Example sentences of "if [verb] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , while as if bestowing some order of merit she fastened the beads round my neck , her face wore a motherly expression and for the first time I was with the Aunt Louise of my childhood . |
| 2 | If using this method , it is necessary to use a higher value of resistor R1 ( 100k works well ) . |
| 3 | You will need two Vero Plugblocks if using this method of construction — one for the transmitter and one for the receiver . |
| 4 | as if to support this prediction , some newspapers underlined that American and French students were planning to take part , and noted that certain organisers were not English and therefore ‘ outside the consensus ’ ( ibid.:210–11 ) . |
| 5 | Not if involves this weekend . |
| 6 | The function of the male is the guard the territory and to keep all intruders away ; meanwhile the female — or females , as males will maintain a harem if given several females — tends the eggs and wrigglers , and is responsible for their immediate safety when they emerge from the cave . |
| 7 | If given any choice in the matter , you should know that funded-in-advance schemes offer greater security but are not tax-efficient , as the employee has to make contributions out of his net income and is also taxed on the employer 's contributions as a benefit in kind . |
| 8 | Eventually , if given enough care and space , the new cuttings will grow stronger and larger than the mother plant herself . |
| 9 | In any event , Acheson had realized that the US bargaining position with the French disappeared ‘ the moment we agree to give them aid ’ and , as if to confirm this predicament , a couple of days after Truman 's cabinet had decided unanimously in favour of recognition , the French were letting it be known that , although their intentions were indeed evolutionary , they could not ‘ afford to kindle unrealistic national appetites ’ . |
| 10 | as if to confirm these notions of her importance , an enormous party was held in the villa a few weeks after her arrival . |
| 11 | She had a lump in her throat and an enormous yearning to say something beautiful to her father , something that could not be expressed by words , and so without quite knowing how it happened she suddenly turned her head and with a smile tossed out her arm in the air , easily , flowing , as if to see each other many more times . |
| 12 | ‘ Elsie Mitchell says I stink ! ’ she said , as if opening this topic for theoretical debate . |
| 13 | They can be territorial , so if keeping several specimens in the same aquarium allow plenty of hiding places . |
| 14 | They can be territorial , so if keeping several specimens in the same aquarium allow plenty of hiding places . |
| 15 | When asked if has any hope for the future Bruce Harris smiles and replies : ‘ If you promise to keep writing I do . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Miss Araminta regards me as a servant , ma'am , ’ Theda said , faintly smiling , and reaching a hand out to stroke Hector 's woolly head where he lay on his blanket , as if to find some outlet for the feelings of gentleness running through her . |
| 17 | If wanting that luxury , but are unable to buy your Swan new , then through our international network of twenty-two offices you can find those same endearing features in pre-owned Swans . |
| 18 | Perhaps symbolic is the typical picket line of today ; people in high spirits shouting slogans and singing to the beat of a salsa band as they march defiantly under the eyes of the police contrast with the solemn processions of strikers we had seen in the 1940s , walking through the streets in silence and in proper order , as if to create any disturbance was a mark of poor breeding . |
| 19 | ‘ It was gone , Eric , ’ he had explained , his eyes fidgeting to every part of Colonel Windsor 's crammed office as if seeking some corner which would not awaken images of once familiar surroundings . |
| 20 | Isabella does not know that the Duke had played the role of the Friar instructing her in the foiling of Angelo 's plots , and so , lacking any independent evidence , she realizes how feeble her case must seem ; yet she still affirms that But the Duke , behaving as Angelo had predicted , and as he would have to behave if he had no evidence , sweeps aside her complaint , leaving her with only heaven to appeal to : The evil is indeed finally ‘ unfolded ’ , not by heaven but by the Duke , although Angelo ( as if recalling that passage in Luke 's gospel ) ascribes divine omniscience to him : But the Duke has only used deception and disguise , legitimately , as Shakespeare makes him say : ‘ Craft against vice I must apply ’ ( III.ii.270 ) . |
| 21 | It is an indication of how low Kylie 's emotional defences were during this crisis that — just for once — the intensely personal details of her life suddenly came gushing out , as if to exorcise some spirit that was within her . |
| 22 | It just so happens that if multiply this term by X plus two you get rid of the X plus two at the bottom do n't you ? |
| 23 | I must have moaned : she looked at me coldly as if suspecting some kind of trickery , and then her face altered and she came across the room to take my arm and help me back to bed . |
| 24 | The right coronary artery is a little irregular and not quite normal , but it is certainly patent and no surgeon would operate if shown that picture . |
| 25 | In many cases the answers to that question would be difficult to unravel , and if challenged most people probably would say that they were doing both . |
| 26 | Trigonafulviventris usually forages alone but , if rewarded several times at a site , will bring recruits , their number dependent on the molar concentrations of sucrose — the first bee marking the surroundings with an oily pheromone from its mandibular gland . |
| 27 | If apprehended all care should be taken when a |
| 28 | Bernice waited for the Doctor to continue , but he walked on and then glanced sideways at her as if expecting another question . |
| 29 | But this could not be so if calling these things ‘ good ’ were just to reiterate that they promote the survival of the species . |
| 30 | As they cycled along side by side , Deirdre put a comradely hand on Jacob 's shoulder , as if to deny any accusation in her words . |