Example sentences of "if it 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 've liaised with other organisations to make sure I 've got somebody coming in , even if it 's only to make me something to eat . |
| 2 | If any professional person has shown an interest in your work do n't let it go , but try to cultivate their interest , however tenuous it may seem — you will soon know if it 's going to be any use for the future . |
| 3 | If it 's a general audition , be prepared for anything ; look good and concentrate like mad on your work — always do that anyway . |
| 4 | So , wrote Harsnet , there is continuity as well as discontinuity , but that does not mean , he wrote , that there exists what is called character , personality , character , Goldberg wrote in the margin , personality , as they seem to think , wrote Harsnet ( and Goldberg went on typing ) , when they say you have such a generous character if you would only recognize it , or you have so much to offer , or it is not for myself I speak but for you , not for myself I mourn but for the waste of all that generosity , when they pour those words over you , character , generosity , warmth , looking sad , shedding tears , putting on a brave face , saying do n't pay any attention to me , or , it 's nothing , forget it , I 'm crying for the waste , meaning waste if it 's not directed towards them , but you have only to see what happens when one lets oneself be persuaded by that sort of thing , wrote Harsnet , you have only to see what happened to Hutchinson , MacMahon , Rollins and Goldberg . |
| 5 | ‘ All these things recently , I do n't know if it 's just bad luck or me being stupid or what . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Well , if it 's true that I 'm getting younger it 'll probably suit me in that case . ’ |
| 7 | if it 's safe , shut doors to delay the spread of fire and smoke |
| 8 | If it 's warm or it smoke is coming through , do n't open it , the fire is on the other side |
| 9 | Most doctors will tell you it 's best to have your baby in hospital , especially if it 's your first child . |
| 10 | Sometimes , a mild painkiller is enough to ease the pain but , if it 's more of a problem , your doctor will be able to prescribe medicines or give you other advice . |
| 11 | ( But if it 's true , said Jay 's demons and nightmares , what if it 's true ? |
| 12 | ( But if it 's true , said Jay 's demons and nightmares , what if it 's true ? |
| 13 | ‘ Could you zip through this and see if it 's OK ? |
| 14 | I put the remains of our dinner on the window ledge to attract them , and when one of them alighted near me I called to it , ‘ Taste this couscous , steamed and mixed with oil , English pigeon , and tell me if it 's nice . ’ |
| 15 | There is a methadone clinic nearby and on Saturday morning , if it 's raining , junkies , too , meet under the Romanesque arches . |
| 16 | Whereas restorers in the past speculated on some of the missing elements and snapped in a few flowers here and there , we take the view that if it 's missing when we took the carving down then it will stay missing when we put it back up again . |
| 17 | If it 's your birthday then I write a song or an ode and you share it with the whole restaurant — everyone joins in . ’ |
| 18 | Graham emphasised the fact that the breed needs plenty of mental exercise , too , even if it 's only basic obedience training . |
| 19 | If it 's a comfortable evening 's entertainment you 're after , stay at home with the video . |
| 20 | Only we are behaving as if it 's nothing to do with us and that only the West is to blame for the thousands who turn their back on us . ’ |
| 21 | Naturally this will include transcendental subject-matter if it 's there , and recognize the moments where this sweeps all before it . |
| 22 | She did not believe Labour was now the party of home ownership , strong defence and financial rectitude : ‘ If it 's that easy for the Labour leader to give up the principles in which he does believe , wo n't it be even easier for him to give up the principles in which he does not believe ? |
| 23 | In a personal attack on Mr Kinnock — a prime target for the Conservative counter-offensive — she added : ‘ If it 's that easy for the Labour leader to give up the principles in which he does believe , wo n't it be even easier for him to give up the principles in which he does not believe ? ’ |
| 24 | Their view of the world is contained in the belief ‘ if it 's not happening in the domestic market , it 's not happening at all ’ . |
| 25 | Tom grinned an enormous grin across the table and said , ‘ You 're cheating , because a ) what are your natural circumstances if it 's not the very existence of coal , b ) I do n't believe Engels said it at all and , c ) even if he did , that does n't make it true because he was working with an outmoded scientific model . |
| 26 | I suppose the most recent lesson is that if you merge with a company you do n't have the same opportunities for changing its culture as you do if it 's a take-over . |
| 27 | If it 's a take-over , you are the boss from day one . |
| 28 | If it 's a merger there 's a gradual shifting of the sands until it finds its own level . |
| 29 | Levy and Calvet , both long-time advocates of a five-year acclimatisation period for Europe after 1992 , are thought to have agreed to press the European Commission to deny the Japanese unhindered access to Europe until 2002 , and only then if it 's reciprocated . |
| 30 | You might expect air conditioning , leather seats and at least a stereo when you pay over £50,000 for a car , but not if it 's a Mercedes you 're buying . |