Example sentences of "[adj] if [pron] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( Parent : ‘ Can you think of anything that might go wrong if we adopt that course of action ? ’ ) |
| 2 | But you 'd be wrong if you met six men who live and work on Teesside . |
| 3 | Er and I remember , I remember Street West , when the right hand side of Street west going from Road , every house was empty before the First World War and they gave somebody er somebody who lives in the end one and they were rent free if they keep all the rest clean , and always you see house to let where wherever it was in every street there was houses to let , and the price of the house in Street must be about eight shillings a week in those days , and then if you went up to I mean you 'd get in the twelve and sixpenny bracket and down in , those houses down in the that they were ten and six or something like that er |
| 4 | The film comes to Liverpool 's MGM Cinema on November 20 so you can see what all the fuss was about and for free if you win one of the TEN double tickets we have to give away , along with T-shirts and soundtracks . |
| 5 | New furniture normally is , but be careful if you buy older items from antique or second-hand shops . |
| 6 | Thankful that , though her ankle was still painful if she put any weight on it , her foot was n't swollen , Luce put on a pair of yellow flat-heeled sandals and , unable to contain her impatience a moment longer , picked up the crutch and headed down the corridor . |
| 7 | On no account feel despondent if you find these exercises difficult — they are ! |
| 8 | But we would be even more foolish if we imagined that modernity is neutral territory : it is enemy territory — as the world , for Christians , has always been . |
| 9 | You could knit a whole beautiful wardrobe using this technique and it can be even more exciting if you use three or four colours by leaving two rows blank for colour one , two rows blank for colour two , two rows blank for colour three and two rows of holes for colour four . |
| 10 | While there was certainly an increase in the output of these businesses in the prosperous years of the late 1970s it is doubtful if they did more than keep pace with the fast growth rate for the manufacturing sector as a whole , estimated by the World Bank to be 12 per cent from 1970 to 1982 . |
| 11 | How might your life be different if you expressed these seven qualities ? |
| 12 | The buzz , the uninhibited , excited talking , yes , uninhibited talking , in a district where you were made to feel peculiar if you allowed any expression to cross your face in the street , died as the lights slowly faded . |
| 13 | I VISITED the top secret Battle of the Atlantic command centre in Rumford Street and was very impressed , but I feel it would be even more interesting if they had dummy figures dressed in naval and wrens ' uniforms and placed in their respective positions . |
| 14 | The pattern of change over the 1970s and 1980s is similar if one considers different definitions of pay or broader classes of worker . |
| 15 | I , I would normally say to you now , right what 's your objectives for the two days , but to be honest if we do that , er , I do n't think it helps very much , erm , but if anybody wants to make any comments about any specific part of it , er , then I 'll try and just talk you through it . |
| 16 | Be that as it may , I shall be philosophic if you prove unworthy of this not inconsiderable investment — I can always write it off as a little deficit financing — but if you wish to continue with our relationship you must be prepared to place some real trust in me . |
| 17 | The back bends could be more versatile if they had flatter carvers , with more radius in the stem . |
| 18 | We define ALT patterns to be distinct if they have different abstract shapes . |
| 19 | Yes but then you see , in the ol in the old days Gordon , I mean , you we you were very fortunate if you got three meals a day and i and whatever you got you were glad of and used to eat it all . |
| 20 | In contrast , at Verdun a casualty — even once picked up — could reckon himself highly fortunate if he received any treatment within twenty-four hours . |
| 21 | The slab is traversed rightwards and is quite straightforward if you stay low . |
| 22 | No company can call itself truly global if it neglects such potential customers . |
| 23 | Now very simple if I deduct forty one thousand two hundred from forty six thousand you 'll probably say I 'm doing the wrong sum . |
| 24 | Your name will be imperishable if you do this thing in the name of peace . |
| 25 | How to set up : It 's easy if you know other families in your area , and an ideal circle is one in which you all know and trust each other . |
| 26 | It might be a bit awkward if you it might be highly reactive if you dropped molten metal onto it . |
| 27 | I should , however , be grateful if you would advise me as early as possible if you have any comments regarding the proposals . |
| 28 | Such an outcome is possible if there exist contestable markets , so that firms can easily enter an industry when profits rise , and exit when they fall ( see McDonald 1987 ) . |
| 29 | This would only be possible if she had intensive 24-hour cover : if she could employ carers both night and day who could be flexible enough to adapt to her needs rather than vice versa . |
| 30 | I can see fans of 1 or 2 other clubs getting upset if they read some of the stuff we write , and if the press got hold of it , it may cause embarrassment to Leeds United FC . |