Example sentences of "if they [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " 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 | The predatory spirits , on the other hand , are described as if they bore actual malice toward humans . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | If they adopted that system which costs nothing you would avoid patients ' frustration and give the health service a better name . |
| 9 | I wondered if they passed that Trade Union ( positive vetting ) file over to someone else or whether they were keeping it for my return . |
| 10 | The sheriff had suggested that more detonators , designed to alert drivers if they passed red light , be installed . |
| 11 | She wondered if you would mind very much if they came another time . |
| 12 | All the same , it was obviously better if they avoided each other completely . |
| 13 | Police are asking for any witnesses to come forward if they saw suspicious activity near the garage at any time on Saturday night . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | And would it be all right if they brought another couple of Conor 's mates ? |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | There will be at least two of them , but even if they know each other they wo n't know anybody else except the one man who took them on and will eventually pay them . |
| 20 | The council has also set up a hotline on for local people to ring if they suffer excessive noise . |
| 21 | If they failed another night in the open would probably be Hugh 's last . |
| 22 | If they failed another night in the open would probably be Hugh 's last . |
| 23 | All patients were encouraged to become familiar with their own mole pattern and to return to the clinic before the next regular appointment if they observed any change . |
| 24 | The fate of Henry Scott may yet prove to be a salutary lesson to those local authorities intending to expand their programmes of publishing homosexual-related literature , nor should librarians ignore this piece of history if they display homosexual literature amongst their new acquisitions or publish a booklist of homosexual literature . |
| 25 | Even if people are woken up and asked to learn something , if they go straight back to sleep they are likely to forget the whole episode . |
| 26 | if they go first thing in the morning . |
| 27 | If they stay that way and if the default rate were to rise as high as 15% , the spread over Treasuries would have to be 15 percentage points to make junk break even . |
| 28 | The road cut a swath through the centre of the belt of trees , and as the gig passed between them they seemed to menace , arms grotesquely waving , as if they resented this intrusion through their territory . |
| 29 | They could engage in foreign trade , and retain 50 per cent of export earnings in foreign currency , but would require Ministry of Foreign Trade approval if they sought foreign capital investment . |
| 30 | The Iraqi Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz said on Aug. 13 , amid suggestions that Venezuela , Saudi Arabia , the UAE and perhaps Nigeria might increase output , that " OPEC states should take into consideration their interests " and warned that they might " pay hard in the future " if they followed this course . |