Example sentences of "[adv] if he [modal v] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He should not get too emotional , moody , tearful or truculent , especially if he ca n't explain why to his own and other people 's satisfaction , and if he does he should feel concerned . |
| 2 | It can sometimes be difficult to determine whether the patient is ill-tempered and perhaps foulmouthed towards you because of the immediate effects of his illness and the frustration he feels , especially if he can not speak normally , or whether it is part of a personality change which is going to last indefinitely . |
| 3 | Lou Macari signed a three year contract with Celtic this afternoon then told Scotland Today he would walk away if he could n't bring success to the club in that time . |
| 4 | This form is not to be recommended to a landlord , because if his power is restricted to a power to determine for certain specified purposes , he may lose the power altogether if he can not establish the purpose at the crucial date . |
| 5 | We I wonder how quick they would have got him in though if he would n't have been in a private scheme . |
| 6 | Now if he 'd just take cover and place some well-aimed bursts with his blaster … |
| 7 | Ha well if he ca n't do , if he ca n't bring nothing that man , which I 'm sure he will I shall go and buy something , I mean that thing of Scott 's wo n't be any good without the appropriate thing will it ? |
| 8 | But I thought , " Well , even if he wo n't listen , at least no one can say afterwards that we did n't do our best to warn him " . " |
| 9 | He does a lot of thinking even if he ca n't say what . |
| 10 | If he has n't , train him , even if he ca n't grasp it . |
| 11 | Notwithstanding , the firm has backed all the way , and has continued to work for Bell Lawrie , even if he can not give advice to clients . |
| 12 | At least he is father to the wish , even if he can not guarantee its achievement . |
| 13 | If you have a wide range of social activities , the patient may be able to join in some of them with you , even if he can not resume his former independent interests . |
| 14 | After several more sessions out in the country , Hoomey got the hand of it , and learned that , even if he could n't stop , he could steer , and that sitting on Bones 's enormous flights through the atmosphere was comparatively easy once you got used to it , far easier than poor Jazz 's problem of trying to stay aboard when Spot , cantering quite easily towards the jump , put his anchors out at the last minute and stopped dead . |
| 15 | His measurements ought to have been enough to tell him his surface was curved — even if he could n't see it . |
| 16 | Which was okay when he was younger ; his mother , she had helped him choose his first wigs ( even if he could not tell her the cause of his fright , all his hair was on the pillow ) . |
| 17 | So the little tailor turned to , and prepared a splendid pie , from flour and meat and onions he found there and decorated its top with beautifully formed pastry leaves and flowers , for he was a craftsman , even if he could not exercise his own craft . |
| 18 | One tells of Drud , or Nightmare , familiar in folk-tale , another tells of an uncanny , supernatural instance : a master gunsmith could hit anything in range of his rifle even if he could not see the object . |
| 19 | Why am I here if he ca n't do it ? |
| 20 | James Hann , Scottish Nuclear 's chairman has made it clear he wants to continue buying fuel from BNF but has said he is prepared to look abroad if he ca n't obtain a reasonable price . |
| 21 | She wanted him not there , but at least if he would just stop , just for a minute , and say something to her . |