Example sentences of "if we did [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If we did n't think we had a chance of winning the election we could have produced a manifesto that promised the earth , ’ said party chairman Kees Maxey . |
| 2 | ‘ We 'd never have done it if we did n't think the advantages outweighed the disadvantages . |
| 3 | ‘ We 'd never have done it if we did n't think the advantages outweighed the disadvantages . |
| 4 | Cos I I can understand if we did n't handle it carefully , it could mean people would be more demanding and say , I 'm entitled to go on this training . |
| 5 | Before we move on , let's just have a look at those numerical estimates , can we look at the coefficients on income , notice that in this model because we 've logged both dependent and the independent variables , right , the coefficients that we estimate are elasticities , right , so we can read those coefficients off directly as elasticities and that 's the case for any model in which all the variables are logged right , in er , if we did n't log the data , in order to calculate the elasticity we have to multiply a coefficient the computer gives us by a erm price quantity ratio , price less , less part of the income constant ratio to obtain the income elasticities . |
| 6 | And because that one even if we did n't rule out it says fifteen forty . |
| 7 | If we did n't do what was done at Castlewellan we would have had a complete sell out . ’ |
| 8 | From the client 's point of view Regional Railways were quite adamant that erm if we did n't do it then they would find somebody who was prepared to . |
| 9 | ‘ Chris and I appreciated it and we enjoyed the evening , but I think it 'd be better if we did n't do it again . |
| 10 | We each had a list of chores , and if we did n't do them we did n't get paid . |
| 11 | Basically we were told to do it , and if we did n't do it we 'd got us money dropped . |
| 12 | We , we would have if we did n't do it , because the applicant quite rightly said , what , he said was gon na do it without us |
| 13 | ( Perhaps that is the intention — maybe everyone would be happier if we did n't exist ! — but one hopes this is not the case ) . |
| 14 | So we were really answerable to the Ipswich Borough Council , rather than to private enterprise which some people really wanted to sell us off as being a , you know , a weight round their necks because if we did n't make a lot of money after the war , the accounts would show that we were making a deficiency every year and erm , well there was no way that you could recoup it because our routes were n't really long enough to charge lots of fares erm , maybe tuppence was the town centre to the extreme termini |
| 15 | The worst , the worst possible scenario , would be a need to reduce I think two investigative , if we did n't make any appointments now , a need to reduce er by up to two investigators , should be also including one next year . |
| 16 | ‘ We were told if we did n't leave the station we would be arrested . |
| 17 | I would n't be surprised if we did n't pass you cos we went , we came back that way . |
| 18 | When Chelsea turned out on a Saturday afternoon , if we did n't lock the door , we had all the football fans in the shop trying to nick stuff and screaming obscenities . |
| 19 | As soon as we 'd packed all the stuff in the ba van we 'd have the rest of the sandwiches the rest of the coffee or another cup of coffee and then we 'd get on the road and even if we 'd got back for four , by the time we 'd got home and , and had something to eat or if we did n't want nothing to eat , watched the telly for half an hour and get to bed , you 've got from eleven till sort of three or four the next day which is just nice because you 're in your own home |
| 20 | But what was nice about our little group was that we could we normally changed over if we did n't want to stick to the same job all the time . |
| 21 | In an interview with La Stampa yesterday , Ing C Olivetti & Co SpA chief Carlo De Benedetti condemned the pervasive system of political corruption , which he says obligated Olivetti to pay bribes or lose contracts , as ‘ having reduced Italy to a state worse than the Third World ’ : he says that at the last shareholders meeting earlier this year , he had to deny any bribery because he could n't preview information to the shareholders that was intended for the legal authorities ; he says that facing the judges , he felt liberated from a weight — ‘ then I felt a sense of justice — it pleased me to be there , ’ noting that when the company decided that the demands of the postal service for slush funds became too extreme and Olivetti stopped paying , ‘ we did n't sell another machine to the Post — we had arrived at the absurd point where , if we did n't pay , we did n't work and the moment we quit paying , we did n't work any more ’ . |
| 22 | They just stopped him from choking the life out of bobby Carter because he had said everybody was for the war : if we did n't show them Russians what was what , who would ? |
| 23 | Be damned if we did n't hope you would simply call in the Marines and spread our hydra around some more ! |
| 24 | And we used to have a little card , when we went to church we 'd got put a little star , in the squares , and if we did n't go we got a good hiding . |
| 25 | If we did n't go to swim , Valeria 's house was always open to us . |
| 26 | And then at nighttime we used to come down to the , if we , if we did n't go in Baths which was smashing , it was absolutely great , had two piers and a , a diving board , er and a deep end and a , and a shallow end for kids . |
| 27 | ‘ Besides , ’ Becky adds , ‘ if we waited until we got to Bournemouth , Molly would be insulted if we did n't go and eat at her hotel . |
| 28 | Which is totally the wrong , but if we did n't go there we would n't get it . |
| 29 | And it was stew everyday if we did n't go out for dinner ! |
| 30 | We 'd never know if we did n't check . ’ |