Example sentences of "if they [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the Canaries are likely to have more success if they throw 29-year-old Crook into the equation . |
| 2 | If they put another candidate in it 's does n't do Labour 's name any good does it ? |
| 3 | I 'm never sure if they eat this weed cos it does n't look as if it 's going anywhere . |
| 4 | If they hoped that freedom would automatically bring intellectual variety and competition they must be disappointed with the press and pessimistic about the effects of deregulation on broadcasting , however . |
| 5 | Even big companies fear that the safety of their equipment and their employees will be at risk if they seek waste-disposal contracts in the city . |
| 6 | The predatory spirits , on the other hand , are described as if they bore actual malice toward humans . |
| 7 | Indeed , when Jessica had locked her car with all the others at the Moira roundabout — travel-sharing , she assumed , hardheaded Ulstermen saving on the petrol — Rory had walked up to her and kissed her lightly on the mouth as if they owned each other . |
| 8 | Local authorities can give discounts of up to 30% if they sell empty houses or flats to priority groups such as first-time buyers and to those moving to their area to start a new job . |
| 9 | Shop owners have been warned that they could face jail sentences if they sell second-hand furniture filled with a highly dangerous type of foam . |
| 10 | If they adopted that system which costs nothing you would avoid patients ' frustration and give the health service a better name . |
| 11 | I wondered if they passed that Trade Union ( positive vetting ) file over to someone else or whether they were keeping it for my return . |
| 12 | The sheriff had suggested that more detonators , designed to alert drivers if they passed red light , be installed . |
| 13 | Hyam also deplores the recent ‘ willingness of Third World governments to adopt the peculiar Purity laws and conventions of Britain in the 1880s as if they represented ultimate truths about human civilisation ’ . |
| 14 | She wondered if you would mind very much if they came another time . |
| 15 | Yes , if they went forty miles an hour , but they do n't . |
| 16 | All the same , it was obviously better if they avoided each other completely . |
| 17 | If they afforded unique opportunities , especially in the international realm , they also posed the ultimate challenge for him : to elevate the banality of peace and prosperity into something epic . |
| 18 | but where if they sold little packets of sweets |
| 19 | the safety officers of today , oh they 'd have a blue fit if if they saw such things you know . |
| 20 | ‘ All that rigmarole about the house being a haunted house was just to keep people from inquiring if they saw any signs of William Egan 's habitation ? ’ |
| 21 | The general impression conveyed is that these women would not necessarily be more satisfied with work if they saw more people , but that they would certainly be less dissatisfied . |
| 22 | Police are asking for any witnesses to come forward if they saw suspicious activity near the garage at any time on Saturday night . |
| 23 | The draw for next season 's competition pits the holders against Lancashire in round one and — if they survive that hurdle — they travel to Essex in the second round . |
| 24 | Even if they survive those patients undergoing suffocation are suffering unacceptable and repeated abuse . |
| 25 | And would it be all right if they brought another couple of Conor 's mates ? |
| 26 | He said they could have a picnic if they brought some cake out into the garden , but they did n't seem to understand him . |
| 27 | If they overcome these guards , and manage to break into the cages , the adventurers still have the difficulty of getting into the chests . |
| 28 | Martin , tall with a roll-necked sweater under a grey suit , played war games ; John , slightly paunchy with a beard , was into steam trains — he took photos of them ; Julian , fair , well-dressed , with crooked teeth , divorced , spent Saturdays with his children and would expect her to do so too if they suited each other ; Lewis , in three-piece suit and striped shirt , supported the reintroduction of corporal punishment in schools ; Gerald , a mild , bushy-haired man , described with passionate precision the arrangement of the plants in his garden . |
| 29 | I tell them I 'm the Conductor , tell them where my office is , tell them if they 've any problems to bring them to me . ’ |
| 30 | There 's still probably a lot more people thought who saw things out there , and we 'd still like them to contact us at Cowley if they 've any information as to who the offenders are . |