Example sentences of "if you [verb] see " in BNC.
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| 1 | If ye 'd seen the airs and graces of her ! ’ |
| 2 | If you had seen that band drawn up on the parade-ground , with full regalia glittering in the sun , while in front six bugles sounded Retreat and the audience came spontaneously to attention , you 'd have liked it , I 'm sure . |
| 3 | We may well endorse the saying regarding him who had so much to do with road-making in the Highlands and islands ; ‘ if you had seen these roads before they were made you would have blessed brave General Wade , ’ and wish prosperity to the Highland Railway Company . |
| 4 | Pat Ayers quotes one of those same street people : ‘ Just say you were standing on the corner , now if you had seen a policeman coming over the bridge … you automatically moved . |
| 5 | ‘ Honestly God , if you had seen my performance reports for the last forty years you would not be offering me this position . ’ |
| 6 | Surely if you had seen your child only once you would always remember it . |
| 7 | ‘ It was the only thing to do , believe me — if you had seen him — ’ |
| 8 | So impassive and peculiar had the Collector become , so obviously on the verge , everyone thought so ( you would have thought so yourself if you had seen him at this time ) , of giving up the ghost , that his face was scrutinized more closely than ever for any trace of remorse as the gorse bruiser was carried out . |
| 9 | That 's including Chippingfield if you had seen it as we saw it when we came here you would recognise how much work has gone into building the town because I was on the the council then I was asked if I would stand for the council which was then only a parish council there was no urban district council that was n't formed for four or five years afterwards and of course , we had to fight for lights everything that , er that we needed we had to fight for because there was no lighting on Netteswell Road where our children were going to school , and there were little ones . |
| 10 | I know many of you are of the reformed faith and in your minds perhaps rightly so , but if you had seen what I saw then , you 'd still mourn . |
| 11 | If you had seen the young girl who was apparently in the bed what would you have done ? |
| 12 | However , the jokes are a bit stale for real belly laughs , so if you 've seen him before it 's probably better to wait for the next batch . |
| 13 | We need more teachers , we need more space , we need more time … if you 've seen the library at lunchtime it 's just a mass of people swarming around and eventually the over.popularity works against its correct function . |
| 14 | Have you had any trouble , I mean , I mean I do n't know if you 've seen erm but does to a deterrent and there 's trouble with motorbikes on the walks , have you found any trouble with peo |
| 15 | Dick does n't follow him in fact he thinks the bloke is trying to get off with him which is a bit of a laugh if you 've seen the Indian women , until the Indian runs off and fetches Miguel who 's one of the guides . |
| 16 | Er if you 've seen , have you seen this wherever it is . |
| 17 | But er Russell and Whitehead , do n't know if you 've seen Principae Mathematica . |
| 18 | " If you 've seen a tile , pick it up straight away and come back . " |
| 19 | If you 've seen any of either of those series , you 'll know exactly what I mean . |
| 20 | If you 've seen it somewhere then can you call a reward of twenty five pounds offered to the person who can advise where the car is payment will be upon receipt of retrieving the vehicle . |
| 21 | But erm , you know , there 's a wonderful picture , I do n't know if you 've seen it , by Salvador Dali , called Sleep , which is a kind of head-like figure , it 's a figure which is mainly a head with a kind of sheet draped over it , supported on crutches , lots of crutches , and this kind of represents this , and the idea that if one of the crutches were to move , the figure would wake up . |
| 22 | Well , it 's , it 's failed at the moment , but as , you know , if you 've seen on television , or read a paper lately , you know , you 've got ten days to go |
| 23 | Clearly er , it 's er , again in , in paragraph four , under future budget of er , the services is going to be critical , if you 've seen the last couple of years that are defined in the pay , and that 's going to continue . |
| 24 | On the basis that er if if you 've seen enough here now Lynda to be persuaded , and I hope we have , persuaded you that you 'd like to come in with us then you will be resigning at some time I guess . |
| 25 | You might here on erm , ah if you 've seen old war film there 's someone in a a ship , and he 'll say , torpedo , bearing |
| 26 | David nodded then said , ‘ Well , if you 've seen enough , shall we be going ? ’ |
| 27 | If you 've seen a hospital with no water or power , no facilities — what child is going to survive this ? |
| 28 | Maybe he just did n't think when they showed him it , that it was n't the right one cos I suppose if you 've seen them every day you do n't , it does n't register it 's just the fact that of course your dad only gave him the price of the blue and white |
| 29 | If you 've seen Joyce Grenfell you , you could n't |
| 30 | Well there 's not a lot of point telling you la , if you 've seen it is there ? |