Example sentences of "[noun] if [pron] [vb mod] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You could tell her it 's her fault , not mine and next time she 's feeling like a bit of fun — if that was what she had been feeling like — maybe she 'd give a chap a chance to explain that there 's already a woman in his flat , a woman he will kick out with the utmost speed if she 'd just hang on , a woman he never even invited into it in the first place . |
| 2 | Before the tax year has ended , ask the Inland Revenue if you can still make an adjustment . |
| 3 | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will now announce the results of his consideration of the case for the posthumous pardon of Derek Bentley . |
| 4 | But I could have them send up a tray if you 'd rather stay in bed . ’ |
| 5 | We can improve our ability to understand our horse if we can gradually train ourselves to observe it more intently , and to see in what situations and in what context different sounds , movements , and behaviour are used . |
| 6 | The crackling of a fire , the dawn chorus of the birds , the sound of waves upon the shore ; most of these go unnoticed and yet each of them can give a great deal of pleasure if we could only learn to become aware of them . |
| 7 | Err I think by the way I 've pretty much got all the the areas wrapped up in Scotland if we can just get going and we can get |
| 8 | To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will now meet representatives of the Scottish Constitutional Convention to discuss proposals for constitutional change in Scotland . |
| 9 | My contract said very clearly that I had to have complete control of the making of the film , so I asked Darryl Zanuck if he would please replace me and I would give him the necessary time to find someone else . |
| 10 | I wonder for a second if he could ever rape anyone . |
| 11 | It was just a quickie , I just wanted to read this little point that I actually think brings lots of what you 've been discussing about together , and it 's a light hearted , but it does have some relevance if I can just say it . |
| 12 | Jane Hall had booked into the Riverside Hotel , she walked over to the reception desk and rang the bell , hello I 'm Jane Hall I 've booked a weekend stay here , ah yes Miss Hall if you would just like to sign here , here 's your key , your room is six floors up , third on the right , have a nice stay . |
| 13 | Ask the occupants of your next home if they would please do the same thing . |
| 14 | There was some room for individuals and groups to experiment with limited co-operation across factional lines if they could temporarily forget their religious and sometimes political differences . |
| 15 | Madam Chairman if I may just make a comment of concern that information was not , on this point was not forthcoming to the county councillors of that area perhaps to make er give them an opportunity to make comment prior to you so you could make this delegated action . |
| 16 | The Good Wood Guide seal of approval is a voluntary labelling system that manufacturers are encouraged to take on board if they can honestly say that they use wood from sustainable sources — so look for the seal of approval . |
| 17 | It helps if it is small , and it is also a great advantage if it can easily reach the next tree without having to climb down to the ground and then climb up again . |
| 18 | We were determined not to start off with a mortgage round our necks if we could possibly avoid it . |
| 19 | You can begin to bring someone back to the present if you can gradually get them to remember events in their life nearer to the present day . |
| 20 | Population was increasing , trade and industry growing ; it was an expanding economy with wonderful new opportunities for making money if one could only strike the right spot . |
| 21 | She wondered rather wildly for a moment if they would both refuse to let go and imagined herself the unwilling participant in an unlikely tug of war , but Bernard took one look at Alain and released her . |
| 22 | So I 'll tell you I 'll tell you what to do with those in a minute but if y at the moment if you 'd just like to have a go at sorting it out . |
| 23 | No well what we said is we 're gon gon na scrap Saturdays unless we s consider it to be critical and unavoidable on the basis that , if they , they can work Saturdays if they 'd rather work Saturdays than in the week , but that 's their choice not ours |
| 24 | A mini-breakdown was less of a black mark than a criminal record if he should ever choose to emigrate . |
| 25 | Jennifer could you ask Mr if he could just pop in and see me a minute . |
| 26 | For I knew there were English-speaking visitors in Geneva if I could only establish communication with them ; they might be induced to take up my cause . |
| 27 | Well , imagine the reaction if you could nonchalantly mention that your strings were made from magnetically active nickel steel with a reinforced twist at the ball end because you are such an animal when it comes to whammy-bar aerobics ! |
| 28 | He wound up the interview and was rising to say goodbye when Catherine , sounding shy , asked Peter Yeo if she could possibly use their ladies ' room . |
| 29 | Going to help to develop her things if she can already do it ! |
| 30 | For another thing , the region is one of the edge of things if I may so put it and that 's why I 'm down here I mean as , as I know when we 're up there we 're at the centre of things , but lots of people do n't |