Example sentences of "be do if " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean it could have been done if we 'd got a go-ahead . |
| 2 | Unless I mean this hedgehog could have been done if I left it could n't it ? |
| 3 | ‘ The first rule of finance is do n't borrow to invest — and that 's what you 're doing if you ignore debts while ploughing cash into savings . ’ |
| 4 | So you not it it 's do you say , you 're not actually against , you do n't mind er you you would n't mind them doing what they 're doing if they did it away from here . |
| 5 | see what you 're doing if you 're writing . |
| 6 | There 's no law saying he ca n't be be an inch up your arse , as long as he do n't hit you If you 're doing if you 're doing |
| 7 | ‘ Well , ’ said Uncle Albert hesitantly , ‘ it would certainly cap everything we 've been doing if you did find a black hole . |
| 8 | If I hear any more talk about Soggy , what would you been doing if you were ? |
| 9 | That 's what I 'd have been doing if I had been there so you 're not so different from me Peter , so you might have , you might be different in other ways John , but I 've got that weakness as well . |
| 10 | Scientists , he said , must explain to the public what they are doing if they want to receive continued support . |
| 11 | How can this be done if the patient is 50 miles or so from home ? |
| 12 | The above examples demonstrate what can be done if a ballet is to communicate meaning beyond that of distinguishing between the world of the flesh and that of the spirit . |
| 13 | Finsbury Park or the Euston Road , but more serious damage could be done if a fatty was seen wearing a bad pair of trainers by the opposing teams ' fashion spotters . |
| 14 | Not a thing will be done if I do . |
| 15 | I daresay it can be done if you think of the kind of economic growth rates produced by places like South Korea … |
| 16 | But much more needed to be done if the CEGB 's post-Sizewell tide of optimism was to be turned . |
| 17 | This can best be done if you are an expert in descriptive geometry . |
| 18 | Ward teaching commitments must be honoured , and this can not be done if the clinical teacher is asked at short notice to participate in classroom teaching . |
| 19 | After the anti-war protests of the 1960s , the university forbids classified research — but weapons work can be done if it is publishable . |
| 20 | The Western-financed dams received all the attention ; the numerous jobs that needed to be done if the dams were going to be of any use had scant priority . |
| 21 | Donald Fry , in his study , Children talk about books : seeing themselves as readers ( 1985 ) , has shown what can be done if one is not daunted by the ‘ unscientific ’ nature of small samples , limited ‘ controls ’ , speculation , and subjectivity . |
| 22 | As Boxes 1 and 2 make clear , there is a great deal that needs to be done if a residential area is to be designed and operated as a safe and habitable district . |
| 23 | A chest X-ray or more detailed tests can be done if there any indications . |
| 24 | This could be done if the WRU were to organise a summer tour of four or five matches to one of the lesser European nations . |
| 25 | That can only be done if you spare just a few quiet moments away from the television and video , the toys and games , the table groaning with food and the glasses of cheer . |
| 26 | ‘ A great deal more needs to be done if fraud and irregularity are to be contained within tolerable limits , ’ it adds . |
| 27 | With the fall of Singapore the fate of Rangoon seemed sealed and on 19th February I paid my last visit to the Delta , to bring back our missionary nurse and to confer with village clergy and elders and teachers about what should be done if the worst happened . |
| 28 | Acquisition is not easy to separate from either apprehension on one side or storage on the other , but it implies that learning has taken place in that something new can now be done if appropriate . |
| 29 | ‘ Modest good may be done by signing on ; much damage would be done if we do not , ’ he argues . |
| 30 | For our purposes , however , no harm will be done if we distinguish two uses of ‘ I believe that … ’ . one in which it expresses the tentative belief that what is specified by the following wording is so , the other in which it expresses the belief or awareness that the speaker has the belief . |