Example sentences of "if [noun] [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And she warned : ‘ If Sarah does lose the children , she is prepared to tell stories that are not very pleasant about the Crown . ’ |
| 2 | Yet he could n't quite drum up the enmity that seemed necessary in the circumstances , and that fact quite pleased him , for it proved what an enduring thing male friendship was , even if Jim did look to him less than his old self , and over-dressed in foreigners ' plumes that must have cost a packet in duty , the jacket obviously being pure wool . |
| 3 | ‘ If Ward did tell her about it then she might go to the police , ’ a third voice said . |
| 4 | ‘ But if Medoc does summon Crom Croich , ’ said another soldier , ‘ he 'll send out the Conablaiche to tear people 's hearts from their bodies , and that 's just as bad as the Erl-King . ’ |
| 5 | Finally , if Germany did become the true economic locomotive of Europe , then she could demand support from Europe if her economic strength ever began to falter , thus exploiting her weakness in the same way as she will exploit her strength . |
| 6 | He said : ‘ If Robbo does play , then we can expect that he will ‘ go ’ before the end of the match . |
| 7 | If Madeleine does decide to marry him — or get engaged to him — then you 'll know where you stand . |
| 8 | But if MacDonald did form a government , the Liberals would sit on the Opposition benches . |
| 9 | If birds do look like working their way through a crop , the berries can be picked when still only a deep red colour . |
| 10 | If Bernard did kill Barak , why not kill you as well ? |
| 11 | I mean now we 're still , you know we 're still er er if Freud did write about this , we 're still living with , with the consequences of this . |
| 12 | Even if disputes do arise , the vast majority will be dealt with by negotiation and consent , in the interests of a harmonious continuing trading relationship . |
| 13 | If Hoddle does leave , there 's speculation that Joe Jordan , the former Bristol City manager , would be condidered as a possible successor . |
| 14 | Another concern is that , if foreigners do start selling , the index could fall quickly . |
| 15 | Erm there are again there is information , there 's lots of packages on environment there 's boo , booklets on it which Catherine gave to me and I think I need to think about specific areas in the school like Milvia 's doing but not to overlap if Milvia does think about that , to try something else , some other way . |
| 16 | And even if Dersingham did want to adopt an heir , who would want to be adopted by Dersingham ? |
| 17 | It would have surprised Claudia if Dana did have any money ; she earned a great deal but spent it as fast as she made it , and , while it made sense for Roman to bring her under his wing , Claudia resented it fiercely . |
| 18 | If TI did produce a good underwriting result , one would question whether TI was taking on any risk ? |
| 19 | Without information on what motivates consumers now , they can not make reliable models of how things might change — for example , if labels did stress efficiency and savings . |
| 20 | On the other hand it would be so much simpler for explanatory purposes if animals did behave like the rational egoists of classical economics . |
| 21 | Switch off appliances such as washing machines and cookers at the socket after use — if kids do fiddle with the knobs , they ca n't turn the machines on . |
| 22 | If Nevil did come back , even if he was giving away religious tracts , she 'd castrate him before the doorbell had stopped ringing . |
| 23 | These days , if Kylie does get a minute to spare in her demanding schedule , she goes shopping . |
| 24 | If Ewen does come back , he 'll see the tent , and if he thinks that ‘ Parsons ’ is safely out of the way , then whatever his interest is in the house , he 'll no doubt show it . |
| 25 | If companies do decide to charge the employee interest , the rate is usually bankers ' base rate plus a percentage such as 1 per cent ( at Cadbury Schweppes ) or 1½ per cent ( at Pilkingtons ) . |
| 26 | However , if England do progress beyond the opening round — and with the first two from each group plus the four best third-placed teams going through , it is going to take some wretched performances to fail — they will then travel to Bologna , Genoa or Turin for the second phase , with the prospect of visits to Naples , Rome or Florence in the quarter-finals . |
| 27 | However , if England do progress beyond the opening round — and with the first two from each group plus the four best third-placed teams going through , it is going to take some wretched performances to fail — they will then travel to Bologna , Genoa or Turin for the second phase , with the prospect of visits to Naples , Rome or Florence in the quarter-finals . |
| 28 | Also Parker is a better defender than Jones , if England do have someone else on the right hand side to get forward . |
| 29 | If management does decide to hive up Target 's trade to Newco , it will have tax implications as follows . |
| 30 | According to Franck Leclerq , the company 's European internetworking product manager , if IBM does drop its price for APPN , ‘ It will definitely put pressure on APPI ’ . |