Example sentences of "if i [vb base] off " in BNC.
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| 1 | The defensive manoeuvre behind it is something like this : if I do n't acknowledge that this thing has happened then I do n't have to believe it is true ; I wo n't have to understand what has occurred if I hold off from consciously realizing that it has happened . |
| 2 | That was , that was the only thing I , I thought well if I get off to the wrong start , you 're off on the wrong start completely so yes I , I concede that I was nervous at the , at the beginning . |
| 3 | If I switch off and wait about three minutes , she 'll fire up perfectly and carry on sometimes ten miles further , sometimes fifty until the problem starts again . |
| 4 | ‘ Your mother is n't expecting me — and anyway , I think it would be best , under the circumstances , if I push off . |
| 5 | If I wander off and get a bus back into town , I need never see Vern again . |