Example sentences of "if you did " in BNC.
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1 | In those days there was a small core of paid research staff who were responsible for a large number of countries — if you did the Soviet Union , you were also responsible for Eastern Europe and half of Western Europe as well ! ’ |
2 | ‘ There 's a lot you could contribute if you did stay . |
3 | If you did get one , you 'd be permanently broke , which is n't quite what I had in mind . |
4 | Therefore you may find that a bandage is not allowed if you did n't incur the injury in that day 's competition . |
5 | Even these should fit nicely if you did your planning carefully . |
6 | The most startling yarn was that of Zhang Quo Zhi , who enjoyed a lifestyle which , if you did know better , you would describe as that of a successful capitalist . |
7 | If you did not burn chemicals like PCBs , what else would you do with them ? |
8 | But if you did that ( the farmer 's elder son reckons ) , the plough would simply bite deeper next time round , and bring another few hundred thousand to the surface . |
9 | If you did n't know the tunes , you 'd assume Holly 's lyrics decorated some innocent backporch spooners from the turn-of-the-century : ‘ Stars appear and the shadows are fallin' You can hear my honey callin' . ’ |
10 | ‘ Would n't it buy something for the girls here or put someone through school even if you did n't want to take it for yourself ? |
11 | But if you did not ‘ love ’ the Germans then you had had it . ’ |
12 | Daily Telegraph If you did not put aluminium in you would have water that was cloudy . |
13 | There was remarkably little to do in the hospital if you did n't want to read Agatha Christie or knit half-mile scarves . |
14 | If you did n't care about him , you 'd just walk off and lead your own life . |
15 | ‘ But if you did know , you would n't stop me . |
16 | To get back at him ? — I understand it if you did . |
17 | One of the ways she visualized life was as a swirling , unpredictable tide of confusion which swept you along helpless , bumping against rocks , trying to snatch at branches , bits of wreckage , anything that might help to keep you afloat for , if you did n't watch out , the waters would suck you down and close over your head . |
18 | She barged through them : if you did that they did n't sting you . |
19 | ‘ Well , so what if you did ? ’ |
20 | I guess you 'd have a problem if you did n't , Emo . |
21 | You might think there was something wrong with you if you did not enjoy this form of dedicated slavery but at least a woman had someone to share it with : her husband — and that third party in almost every educated parental home , Dr Benjamin Spock . |
22 | You always were spoiled , and petty , if you did not get your own way . |
23 | It seems you 've survived , goodness knows how , for really it would not matter if you did not . |
24 | The kind of girl that even if you did n't know well you always said ‘ hello ’ to and got a cheery wave and a smile back . |
25 | Indeed , I would not desire you if you did not have a mind and a spirit . |
26 | If you did end up as a German , however , you still played to win and I can remember a kind of perverse pleasure in being determined to win , even though I was a German , which was something of a contradiction . |
27 | ‘ In the interests of security I think it would be better if you did not mention this night 's events to anyone . |
28 | If you did that in the Boat Race you would get left behind . |
29 | ‘ There would be no point in setting out for a star if you did n't know how far away it was . ’ |
30 | After a decade of being made to feel that you were somehow lacking as a person if you did n't manage to cram thrice-weekly workouts into your schedule , it was high time that a good reason not to exercise emerged . |