Example sentences of "if [pron] [verb] [indef pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | He warned me that if I told anyone about it , he would just deny it outright . |
2 | But if I met , but then that 's slightly different because if I met someone in a nightclub or something like that then I would be quite wary . |
3 | Christ , I even broke out into a sweat if I saw one on TV . |
4 | So er to get to your question erm I 've sort of not been doing anything erm I was hoping that I would be sort of fully fit round about now and then if I saw something on teletext er that was good I 'd just buzz off for a week or so . |
5 | I suppose this is erm , a caricature , a self portrait this little , I , in fact I was , really actually hilarious as I felt that , I , I , do n't actually know an awful lot about Gaugin , but if , if I knew nothing about him at all , I would of thought he was having a bit of joke of himself with this , but er , being the person that he was I ca n't image that he had that quality , that , I do n't believe he would be laughing at himself , erm , erm , the symbolism erm and conflict of this painting its dazzles me more than , than the colour or at least as much as the colours in it , but there 's a , there 's a half eaten , well it is n't half eaten , but there 's half an apple at the top and , and that was the , the way into me finally , for , for writing about this , this again is a shopping list , I call it a shopping list , this is just visual images that , that will be opened out at some point and turn it into something , and my images were erm Shoulders of the matador smoking snakes , dare to bit an apple , see one half gone and still I wear a halo intact , that I 'm sure I 've completely wrong about him as a , a person , but as the painting that 's obviously something else , erm , I found that one of the things that were he 's , I , I think probably that everybody who writes is that you 'll come to a point when you ca n't write , you stop writing , you have n't got anything you want to write about , or your frightened of writing , and I devise exercises so that , that does n't happened to me , I think writing is like any skill you have to keep doing it to be able to do it , its , you , some of it is a game and the rest of it is hard work , and one of the exercises I , I delighted using erm a portrait of a woman erm , its about erm the er still life , its the back one , yes this one here , I have , I , I hope to use this as a writing exercise I found the , the maths in this and the colour of the piece of fruit in the background , very interesting because most of the colours to me seem a , a lot less vibrant then many of his other paintings , and so they , they attracted me and have a , a strong sense of erm , er a hidden desire in that and so it , to use it as a writing exercise which I intend doing , it will be able about a situation of character 's with erm something that 's hidden , some desire , I do n't , the , not even spoke about to themselves or , or generally , erm I like to sort of say that came from those two little , just this amounts of colour which seemed to be saying such a lot |
6 | as if I knew nothing about art . |
7 | ‘ No , ’ she said , then she asked me if I knew anything about them . |
8 | He asked me if I knew anything about ley lines and I confessed my ignorance . |
9 | And if Heather thought there was something sinister about her relationship with Jack Cornelius — assuming there was a relationship — why did she never ask me if I knew anything about it ? ’ |
10 | If I take if I take one at night |
11 | If I get something on one of them to s to look as though I 've |
12 | It was just , I wondered if , so if I get something along this line , I mean I can cope with something like this . |
13 | ‘ If I hear anything about Pascoe I 'll pass it on . ’ |
14 | Dana continually hinted that she would take off for London if I refused to do just what she wanted , or if I said anything to you . |
15 | I mean , if I said anything to you . |
16 | So , if I 've nothing in these first four cells , and something in that one , and something in that one and nothing below . |
17 | Wing Commander the Duke of Hamilton replied : ‘ My instructions are to let it run its course as if I know nothing at all about it . |
18 | That poor girl has been through a terrible ordeal , and if I know anything of gipsies , it 's not over for her yet . ’ |
19 | And not on me clothes either , not if I know anything about it . |
20 | If I know anything about it , I 'll be well and truly mobile by then . ’ |
21 | The rain wo n't be long now , if I know anything about it . " |
22 | Otherwise my little Liessa would be ruling the whole world by now , if I know anything about it . |
23 | ‘ When I 'm on rest days , I phone up if I know anybody in my unit has been poorly . |
24 | but they 're bonded to different groupings so , for example , if one had something like this er , let's call that see three , page seven if I had something like that that central carbon there and when they draw these things at an exam paper , do n't expect it to be the central one . |
25 | And I think I think if I had something like that , I 'd tend to write sort of zero |
26 | Tell you what I could do if I had something like U equals sine T or if |
27 | There 's no question Quinn — and Cottee , Aldridge and the rest — are masters of the art and if I had one in my club , he 'd be the first name on the sheet . |
28 | I do n't think I 'd be going to court if I had anything to be concerned about . |
29 | Then I 'd er erm a friend come in in the afternoon and er ca n't remember if I had anybody in the evening or not . |
30 | I 've smiled at him , I 've dutifully tried to look as if I like everything about him . |