Example sentences of "but if [pers pn] [vb base] a " in BNC.

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1 But if we get a bit of growth , they 'll be ready to take the risk .
2 But if we avoid a slump in the second half of the season we should do it . ’
3 But if we issue a Material Witness Warrant I believe the British would put him on the plane . ’
4 But if we take a guess that there are thirty thousand , this means that in nineteen-ninety , three million people , or something like a tenth of the entire working population , will be engaged in writing materials for computers .
5 But if we create a psychology in this country where to the men and women who earn the crust upon which we depend , our business community , are switched off to the significance of Europe , there 's only one people who 'll suffer and it is us .
6 It is true that an obvious field with high benefits and low risk would quickly get overcrowded , but if we generate a new concept there is no reason why the rewards should not be great and the risks low .
7 The normally small scabious scabiosa columbaria flowers in July and August , but if we have a wet spell now after a dry summer , then it could well flower a second time .
8 But if we have a conscience about our familiar old things what can we do ?
9 But if we grow a client server towards the enterprise solution , we 've already talked about the straw pole that we often do where it indicates to us that the average number of er data repositories or data sources in an organization is more than ten .
10 Well it 's raining tonight , but if they keep a good look out over the next year , because the sun 's particularly active now , then they may get a chance of seeing another display .
11 But if they become a normal event , all papers prepared for Council will have to be written with a much wider audience in mind .
12 Yeah that one 's but I mean th if they say Name one radioactive metal , in nuclear power stations , then okay you can say radium er uranium or plutonium , but if they want a naturally occurring one then you 're not gon na get any marks for saying plutonium .
13 But if they see a bunch of black kids hanging around they wo n't nick them .
14 but if they have a , if they have a some sort of fast food provision in the menu with a limited choice .
15 And erm we wo n't have time to go through all of these afterwards , but if I hand a few round to you , what I 'd like you to do is er just have a go and jot down some of the er solutions that you would provide .
16 I personally do n't like to eat them while I 'm drinking because I get too full , but if I put a plate of pie and peas down in the club they would go like lightning . ’
17 Why does it cost me ten pounds fifty return from Darlington but if I take a single to Darlin to Darlington from York it costs me ten quid .
18 Some schools abuse us and once a kid 's in , they leave them here — but if I think a school understands us then I 'll fit in with them .
19 that , you know I did n't mind paying it , but if I want a taxi , heck I think that 's a disgrace
20 Whenever I say ‘ sit ’ he does n't listen but if I have a biscuit in my hand he does it straight away .
21 There are producers who have a far greater knowledge of microphone techniques , and characteristics ; but if I have a good engineer who is musically intelligent as well as technically adept , then I have a very direct input into the kind of sound I want .
22 But if she bear a maid-child , then she shall be unclean two weeks , as in her impurity ; and she shall continue in the blood of purification threescore and six days .
23 Describing the Hamer 's sound is not easy , but if you imagine a normal bass being played through an octaver then you 're getting warm .
24 Spiders can live for several days without food , but if you keep a spider for longer than a few days , you must feed it .
25 But if you pick a couple of complete no-hopers , rank outsiders , well , there 's no need to stay , is there ?
26 But if you set a personal best indoors , on the heavy training that you have been undertaking , it is a tremendous incentive .
27 But if you get a copy , save it for when you can read it at one sitting .
28 And it it 's easy when you 're not busy , but if you get a spell of being busy , .
29 Pinot Noir red Alsace wines are unusual , to say the least , but if you get a chance to taste one , take it !
30 now we give you those , but this is one pound , ten pence , it 's well worth having , but if you get a mark on , once you 've got that guard on
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