Example sentences of "[conj] if you [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or if you spread it on the ground you could study it like tea-leaves and read the future there . |
| 2 | If you do n't , or if you tell anyone about me , I 'll cut your heart out . ’ |
| 3 | Or if you keep them , there are four hundred of us here and two thousand on their way , and we will cut you down to a man . ’ |
| 4 | These may be helpful when recovering from an illness or if you fear your normal diet is lacking . |
| 5 | Metaphors produce a clear effect on the reader but that effect will become confused and diminished if you use too many or if you mix them up , as in these lamentable examples : |
| 6 | What it means is that if you know that somebody 's or if you know somebody 's sex then you 've got a better than chance bet at guessing whether they smoke or not . |
| 7 | If you feel you deserve a bit of pampering or if you know someone who does please write to : Make-Over Features , EADT , 30 Lower Brook Street , Ipswich IP4 1AN , enclosing a recent photo and your clothes size . |
| 8 | If you 're an organizer for a charity or if you know someone who needs help in some way or indeed if you need help in some way , call us on Nottingham three four three four three four soon as possible and we 'll put you on charity shop that follows the four o'clock news here on afternoon special . |
| 9 | If you have not exercised for some time , if you are generally unfit or if you know you have a particular medical condition , it is essential to consult your doctor before beginning a regular exercise routine . |
| 10 | Choose from chess on one side or if you fancy something a little less taxing on the mind simply turn the mat over and set the ‘ board ’ for a fun game of checkers — you could even use it to lie on when you come out of the sea ! |
| 11 | We 've got all the equipment , weights , cycles , rowing machines , or if you fancy something a little less strenuous , I take an aerobics class every morning around eleven . |
| 12 | If you saw someone you knew and you shouted out to them , you were in dead trouble , even if you shouted hello , or if you asked someone at the next table for a cigarette . |
| 13 | See which one you like the best or if you like them at all . |
| 14 | The petition can have a simple heading , such as ‘ Save the Congleton Arms ! ’ , or if you prefer it can be addressed to , say , the chairman of the local planning committee or the leader of the council and be slightly fuller in wording . |
| 15 | Or if you want something else , the weather 's rotten as well . |
| 16 | Or if you leave it with a neighbour then we 've got a calling card to say thought you might like it early |
| 17 | You will not find words like skive and naff in most dictionaries ( or if you do they will be marked ‘ dialectal ’ or ‘ colloquial ’ ) , though you will find words like scrolloping , which a famous writer used once . |
| 18 | There are also those old myths still around about when you do n't get pregnant — like if it 's your first time , or if you have sex infrequently , or if you do it standing up . |
| 19 | ‘ Or if you do it will be a long , long process . |
| 20 | Do n't pass it back again to the left — or if you do you 'll strip off the ribber stitches . ) |
| 21 | If the bedroom you occupy is large enough to be turned into a comfortable bed-sitting-room , or if you have your own private sitting-room in the house , you can avoid trouble and confrontation by entertaining friends there , and that will be the end of it ; but if not , after a tactful explanation of your needs to your parent , you should get to the point of suggesting clearly that she might agree to retire to her room for a few hours sometimes when your friends come to the home ( after you have all shared a meal together first , if she wishes ) . |
| 22 | If undoing is unsuccessful , or if you preferred your document the way it was before undoing , Undo a second time . |
| 23 | If you overdraw your account without telling us , or if you exceed your CheckOver limit , there will be a £10 administration fee to pay for that quarter , for the additional work involved . |
| 24 | I hope I will , that we will have support in it on this issue and I do n't want to take up all the time but it is something that members do approach me in , and and others on the members ' services sub and I hope we have time Chairman to er give this report some consideration and let's say it 's a v , it 's a very important if you Chairman want any additionals to the recommendations , or if you say we 're going too far in the recommendations because those recommendations you have down in front of you will be forwarded on and you 're officers and your your your policies and resources they 've given some time on on this report and therefore on the bottom of page thirty one the motion to be moved says that the comments of the policy and resources committee and the recommendations of the joint working party and the internal management of the local authorities be noted for submission to the Association of County Councils as appropriate . |
| 25 | One of the virtues of parental investment er theory I would say is that er it 's particularly sensitive to female interests in , in in sexuality and nobody who knows me or has read er my works would , could possibly suspect me here of fashionable feminist prejudices er so I do n't say this because I think this is what people like to hear , but because I happen to think it 's true , I 'm afraid I 'm one of these old-fashioned and you may think stupid people who believe that you should er say things cos you think they 're true , not because you think er it 's what you think want w want to hear or if you say it , you 'll be accused of sexual harassment by a lecturer as I was last year . |
| 26 | There will be 7–8 great trips , costing around £12–£14 per trip , although if you book them all , you will receive a reduction on the total trip cost , free entry to the Set disco as well as Tiff 's 2 , and a discount voucher booklet saving you £££ 's while in resort . |
| 27 | Presses are easily obtained from a great many shops and are not very expensive , although if you wish you can make your own , or ask a handy friend to help out if you are not very practical . |
| 28 | The buses are that efficient , buses , that if you miss one , within five minutes there was another one cos most of them were colliers and that 's where they were going . |
| 29 | Which might sound terribly dramatic people are frightened that if you offend you will not use this building again . |
| 30 | ‘ I also pointed out that if you scratch me I bite , ’ he reminded her softly . |