Example sentences of "if [pers pn] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 I thought to myself , ‘ Jimmy Dickinson does n't go abroad and certainly not to the States , so if I make a good job of it at Walton Heath I might be caddying for Sandy full-time in the future . ’
2 If I make a black man sweep up my trash , empty my dustbins , wash the vomit from my floor and kill for me in my imperialist wars … well , what do you think ?
3 Yes , well I did n't call , but I did said Jane , well you leave , well I 'll leave you to it said Mr Sandy , if you would come upstairs , the policeman and Jane entered her room , please look in the cupboard , I think we 've got a case Sarge , do you mind if I make a quick phone call ?
4 If I make a large number of such measurements the theory enables me to calculate the proportion of times the electron will be found " here " and the proportion of times it will be found " there " .
5 ‘ I think it is better for the club if I make a clean break .
6 If I make a few constructive points , it will be looked on as a Liverpudlian poking his nose in .
7 By now my courage had failed and I had to be helped up the steep , wooden steps , the executioner 's assistants whispering that if I made a good show they would make sure I would choke for no more than ten minutes .
8 Seeing there are three of you , it would make sense if I made a fourth and helped to leg . ’
9 I could s I I even though it might make me a lot of money because I know that if I got if I made a dozen phone calls and did n't get any deals I 'd be out there wanting play the er I would n't trust myself .
10 Would you mind if I made a few housing enquiries for you ?
11 It 's going to cost you under thirty eight pounds , so I 've got a little bit of wei , leeway if I made a few mistakes .
12 He points out that if I tear a living system apart into its component atoms , I kill it .
13 If I kept a careful check on your movements — which I do n't — I can assure you it would not be for sentimental reasons . ’
14 ‘ I 'd suddenly start weeping if I saw a pregnant woman .
15 He had wanted to know if I knew a good cardiologist , because he had a granddaughter with a rare heart condition who needed an operation , or else in a year 's time she would have died .
16 I must write a grand opera or none at all ; if I write a small one , I shall get very little for it ( for everything is taxed here ) .
17 If I got a new beat , I 'd go round the beat and say , ‘ Get to the kerb ! ’ and they 'd move to the kerb reluctantly .
18 it 's that or a new head torch , but if I got a new head torch it , it perhaps but they 're about , they 're about thirty quid I think
19 What happens if I get a mild reaction ?
20 If I get a decent vote I intend going to the Guinness Book of Records for the highest number of votes for the smallest expenditure . ’
21 I 'll try to slip over if I get a spare minute .
22 ‘ I appreciate it , and if I get a nice sky in a picture then fine , I 'll manipulate it in the darkroom and make the best of it .
23 I mean normally I do n't bother with the tokens , I mean I Anyway I paid the cheque and I said to Peter I said oh by the way what about me tokens for me for me toy I said if I get a free one of them I can give it to give it to the grandchildren .
24 I moved from Nazeing into Harlow because my house was condemned at Nazeing and I had to come into a Council house at , and erm , from I had erm , when I came from Nazeing I had erm , three sons three sons then and when I got to , I 'd been here a year and then I had another son and after that er , when he was about two years and four months I had a daughter , but unfortunately I lost her with heart trouble and er she only lived four months and I lost her and er , er I stayed there , stayed there and , in and after that I moved to because it was a bit larger house for my family you see and from erm I was there several years and er stayed there and I had erm oh first of all I , I had my twins , my twin boys after I lost the daughter , I had twin boys and they , I went to I suppose about two years and four months between and I wanted to adopt a little girl but they would n't let , my hubby said no and so then I er , sort of see if I get a little girl and I had twin boys did n't I , and I 'm still in , I 'm in and after er after I had the twins when I was about er forty two if I did had another boy which is the one I 've got , the last one up there of my eight , I ended up with eight boys
25 so I 've put that away , I , it ai n't even in my account , Alan 's got that and I said to Alan if I pass this test I shall buy a banger , five hundred quid with this tax money and then put the odd to insurance , if I do n't I 'll leave it where it is , because I , I mean little one will want a holiday and that anyway so I 've kept it for that , but that 's what I intend to do , so I said to Alan if I get a little banger just enough to get me to Tettering and back I was gon na go tech , to do some courses
26 I generally fish with a short hair for barbel , about ½ inch , but soon lengthen this if I get a few bites and do n't hit them .
27 Yeah does n't do it oh I 'll be bother if I get a cold next week .
28 That 's if I get a fucking eleven I 'm gon na kick them up there !
29 ‘ I thought if I planted a few seeds of jealousy in your mind it might just drive you into my arms that little bit sooner . ’
30 Thus if I raise a two-pound weight through a height of five feet I have increased its potential energy by ten foot pounds .
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