Example sentences of "[that] if [pron] [verb] [adv] [det] " in BNC.

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1 Let me advise Council now , that if they proceed down this primrose path any further then it becomes a resignation issue for me and , I suspect , many others who can not believe this farrago .
2 But bear in mind that if they hear too many bad reports , they 'll disrupt the way I run this prison .
3 Taking the prince by the hand , she continued , ‘ Lo , here is this gentleman whom I doubt not would be safely kept by me , if I were permitted ; and well as I know there be some deadly enemies to my blood , that if they knew where any lay in their own bodies , they would let it out if they could ! ’
4 Observing a heated argument among the players over a game of cards , Chapman thought that if they put as much consideration and earnestness into their football , their game could only improve .
5 Women seem fearful of becoming too friendly with a single mother ; fearful that if they spend too much time with her , they might just get a taste for something that is denied them .
6 ‘ There are two sets of stairs into and out of every gallery , ’ Paxton explained , ‘ So that if we get too many visitors it does n't get too congested as people move around .
7 I often say that if we thought as much about the English language and teaching it and all that that means as the French do about their language and the Alliance Francaise , we would back the British Council to the hilt .
8 It is sometimes thought that rigorism can take adequate account of what seems troubling here by recognizing that if we ask too much of ourselves we damage our power to do good by becoming worn out or embittered .
9 I soon discovered that if someone arrived late all the remains of the plates of pasta were put together and presented to him or her .
10 But the electric eel has another set of batteries that produce not steady low-voltage diction-finding transmissions but sudden massive shocks so strong that if you pick up such a fish without the insulation of rubber gloves and boots , it can throw you flat on your back .
11 ‘ Yes really , because I know that if you go down that tunnel , you 'll be dead . ’
12 And , you know , I worked out that if you pile up all the sets — the record and cassette boxes — we eventually sold , they would reach to the top of the Eiffel Tower .
13 I 've given you the two , er , the one that gives you the most space for the day , on the basis that if you have too much space for daily planning , it 's maybe irritating .
14 The second drawback is that if you spend too much time standing back , commenting on what 's going on , using humour and changing the subject you may end up disrupting a collective sense of purpose and fail to meet your objective .
15 Jansher , 22 , has talent and youth on his side and it would be unwise to say that if he fails again this year , he will never win the British Open .
16 His apprehension arose not out of a fear that she would ruin him by extravagant expenditure but from a neurotic anxiety that if she knew how much money he had put away , she might feel free to leave him .
17 I 'm not sure she does n't have a funny idea that if she waits long enough people will drift back again , perhaps even Durance .
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