Example sentences of "if they [vb base] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You can say that if they do n't keep to the agreed rules of the drama , then the magic will start to fail ; if they climb up the wall-bars when you have asked them not to , you can say that the magic only works when their feet are touching the ground , thus using the fiction of the drama to limit the space they work in and remind them through a dramatic device of those rules which you will have agreed before the lesson begins ( see also the section on " Control " in Chapter 4 ) . |
| 2 | If they draw out an enemy charge they 've probably served their purpose . |
| 3 | Employees approach their manager to discuss the possibility of a break and if they take up the option they are kept in touch with progress via magazines , company literature etc . |
| 4 | If they hand in an idea , by mail or in the suggestion box , they do so anonymously and the idea is a joke or an impertinence . |
| 5 | If you open you 've got gangs of young lads patrolling the town , even with whips and if they get over the door you 've had it . |
| 6 | If you open you 've got gangs of young lads patrolling the town , even with whips and if they get over the door you 've had it . |
| 7 | Roy Keane , Niall Quinn , Ray Houghton , Steve Staunton and Kevin Moran will all incur a one-match ban if they pick up a second yellow card tomorrow . |
| 8 | Biological systems tend to normally pick up a particular isomer in most cases , if they pick up the wrong one it will affect , for example the protein chain it will affect , ultimately , its three dimensional structure and therefore , it 's function . |
| 9 | Machines that are considered ‘ out of the way ’ in a corner of the room will be relatively more unsociable if they block off a doorway or interrupt television viewing . |
| 10 | What you gon na d right if they bring out a twelve hundred plus , so what . |
| 11 | If you know certain children are going to have difficulty in separating from parents , then it helps if they bring along a favourite toy . |
| 12 | But they 're worried that if they turn down the property they may not get another . |
| 13 | It 's got the pedigree to do it , if they sort out the marketing . |
| 14 | It concerns operational staff , even if they carry out no cleaning themselves , as well as contractors , suppliers and trade customers . |
| 15 | If they carry out the complete installation , you pay just under £2,300 . |
| 16 | If they send out a document that weighs a kilo for tapes and they sent that one , they 're losing twenty |
| 17 | Non-League Woking 's reward , if they see off the challenge of Brighton in a replay , will be a home tie against another south coast team — Portsmouth . |
| 18 | In an ideal situation , flat and house sharers will have a less-anxious living space if they work out a few basic rules beforehand , which they all agree to comply with later . |
| 19 | If they dream up a bright profit-winning idea , even if it involves walking in the dirty waters of pornography as the 0898 service does , the Government are unable or unwilling to do anything about it , even over a six-year period . |
| 20 | Which may not rank the outsiders in the eyes of the Ladbrokes odds-maker , but if they look over the fence they will certainly be able to see the outsiders from where they have been placed . |