Example sentences of "if he [vb -s] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He or she will glance ostentatiously at his watch , as if to indicate that an expected arrival is late for an appointment and if he happens to meet the glance of a passer-by , he will more often than not look once again at his watch and cast a long-suffering glance at heaven ; as if by recruiting sympathy for a familiar predicament he will pre-empt any suspicion of more suspect motives . |
| 2 | That may change if he continues to draw the kind of encouragement which has poured in since he announced in February that he might run for the White House . |
| 3 | Thus , if he refuses to accept the goods or to pay because they have deteriorated , he is in breach of contract . |
| 4 | The hon. Gentleman is wrong if he seeks to characterise the Scottish budget for next year as somehow lower than the spending increases for other Departments . |
| 5 | But if he decides to go the Hollywood route , he may not have a choice . |
| 6 | If he decides to follow the highway he will go away , and everything w ill be all right again . |
| 7 | ‘ Sounds fine , but , well , even if Montgomery manages to raise this bomber , if he manages to cut a hole in the fuselage without blowing us all to kingdom come , if he manages to extract the atom bomb and if he manages to secure it to the Angelina 's cradle , what happens if the thing detonates before he reaches the Kásos Strait ? ’ |
| 8 | If he hopes to maintain the character and traditions of justice , he may be surprised at what his predecessors have left behind . |
| 9 | ‘ If he does score the first goal , he wo n't make it a very good Christmas for Ladbrokes . ’ |
| 10 | Perhaps if he does score the tension will go from his game . ’ |
| 11 | All these men would not only write ; they would also have to read , because the Minister is not able to read all the Cabinet agenda before he gets there , or even all the agenda of the Cabinet Committees ; and if he does read the papers he reads them with an eye which often fails to understand and to spot the relevant . |
| 12 | If he chooses to use the word ’ collusion ’ , and apply it to me in that context , he is attributing dishonourable conduct — he should be ashamed of doing so . |
| 13 | Well if he 's done the building then , yeah . |
| 14 | well anything 's possible with God cos he created everything , if he 's created the stars and the moon and , and the heavens , then he can create whatever he wants |
| 15 | ‘ I think everybody who joins a company in any capacity should , if he 's got the capability , be able to reach board level . |
| 16 | It 's real cosy , specially if he 's got the fire on . |
| 17 | He said to my friend : ‘ If he 's got the strings , let him do it ! ’ |
| 18 | Two , if he 's got the dosh . |
| 19 | Yeah , yeah it 's not compatible or summat er it 's compatible with his telly when he has n't got the Sky on and if he 's got the Sky on he 's got to mess about I sat watching him for days messing with it and then I says to him have you got it on your V U channel ? |
| 20 | he 'll be a little bit dehydrated if he 's got the runs |
| 21 | Oh right well , well if he 's got the money , yeah . |
| 22 | erm you know , that 's erm the sort of image , but , erm you know , I think at the moment he comes across as mister nice guy and erm I think that 's a very good quality if he 's got the substance , which I think he has , beneath that . |
| 23 | If he fails to judge the correct line of the fish 's swim , it can pass either side of him ; sometimes a frustrating arms length away . |
| 24 | And , if he fails to disclose the existence of such information , does the shareholder have a direct cause of action ? |
| 25 | An expert misconducts himself only if he fails to decide the issue in the way he has agreed with the parties to do : see 13.13 . |
| 26 | If he fails to make the top nine in the European money list , he would accept , if offered , one of the three wild card places by Bernard Gallacher , the non-playing captain . |
| 27 | Each will have to notify the Lord Chancellor in writing if he fails to approve the rules , giving reasons . |
| 28 | A finance lease normally provides for rentals to vary should the lessor 's cashflow not be as expected , for example if he fails to obtain the expected allowances or there is a change in the rate of tax . |
| 29 | The Consumer Protection Act also makes a supplier liable if he fails to identify the producer within a reasonable time , having been asked to do so by the claimant . |
| 30 | To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he has monitored the extent to which people over 60 years are having their eyes examined since 1989 compared with previous years ; and if he will make a statement . |