Example sentences of "if [pron] [vb base] [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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1 | you have a sweet and all that sort of thing , I mean you ca n't I ca n't resist them if I go out for a meal , I 've got to have the sweet , I 'd rather have the sweet |
2 | If I stick up for myself he either ignores me or suggests that I 'm being impertinent and that I risk losing my job by being out-spoken . |
3 | " I mean , what are my chances , if I stick around for a couple more months ? " |
4 | ‘ All right if I drop in for a drink this evening ? ’ he said . |
5 | Of course you can make appalling howlers if you set out for some reason to portray life in a social area unknown to you . |
6 | I can promise you , however , that if you walk around for three weeks with a chest pain , fearing a heart attack at the age of 43 , and you are told you have a hiatus hernia you feel a great relief . |
7 | ‘ You 're a brave man if you go back for another of these things , ’ he adds , gesturing at a dodgy-looking sausage sandwich . |
8 | If you if you go out for the kitchen you know or whatever it is |
9 | ‘ You can get a good view of the moonlight on the lake , if you go in for that sort of thing . |
10 | Meals are part of the holiday social life , and such good value that it makes little difference if you drop out for a day or two to eat locally . |
11 | Meals are part of the holiday social life , and such good value that it makes little difference if you drop out for a day or two to eat locally . |
12 | But if you ca n't wait that long , Yolkfolk is n't bad — you certainly wo n't end up with egg on your face if you shell out for it ! |
13 | If you look around for some field that has yet to be used in a crime story and then insist on using it when it has not filled you with enthusiasm , your book will be leaden . |
14 | ‘ But if you carry on for a few more days on an unofficial basis , that 's your business . |
15 | Drink 's never been either here or there for me , bar a wee Baileys with my coffee if we go out for a meal and I always buy it in at Christmas , because most women like it . |
16 | Okay has anybody else got anything more on that on that subject ? if we go back for a bit and just go back to the |
17 | Because women 's work is never done , and underpaid , or unpaid , or boring or repetitious and we 're the first to get the sack , and what we look like is more important than what we do , and if we get raped it 's our fault , and if we get bashed we must have provoked it , if we raise our voices we 're nagging bitches , and if we enjoy sex we 're nymphs and if we do n't we 're frigid , and if we love women it 's because we ca n't get a real man , and if we ask our doctor too many questions we 're neurotic and if we expect the community to care for our children we 're selfish , and if we stand up for our rights we 're aggressive and unfeminine , and if we do n't we 're typical weak females , and if we want to get married we 're out to trap a man , and if we do n't we 're unnatural , and because we ca n't get adequate safe contraceptives , but men can walk on the moon , and we ca n't cope or do n't want a pregnancy we 're made to feel guilty about abortion , and for lots and lots of other reasons we 're all part of the Women 's Liberation Movement . |
18 | As I was saying , if the Labour Group would like to leave the chamber we do n't really mind , if they stay out for the voting at the end of this debate which actually contrary |
19 | CAROLINE McCLYMONT , the daughter of the late Charlie MacMillan , and the American-bred Agathist , with three successes already to their name in ladies races over Bogside 's former National Hunt racecourse , can land a fourth tomorrow if they turn out for the Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire fixtures at Irvine . |