Example sentences of "if it [verb] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ What if it does n't surface up there ? ’ someone asked . |
2 | I am trying to avoid going that far : it does keep the ear occupied , at least for its duration , even if it does n't drift back into your consciousness afterwards , and these are solid , lusty performances by the Camerata quartet , a young Polish group , in impressively immediate recordings . |
3 | If it does n't bother you , I 'd like to come and watch when you and Joanna operate together . ’ |
4 | come up and insult you if it does n't bother you , you wo n't say a thing , but if it does bother you 'll come back and re say something back . |
5 | If it does n't arrive by the date agreed , then you 're within your rights to ask for your money back . |
6 | rather than say if it does n't arrive at a set time |
7 | She says if it does n't make me better , it might make somebody else 's mum better . |
8 | And this is where you , the , the building society offer you er the rate of erm er return on the stock market erm and er a bonus on your account if it does n't make the rate . |
9 | And if it does n't make any money , thought Charles , you do n't even get what 's owing to you . |
10 | We will have a new procedure called Continuous and Non-Standard Surveys which says that they will follow the basic procedures , except where this does n't make sense , and if it does n't make sense the job will have in it 's Master Job File a statement of how , it does comply with whatever it has to deal with . |
11 | But unfortunately , in international relations , you have to er work with , with the grain , and if it is a case that the Iranians are taking a fairly er tough line on Iraq , well this is clearly to be encouraged because Saddam Hussein must be er surrounded , he must be isolated , the sanctions must work , and I 'm sorry to say this , but the country of Iraq must suffer in order that those sanction work , because if it does n't suffer , and if the sanctions do n't work , there is a danger of war , and that will be immensely costly to our side as well as being the end for Saddam Hussein . |
12 | ‘ I can see it 's wonderful for the East Germans , and if it does n't lead to reunification I 've no objection to it . |
13 | But if it does n't ease off , or if it gets worse , you must see your doctor . |
14 | First of all though : if it does n't feel right , does n't sound right , does n't play right , then maybe it is n't right … for you . |
15 | it 's , it 's the shock comes up the legs , if it does n't break the ankles or feet or these it can break the bottom of the bone , a piece here , or it can travel up and break the base of the skull . |
16 | If it does n't hurt you ignore it . |
17 | If the simile or metaphor leaves you feeling exactly the same , if it does n't move you , then you could improve it . |
18 | In the Western Fells region covered by the FRCC Scafell , Dow and Eskdale Guide , Al Phizaclea continues to explore nooks and crannies with the philosophy that if it does n't move and is n't already in the guide then it must be climbed . |
19 | If it does n't move — paint it ! |
20 | No one can take away the exhilaration of completing that first garment and , because everybody in the family needs sweaters , if it does n't fit one person it will fit another . |
21 | If a window has to be tailor-made , you must expect to pay for it if it does n't fit ! |
22 | One of the speakers was suggesting that a proposal should be judged on its merits when it comes forward for approval to the registering authority and that if it does n't fit into the set pattern , that should n't necessarily debar it . |
23 | Much of Allen 's work has a fantasy element , she is continually intrigued by childhood memories , the resonance of children 's rhymes and stories ; works such as , ‘ If it Does n't Fit ’ was inspired by the fairytale the ‘ Princess and the Pea ’ . |
24 | Not a medium so he 's given him the small so he 's thinking if if it does n't fit he 's still made the sale . |
25 | If it does n't grow back , I 've accepted that it might not , but if it grows back I 'll be a very happy man . |
26 | And we 've got a very big computerized telephone system , so that if it does n't answer sit there with a stopwatch timing each phone I presume , it 's all automatically done and they get a print out at the end of every month giving the average time of the , the phone the , the , the phone takes to be answered . |
27 | When you walk , if it does n't pull there they |
28 | ‘ And sitting on a wrecked pod that 's going to blow up if it does n't blow away first is just way too safe for me . |
29 | For feminists like me , who live through the political processes of women 's liberation , which turns sex inside out and reforms relationships with men , even if it does n't revolutionise them , talking to these young , single mothers proves that gains won in sexual relationships are not necessarily permanent or universal . |
30 | The Iraqi leader 's threatened a long range missile strike on Israel if it does n't leave the occupied territories after yesterday 's violence that left nineteen Palestinians dead . |