Example sentences of "if it [verb] some [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | therefore investigated recognition memory for conversation in a ‘ soap opera ’ and found that the surface form of an utterance was remembered if it carried some pragmatic meaning . |
2 | He held the book out between finger and thumb as if it contained some dangerous virus which at any moment could threaten the whole school . |
3 | ’ Most of us I 'm sure agree that this kind of work , although pioneering and unproven , if it does some good that 's super . |
4 | Still , she did n't mind at all having the blame laid at her door if it saved some other female from having to put up with his unwanted attentions . |
5 | " Pictures for the People " was a grand slogan , and if it extracted some national treasures from London for display in Middlesbrough and Huddersfield , it might even do some good . |
6 | Reading this poem urges us to ask what ‘ essential history ’ is and wonder if it has some ritual pattern . |
7 | This filter examines every character to see if it has some special meaning or if it is to be translated into another character or sequence of characters . |
8 | The same item may either be classified as ‘ waste ’ , if it is to be disposed of , or as ‘ residual matter ’ , if it has some further economic use . |
9 | ‘ It would be gratifying if it held some more revelations , but perhaps that would be too much to hope for . |