Example sentences of "if [pron] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | if no-one answers and no arms fold round . |
| 2 | Such arguments would have been powerless , even silly , if everyone thought that the practices they challenged needed no support beyond convention or that these practices constituted the game of law in the way the rules of chess constitute that game . |
| 3 | If everyone knows and obeys the rules traffic flow and safety at roundabouts is much improved . |
| 4 | Opponents pointed out that , if everyone behaved as de Gaulle had done , US troops would be forced out of Europe altogether and the alliance would disintegrate . |
| 5 | If I admit that there is such a thing as a suicidal temperament , then I am forced to admit that there is also such a thing as an anorexic temperament . |
| 6 | If I reply that in choosing between flavours it does not matter whether or not I confound a present taste with remembered sight and touch , whether I respond to reality or to illusion , I am renouncing rational discourse altogether . |
| 7 | Never ! 'Cos I would die of shame if I retaliated and hit back ; and I would , because I 've levelled men almost as big as you before today , and you know it . ’ |
| 8 | If I thought that the present case raised the question which has been held in suspense by more than one writer on constitutional law — namely , whether an assembly can properly be held to be unlawful merely because the holding of it is expected to give rise to a breach of the peace on the part of persons opposed to those who are holding the meeting — I should wish to hear much more argument before I expressed an opinion . |
| 9 | If I thought that I might be able to count on your friendship , despite all that 's happened , then … |
| 10 | In fact , I would not be able to conduct sessions of regression therapy — whether present- or past-life — if I thought that my patient was going to go through agonies while it was going on . |
| 11 | One woman described how she experienced an aggressive pattern : ‘ I found it very difficult to cope with women over me , especially if I thought that they were n't being fair — although I had no problems when dealing with men . |
| 12 | Well if I thought that there were areas of non-ferrous well … |
| 13 | If I thought that the present case raised the question which has been held in suspense by more than one writer on constitutional law — namely , whether an assembly can properly be held to be unlawful merely because the holding of it is expected to give rise to a breach of the peace on the part of persons opposed to those who are holding the meeting — I should wish to hear much more argument before expressing an opinion . |
| 14 | I 'd be a complete idiot if I thought that I could go through life and not bounce into the occasional person who did n't have my welfare at heart , and I 'm no idiot . |
| 15 | ‘ Even if I thought that you were mistaken . ’ |
| 16 | Money and effort that should have been devoted to supporting the ordinary people in Highfields has been wasted on power politics and I agree that it 's time surely to put an end to that disgrace now there is a certain logic in Mr amendment , it basically says let us put the implementation of council policy in the hands of the director of education , let him take executive control and let us take politics out of it and if I thought that that would do what both Mr and myself want to happen I would support . |
| 17 | Well if , I tell you , if I thought if I thought for one minute that we were gon na come back to England like in the next year , which we wo n't cos Tony 's got another year to do now , it 's a bit longer than we thought it was |
| 18 | If I spit and scream at you , you are entitled to react , are n't you ? |
| 19 | You did express some er anxiety if I remember when you spoke to me about erm not about not providing enough |
| 20 | If I water and then it rains it will go soft just like that with false patches . ’ |
| 21 | Chairman , thank , thank you very much indeed erm Chairman , I will in fact and er perhaps if I read that in the first instance I have n't circulated it erm if I read that the first instance it will set the of what I have to say . |
| 22 | Chairman , thank , thank you very much indeed erm Chairman , I will in fact and er perhaps if I read that in the first instance I have n't circulated it erm if I read that the first instance it will set the of what I have to say . |
| 23 | If I felt like I could write enough songs for a record that were good , I would , but it 's not where my real talent is . |
| 24 | I 've got a job that I love doing , and er , I also take the view that if I came and did this programme and moaned away at everybody , and er , moaned away about everything , nobody would ring me up , and nobody would listen . |
| 25 | ‘ If I heard that from anyone but you , I 'd howl ‘ over-confidence ’ , ’ Roirbak said , grinning . |
| 26 | If I parked that outside Stuart Street , it would really annoy Frank and Salome if they had friends round . |
| 27 | Phoebe said to Lisa , ‘ if I go and live with her it will be the end . |
| 28 | There ai n't no chairs or carpet or nothing , so if I go and see him I have to sit on the floor . |
| 29 | ‘ What if I go and do n't never get to come back ? ’ said Dot . |
| 30 | ‘ Whenever I do play with any kind of distortion , if I go and sit in with somebody , I find it 's so easy . |