Example sentences of "if they [conj] " in BNC.

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1 If they but hear perchance a trumpet sound ,
2 Yeats recalls receiving a letter from Lionel Johnson ‘ denouncing Wilde with great bitterness ’ ; Johnson believed that Wilde got a ‘ ‘ sense of triumph and power , at every dinner-table he dominated , from the knowledge that he was guilty of that sin which , more than any other possible to man , would turn all those people against him if they but knew'' ’ ( Yeats , Autobiographies , 285 ) .
3 Women have power , you know , Aggie , if they but knew how to use it .
4 They did ask me if they but erm I can im I ca n't imagine that has n't told th the of the C W L , has she ?
5 If they but they come to live here do n't they ?
6 Well just , you know if they if they were sensitive to that sort of thing .
7 if they if they did this i would it not give them practise at at being able to do the
8 Yeah it 's more difficult to keep up with others if they if they 're older and they 've been learning this stuff for a lot longer
9 If they if the er store is not gon na us enough enough facings then we will be prepared to purchase them .
10 Right and how much would they so if they if these six swallows are eating sixty
11 But er I often wonder what the nurses today would think if they if that 's all they n they got .
12 If they if you have n't told them that we want a banker 's order signed all right ?
13 speaking on my own for my own personal point of view erm if they if they insist they want this full amount
14 Yeah if they if their churning out the stock that tu tend to churn out , I mean I go along for an enquiry for a few and find they 've got thousands in stock .
15 So , Pomerance argued it should be easier to process just the right hand signal if they 're not grouped together , if they if the processing system does n't tend to group them as a single entity .
16 Oh yeah well yeah I mean if if they if
17 It 's helps them cope with the experience if they if they if they do n't define it as abusive .
18 It 's helps them cope with the experience if they if they if they do n't define it as abusive .
19 No but if they if they had one it er it serves .
20 It may also bring security and improvement in their lifestyle , if they or their family have n't been able to care for them properly .
21 All of them would live more happily if they and the world remained in ignorance , and to try to achieve that I would give them the one gift I could .
22 If they and other dogs had the vote , they would see off these foolish and disagreeable animal sentimentalists who wish to forbid hunting , in the twinkling of an eye .
23 Of course , heaths , downland and coppice all need management if they and their customary inhabitants are to survive ( though we seem to have conveniently forgotten that though these habitats are manicured , they are not man-invented , and all have prototypes in the wild created by fire , storm , flood and wild grazing animals . )
24 extra help is available for elderly and disabled persons if they and their partners ( if any ) did not formerly pay rates or rent .
25 Their headteachers were approached early in 1984 and asked if they and their staff were willing to take part in the survey .
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