Example sentences of "[noun sg] if you [modal v] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where can you gain the information on the approach side if you ca n't see the roundabout ? |
| 2 | Before the tax year has ended , ask the Inland Revenue if you can still make an adjustment . |
| 3 | Now , what 's the good of nicking a car if you ca n't drive it and you 've got to ditch it ? |
| 4 | things are actually outside but you can still imagine them in your mind if you ca n't see them |
| 5 | ‘ No good going for a soldier if you ca n't show a little decision of your own . ’ |
| 6 | Well I certainly would n't bother taking any shampoo if you ca n't have a hair drier . |
| 7 | But I could have them send up a tray if you 'd rather stay in bed . ’ |
| 8 | In the old films erm the saying was from one conduct to another , ‘ Do n't do the crime if you ca n't do the time . ’ |
| 9 | Type Images , ( or just hit the |
| 10 | Here even window shopping is a pleasure if you ca n't afford to treat yourself , or you can hunt out a less extravagant purchase amongst the cities ' colourful markets and larger department stores . |
| 11 | Fifteen minutes of sunshine in the middle of the day ( 11am to 4pm ) , even beside an open window if you ca n't get outside , between April and October will provide plenty of vitamin D. Diet can be boosted in winter with one helping each week of foods rich in vitamin D : herring , kippers , mackerel or sardines ( see also pages 104–5 ) . |
| 12 | Get help if you ca n't sort yourselves out on your own . |
| 13 | Wonderfuel : Energy saving tips — British Gas Paying gas and electricity bills ; how to get help if you ca n't pay — British Gas and Electricity Council Electricity and you : A guide to running costs — Electricity Council Lower costs with gas : A guide to fuel running costs — British Gas ( only available from your local showroom ) Advice for senior citizens — British Gas Advice for disabled people — British Gas If you are elderly or disabled — Gas Consumers Council Advice for elderly people — Electricity Council Making life easier for disabled people — Electricity Council |
| 14 | 'f suppose you could try the Hatchett Inn if you wo n't take my advice . |
| 15 | Or that you 're a duffer if you ca n't polish off a wall gecko in under two minutes ? ’ |
| 16 | Well , what , what 's the use of being a boss if you ca n't fiddle a . |
| 17 | PS If you ca n't get over yourself can you send Maradona ? he 'd be a handy chap to have around . |
| 18 | You can begin to bring someone back to the present if you can gradually get them to remember events in their life nearer to the present day . |
| 19 | Employers want people with experience , only how do you get experience if you ca n't get a job ? ’ |
| 20 | So I 'll tell you I 'll tell you what to do with those in a minute but if y at the moment if you 'd just like to have a go at sorting it out . |
| 21 | Well , imagine the reaction if you could nonchalantly mention that your strings were made from magnetically active nickel steel with a reinforced twist at the ball end because you are such an animal when it comes to whammy-bar aerobics ! |
| 22 | Steve Cunningham says people ca n't understand how can you can hit the ball if you ca n't see . |
| 23 | Give him a new head if you ca n't find any legs to fit . |
| 24 | So , wrote Harsnet , there is continuity as well as discontinuity , but that does not mean , he wrote , that there exists what is called character , personality , character , Goldberg wrote in the margin , personality , as they seem to think , wrote Harsnet ( and Goldberg went on typing ) , when they say you have such a generous character if you would only recognize it , or you have so much to offer , or it is not for myself I speak but for you , not for myself I mourn but for the waste of all that generosity , when they pour those words over you , character , generosity , warmth , looking sad , shedding tears , putting on a brave face , saying do n't pay any attention to me , or , it 's nothing , forget it , I 'm crying for the waste , meaning waste if it 's not directed towards them , but you have only to see what happens when one lets oneself be persuaded by that sort of thing , wrote Harsnet , you have only to see what happened to Hutchinson , MacMahon , Rollins and Goldberg . |
| 25 | Obviously this is not relevant if you have a tiny galley kitchen , or a slit of corridor space , but if you can add a chair or two , or at least a couple of stools where there were none before ; and some sort of bar , or at least an enlarged counter top if you ca n't fit in a decent table , then you are well on the way to making your kitchen a more welcoming place . |
| 26 | You 're a mean devil if you ca n't run to scotch , Jack . ’ |
| 27 | Drink plenty of water ( bottled or filtered ) , herb teas , diluted fruit juices , and only one or two cups of ordinary tea or coffee a day if you can not give it up altogether . |
| 28 | It would set this soldier 's mind at rest if you could kindly cancel this debt . ’ |
| 29 | Do not read out your argument if you can possibly avoid it , but in any case do not mumble into your notes . |
| 30 | She could say , ‘ I feel I need more notice if you ca n't make it . |