Example sentences of "if [indef pn] [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If no-one saw the caravan being towed along any of the main roads in the area , then Allen believes the gang may have stored it somewhere in the vicinity . |
| 2 | Labour employment spokesman Frank Dobson said yesterday : ‘ Major thinks if no-one mentions the bogey of recession , it will go away . ’ |
| 3 | Telesquash rallies are restricted to a maximum of 15 strokes — the server wins the point if no-one hits a winner — and thus the format encourages attacking play . |
| 4 | Those radicals ( among whom Gaitskell was , oddly , not numbered ) who wanted to abolish the public schools , or amalgamate them somehow into the maintained system , persuaded themselves for a time that if this were done , and if everyone had a chance to take the 11 + and compete for a place at a grammar school , then justice would have been done and educational standards would be secure . |
| 5 | In if everyone had a meter , |
| 6 | If everyone had no confidence , no one kindly , passionate-feeling human person would ever be approached by any other kindly , passionate-feeling human person . |
| 7 | ‘ If everyone spoke the truth we might avoid future dangers . ’ |
| 8 | Pro and anti-bolters must now show less fanaticism in their activities and this policy will only work if everyone makes an effort to operate within the guidelines . |
| 9 | Just think how much of a better place school would be if EVERYONE loved the Jesus way ! |
| 10 | If everyone knows the value of the current shocks then we can replace equation ( 5.7 ) with the following : |
| 11 | I do not criticise , I merely observe ; and I 'm not sure what I would think if everyone lined the rail to admire the play of light on the water and started discussing Boudin . |
| 12 | If nothing catches the eye , walk a few blocks to West 47th street , between Fifth and Sixth Avenues , to browse at the Gotham Book Mart ( ’ Wise men fish here , ’ says the sign ) , which , for 70 years has specialised in literature and arts . |
| 13 | Try altering the setting on the thermostat dial ; if nothing changes the thermostat is probably faulty . |
| 14 | What to do if someone takes an overdose |
| 15 | If someone carried a cane he was so scared he could n't be caught ; and if the person did n't carry a cane Moz tried to attack them ! |
| 16 | If it comes to light that I was in that house with Adam and the others , he thought with cold clarity , if someone tells the papers , or the police and thence the papers , that I was there during the summer of 1976 , living there , it will be all up with me . |
| 17 | Well , she was going to need a lot of help , that was for sure , and if someone took the trouble to put an advert in the tube , the least you could do was memorise the number . |
| 18 | Carrie said , in a hurt , distant voice , ‘ Much what you 'd think , I suppose , if someone took the roof off your house . |
| 19 | The indirect costs of making a poor choice are hidden but heavy — perhaps not all that hidden if someone loses an order or makes an avoidable error in design . |
| 20 | If someone banged a door , we 'd all jump . |
| 21 | However , if someone scores a goal and flicks a V-sign in someone 's face , then he should be done . |
| 22 | Yeah , If someone lifted the gearbox |
| 23 | Perhaps if someone invented a time machine ( almost certainly a scientific impossibility ) archaeologists would have the satisfaction of being able to prove and disprove each other 's theories ; failing that , we have to accept that the science of the distant past is a matter of informed deduction and , let us face it , guesswork . |
| 24 | And we would organize collective work , so that , for example , if someone had a Plot which needed clearing , we would all go and lend a hand . |
| 25 | If someone had the right thought , that the play did begin there at eight , then their thought did have a content that was true , but that content was not identical with the actual state of affairs . |
| 26 | What if someone heard the shots ? ’ |
| 27 | If someone got the pendulum , gave it a flick |
| 28 | Innings were always ‘ fighting knocks ’ and if someone hit the ball hard , they ‘ took full toll ’ . |
| 29 | ‘ If someone threw a bomb at you and ran away , would you shoot him in the back , or would you let him get some more bombs and try again ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ If someone puts a weapon to your head , would you ask if it is real or not . ’ |