Example sentences of "if [pron] [vb base] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'd been getting records on tick from Billy for ages , ’ explains Havanna 's Tony Scott , ‘ so I said to him ‘ If I make up a record , would you square up the bill ? ’ |
| 2 | If I hold back the tears , the feeling becomes locked or blocked in my body . |
| 3 | Yes and there If I If I pull up a bit and back out there . |
| 4 | And tha that is one thing I 'm , I mean I 'm not I 'm not the best driver in the world , but that is one thing I do try not to do cos as you say no matter what the circumstances are , if I go up the back of somebody it is my fault . |
| 5 | If I take on an artist , for example , I need to think they will have a future . |
| 6 | If I take out a chunk , you can do |
| 7 | I have , therefore , taken advantage of your absence on academic business to give the matter more thought and I feel it might be best if I set out the various considerations involved in written form . |
| 8 | Will these people notice if I turn up the sound ? ’ |
| 9 | Do you mind if I turn down the gas fire ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Dragging also depends on size , so if I pick up a bunch of stuff I get a lower dragging sound than if I pick up just one . |
| 11 | ‘ All sight if I walk up a bit ? he called to Marty , who was leaning forward with his elbow on the wheel and his open palm supporting his chin . |
| 12 | ‘ Neither have I any time to waste , so you must excuse me if I cut out the preliminaries . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Do you mind if I look over the place ? |
| 14 | ‘ I 'll feel stronger a damn sight faster if I move around a bit , ’ he threw at her in a voice little better than a snarl . |
| 15 | I 've reached a stage where I ca n't be bothered with a lot of these guys , but if I rule out the ones who take drugs from my circle of friends I will be left with literally no one to socialise with . |
| 16 | Well , she thought , it wo n't be difficult to judge how right I am , if I pay out a few yards of line for him . |
| 17 | I hope that I shall not be retiring too soon , but if I see out the rest of my working life as a Member of the House , I shall retire with a pension that should look after me comfortably . |
| 18 | If you pick up a handful of ordinary package brochures , America will be there : Crystal , Inghams , Intasun , Neilson and Thomson all have new or expanded American programmes . |
| 19 | If you pick up a sea cucumber , do so with care , for they have an extravagant way of defending themselves . |
| 20 | For instance , if you pick up an SPF15 sun cream awarded four stars ( the maximum rating ) , it means that the product filters out UVA and UVB equally , whereas an SPF15 cream with two stars means it filters UVA considerably less effectively than UVB . |
| 21 | If you pick up the phone and ring to get seats here you will very often find that you ca n't get through . |
| 22 | So resolute are they at keeping hold of one another that even if you pick up the mother , her babies will still hang on to her in a wriggling furry rope . |
| 23 | The idea is that , if you pick out the best bits from the past , combine them , mix and match them , dust them down and restore them fondly , then the result will be something better . |
| 24 | I think , she said if you dig down a way it 's dry |
| 25 | It 's quite usual to pay a deposit to show that you intend to go ahead with the deal and if you back out the repairer is entitled to keep the money . |
| 26 | Having a meal out , especially if you eat out a lot , needs just as much care and good sense as planning a meal in . |
| 27 | I thought if you hold up a box of Roses chocolates , grin at it and say , ‘ Mmm … great chocolates ! ’ everybody quite correctly will despise you . |
| 28 | If you pass over a tab stop as you move to the left or right , that tab stop will be deleted |
| 29 | Reality says that if you set up a store and you 're undercapitalised , you 're going to go bust . |
| 30 | ‘ Now , if you set up a decent practice , somewhere in Belgravia , instead of this … slum , you could come and treat me . |