Example sentences of "if [pers pn] [verb] [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 | Would you mind if I looked down the list ? |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Will these people notice if I turn up the sound ? ’ |
| 10 | Do you mind if I turn down the gas fire ? ’ |
| 11 | You 'd kill me if I blew up the school ? |
| 12 | ‘ 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 . |
| 13 | If I walked back the way we 'd come , there 'd be a bus stop , would n't there ? |
| 14 | ‘ 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 . |
| 15 | ‘ Neither have I any time to waste , so you must excuse me if I cut out the preliminaries . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Do you mind if I look over the place ? |
| 17 | ‘ 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | He held out the clipboard impatiently as if she quibbled over a minor detail . |
| 22 | She was terrified that if she poured out the tale to her husband now , he would be filled with doubts as to the extent of her previous involvement with Davis . |
| 23 | Those who break the law face up to two years in jail , although a pregnant women herself is exempt , even if she carries out an abortion on herself . |
| 24 | ass If she starts out a goosegirl she 'll shit on |
| 25 | It is one belief , for example , that a woman will obtain children if she walks around a sacred tree 108 times dally for 48 consecutive days . |
| 26 | When Mrs.McNaughtan noticed a pencilled note inside the cover saying ‘ fore-edge painting ’ , she knew that if she spread out the gilt edges of the book 's pages , we would see a picture , as indeed we did to our delight . |
| 27 | Immediately she 'd sensed that this was wrong , that there was nothing for her in this office , and that she 'd be at risk if she stayed around a moment longer than was necessary . |
| 28 | HMS Impregnable 's position was desperate , for if she broke up no one would survive in the conditions . |
| 29 | If you wrote up a route between September 1990 and April 1991 it would be helpful if you repeated the description in the new book . |
| 30 | 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 . |