Example sentences of "[adj] if [pron] [verb] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I probably should n't be telling you all this if I want to keep your sympathy . |
| 2 | Roger I 'd 've given it you a lot quicker if you 'd given me a list of jobs to work on . |
| 3 | So , getting down to specifics , the two species mentioned both make excellent aquarium subjects , the only cause for concern being whether they have been maintained in brackish water or already acclimatised to freshwater if you wish to maintain them in this environment . |
| 4 | It would perhaps have been entirely adequate if I had received it in any normal circumstances . |
| 5 | or six gins — turn surly if they 've got it wrong . |
| 6 | ‘ In a way it would be easier if someone had killed him . |
| 7 | Even when you have a rib transfer carriage , you will still need to transfer a stitch by hand sometimes ; this is much easier if you 've done it so often that it 's automatic . |
| 8 | sometimes it 's easier if you find to pass it on to someone else |
| 9 | You then whip the cream ( it is easier if you have left it an hour or two in the refrigerator after cooling ) and when it stands in peaks you can turn it in to the muslin or clean napkin with which you have lined an earthenware or metal cheese mould or drainer — which can be improvised by piercing holes in a cheap cake tin or in a tub-shaped carton — and leave it 3 or 4 hours , or overnight . |
| 10 | " He 'd be more dignified if you 'd left him uncovered . |
| 11 | There was nothing furtive in his attitude and he would have been quite unashamed if anyone had caught him . |
| 12 | M.J. talked a lot , and Donald said I encouraged her too much , and that I.C.B. was on the point of being more personal and interesting if I had let her — but I was rather shy of it . |
| 13 | It is dangerous if you try to separate them … |
| 14 | This need not have mattered so much if he had made his contextual analysis more rigorous . |
| 15 | Think later , be about five o'clock or quarter to five , or something like that depends when it 's on , have to come in early if they want to have it with us . |
| 16 | Would n't it have been sad if she had lived her life with her mistaken Inner/Outer Face ? |
| 17 | 45760 : A voracious Beethoven Fifth , with an element of aggression that comes entirely from within and which would probably be absurd if anyone tried to re-create it . |
| 18 | Appeals chief Dorothy Roberts said : ‘ I am upset if I have offended anyone , but the care of the patients must come first . ’ |
| 19 | Your audience will not be exactly receptive if you have kept them waiting , no matter what your excuse . |
| 20 | It would 've been awful if they 'd found my things in the car . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Sorry if I 've kept you waiting , General , ’ he said as he got in . |
| 22 | ‘ Look , ’ she heard him say , ‘ I 'm sorry if I 've made you unhappy , but I 'm not for you . ’ |
| 23 | Deliberately ignoring the girl 's last comment , Beth replied in a more serious voice , ‘ I 'm sorry if I 've made you anxious , Peggy . |
| 24 | Robert said , ‘ I 'm sorry if I 've made you change any plans you had for today . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm sorry if I 've bruised your ego , if you 're angry … ’ |
| 26 | I 'm sorry if I 've upset you , old thing . ’ |
| 27 | I 'm sorry if I 've upset you . |
| 28 | Well , you 're always sorry if you let slip someone you think might be a leader . |
| 29 | They were afraid to ta but if they 'd had that if they 'd told me to provide an extra coach for the Manchester as I was suggesting , Dougie would have come out and taken strips off them for You see . |
| 30 | Your friends must learn to do that if they want to go our way . " |