Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] if you [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's easier for me if you can be happy and enjoy things . ’ |
| 2 | Before consulting an expert , it would be helpful to both of you if you could work out — at least in very general terms — what your financial priorities are . |
| 3 | You 've got a great acting career ahead of you if you could only learn a few more tricks . ’ |
| 4 | This profitability is maintained by a balancing act ; the fundamental chemical industry balance summed up in the fact that if you want to get the utmost out of sodium chloride , you should n't have either sodium or chlorine left over unsold at the end of the day ; not much use increasing the use of one if you ca n't increase use of the other in proportion . |
| 5 | No fault of mine if you ca n't hurry yourselves . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ He 's a friend of mine if you must know . ’ |
| 7 | and he said ah no problem I can order it for you if you 'd like me to so I said I would and he said he 'd phone me when er |
| 8 | Yes , there was n't a job for you if you could n't carry the barley . |
| 9 | But , erm , actually it would be probably be nice for you if you could record it in your training session because you can take in your pocket and sometimes you , you can get a better idea of how it 's |
| 10 | The latter can be replaced or ‘ sealed in ’ with gloss paint — get someone else to do this for you if you can , and stay out of the way until the smell of paint has dispersed . |
| 11 | I think it better for you if you can avoid things like that , although I have no authority for saying so . |
| 12 | Aha , use th bag we might need to put that behind it if you would n't mind please . |
| 13 | With Mr Boyd ministering , and Lady Errol attending to her children , Boswell and Johnson passed the time — it will have been close to , or even after , seven o'clock by now — chatting quietly , admiring the sea view , inspecting the pictures , including a portrait of Lord Errol by their ‘ amiable and elegant friend ’ , of whom Johnson observed , concluding some complimentary remarks , ‘ Sir Joshua Reynolds is the most invulnerable man I know ; the man with whom if you should quarrel , you would find the most difficulty how to abuse . ’ |
| 14 | Its formidable bulk means that you are unlikely to want to carry it about with you if you can avoid it , but that has probably been true of most audit manuals for some time now . |
| 15 | Tuesd yeah Tuesday and Thursday then cos we 'll try and fit in with you if you can . |
| 16 | Take your ghost with you if you must go . |
| 17 | The house is empty — bring that brat with you if you must — and get a housekeeper , or a governess , or whatever 's needed for the rest . |
| 18 | Do you want to discuss with her if you should get Dr Patel in ? |
| 19 | We 'll let you travel in it if you will tell us all about yourselves , and show us your planet . " |
| 20 | If I try what to say to them if you ca n't get through . |
| 21 | So they gave me minute instructions ( enclosed , along with the much-travelled draft , in the foreign-desk-clerk 's handwriting ) about what you should say to them if you can be persuaded to try them again . |
| 22 | I like , before coming to a decision , to get the arguments down on paper and it seems to me if you ca n't then convince yourself or anybody else that what you propose is logically right , it does n't much matter what your gut 's doing . |
| 23 | You 're no good to me if you ca n't drive a car . " |
| 24 | Instead , he said gently , ‘ When you have thought it over , you must come straight to me if you would like a change . ’ |
| 25 | On my word your Notion is not amiss ( and by the way I 'll not forget it ) I will only give this Sheet to the Bookseller , and wait on you if you 'll tell me where . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I wo n't be much use to you if you wo n't tell me . ’ |
| 27 | Possessions must mean a very great deal to you if you can bear a grudge so long . " |
| 28 | And then , the following Monday I 'd like to talk to you if you can to pick her up and take her home . |
| 29 | I shall be obliged to you if you will be so good as to let the bearer have my copy of the last year 's Transactions , in which you will greatly oblige , Sir , your most humble servant , Philip Miller . |
| 30 | At all events , I shall be much obliged to you if you will write to me as soon as possible — in order that , if you do not hold out any hope , he may not lose time , and if you do , that you may receive further information ; and he be put into the way of preparing himself , according to your wishes , for the situation . |