything like her father , then hell and its bottomless pits would be infinitely preferable to so-called heaven . |
| 20 | Miss Fergusson courteously responded to the suggested transaction by pointing out that if indeed it was impossible to ascend the mountain , then the likelihood of their believing that the amulet could be a piece of bitumen from the Patriarch 's vessel was not very great . |
| 21 | Up until very recently , it was for men only , but we did persuade the Charity Commission that times were changing and that if perchance there was a lady who was disabled , she would also be able to qualify . |
| 22 | McAllister knew that if once she stopped her ministrations she would never get up again , and her reply was as firm as she could make it . |
| 23 | When her son was badly injured in a road accident , she nursed him to the point of exhaustion , refusing outside help , and comforted herself with the thought that if only her family knew what she was going through , they would rush to her rescue . |
| 24 | They live in the past , believing that if only they had had loving parents , or if only little sister had n't been born , or if only they had n't married so-and-so , then everything would be fine . |
| 25 | She was certain that if only they could get away , he 'd go superbly over this country . |
| 26 | Advertisers keep telling us that if only we were to buy all the right things , wear the right clothes , be seen at the right places , then we could be happy and popular and successful . |
| 27 | When we are young , we assume that if only we can get the circumstances of our lives right , then we will automatically be happy . |
| 28 | A corollary of the theory is that if only we were all experts at telepathy we could manage without language at all . |
| 29 | Some readers , particularly those convinced that if only we thought long enough , or prayed hard enough , we would discover reassuring tethering posts to which to secure our moral choices , will view with some disquiet the position reached so far . |
| 30 | They too assume that if only their methods are pursued well enough , sense can be made of the most intense , idiosyncratic experience . |