Example sentences of "if [pron] [vb base] a " in BNC.

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31 Mind if I take a look ? ’
32 Why does it cost me ten pounds fifty return from Darlington but if I take a single to Darlin to Darlington from York it costs me ten quid .
33 ‘ Do you mind if I take a seat ? ’ began Blanche .
34 If I take a bus into town during my lunch break to do some shopping I have to remember to throw away the bus ticket or he 'll ask me where I 've been , and when I say I 've been shopping , he 'll say he does n't believe me .
35 ‘ Do you mind if I take a shower first ? ’
36 ‘ Mind if I take a look ? ’
37 Not if I take a quarter of a inch .
38 I must write a grand opera or none at all ; if I write a small one , I shall get very little for it ( for everything is taxed here ) .
39 ‘ Yes , yes , but , well , you 'll excuse me if I frown a bit but you and Van Gelder are the two most important people on this ship . ’
40 I be lucky I get any bloke fer more'n two monfs togewer like my ol' lady I suppose an' if I get a bloke 'e 'll be aht a' work or 'e 'll set me ter the bleed'n game like 'er I would n't be surprised but if you reely want ter now jus ' fer now for this minute I wanner enjoy it .
41 I generally fish with a short hair for barbel , about ½ inch , but soon lengthen this if I get a few bites and do n't hit them .
42 I also have some other tablets , smaller ones , which I have to take if I get a pain across the chest and it persists … what I call a chuntering thing .
43 If I get a movie script which means that I 've got to be away from home for a long period then I turn it down . ’
44 Saying , if I get a farm with cows and sheep and a five-bar gate and chickens and a coop and a metal stream and a few trees about the place and a green field made of billiard cloth and a dog or two and a cat — never mind the cat — and perhaps a fox on a hill … if I get this , with a pair of ball-bearing roller skates so that I can gleam and flash and go backwards through the heavy Friday traffic and be as glamorous as Boy Davids from the Park …
45 People say that if I get a couple of days off I should go out driving and find some big old manor to stay in .
46 ‘ I appreciate it , and if I get a nice sky in a picture then fine , I 'll manipulate it in the darkroom and make the best of it .
47 What happens if I get a mild reaction ?
48 What if I get a reaction to a particular food after I have completed the diet ?
49 If I get a job now I 've got to get one that pays £110 or £120 which is n't all that easy .
50 If I get a client down there , you 'll be the first to know ’
51 You see you see I do n't mean to be erm rude or anything but as I 'm sure you understand you ca n't really you know , you know write a note without my doctor 's notes , because you see I , I think if I get a job at the moment I think it 'll just , it wo n't last
52 If I get a chance to look at it .
53 I moved from Nazeing into Harlow because my house was condemned at Nazeing and I had to come into a Council house at , and erm , from I had erm , when I came from Nazeing I had erm , three sons three sons then and when I got to , I 'd been here a year and then I had another son and after that er , when he was about two years and four months I had a daughter , but unfortunately I lost her with heart trouble and er she only lived four months and I lost her and er , er I stayed there , stayed there and , in and after that I moved to because it was a bit larger house for my family you see and from erm I was there several years and er stayed there and I had erm oh first of all I , I had my twins , my twin boys after I lost the daughter , I had twin boys and they , I went to I suppose about two years and four months between and I wanted to adopt a little girl but they would n't let , my hubby said no and so then I er , sort of see if I get a little girl and I had twin boys did n't I , and I 'm still in , I 'm in and after er after I had the twins when I was about er forty two if I did had another boy which is the one I 've got , the last one up there of my eight , I ended up with eight boys
54 I 'll try to slip over if I get a spare minute .
55 I have promised to stick the ball in the net if I get a chance .
56 If I get a decent vote I intend going to the Guinness Book of Records for the highest number of votes for the smallest expenditure . ’
57 I mean normally I do n't bother with the tokens , I mean I Anyway I paid the cheque and I said to Peter I said oh by the way what about me tokens for me for me toy I said if I get a free one of them I can give it to give it to the grandchildren .
58 Well I 'd love to , if I get a choice I would loved to brought a brand new one .
59 I might pop in and see her if I get a chance but
60 so I 've put that away , I , it ai n't even in my account , Alan 's got that and I said to Alan if I pass this test I shall buy a banger , five hundred quid with this tax money and then put the odd to insurance , if I do n't I 'll leave it where it is , because I , I mean little one will want a holiday and that anyway so I 've kept it for that , but that 's what I intend to do , so I said to Alan if I get a little banger just enough to get me to Tettering and back I was gon na go tech , to do some courses
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