Example sentences of "[coord] [subord] you [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In many European languages if you change a pronoun , the endings of the verb must also change ( a. below ) , or if you change a noun to a noun of a different gender , you will have to change the article and suffix in the noun phrase ( b. below ) . |
| 2 | Or if you had a person that was just half time maybe doing it . |
| 3 | For example , you could use some locally made fabric as a background , or if you spent a lot of time of the beach , you could press some seaweed and later incorporate it into the picture . |
| 4 | country or if you gain a qualification erm in er in another European country you can use it in any other one of the E C twelve . |
| 5 | So if you hide something in a book you could say ‘ If you read you 'll find me ’ or if you hide a clue under a towel you could say ‘ You will find me when it 's time to dry yourself ’ . |
| 6 | It was rash to complain of anything there : ‘ the slightest — you know , when my throat 's dry , you 'd get dosed with blackberry syrup , or if you felt a bit hot then you 'd get dosed with ground ivy tea . |
| 7 | If you suffered an injury — like a slipped disc , a dislocated knee — or if you needed a hip replacement or maybe something even more serious , you 'd naturally want to go into hospital without a long delay . |
| 8 | So the trade lock for this extra transcription is if you do more than , or if you do a lot , erm do the same introduction , but your essay , the body of your essay , erm , can be very short , the body of your essay , erm , about one paragraph only , you 're just going to need to do something quite short , and your conclusion on the insights is what , is what is going to be important . |
| 9 | Some sort of multi-compartment box is required , or if you have a lot of components to store it may be necessary to have several of these boxes . |
| 10 | Or if you have a number of outstanding debts , such as credit card charges and hire purchase deals , a remortgage can pay them all off at a much lower rate of interest to help you reduce your outgoings . |
| 11 | If your living with your in-laws and you 're having a baby and you want a house or if you have a baby and then you have another baby and you 're still living with your in-laws housing need has n't changed it just grows . |
| 12 | Building societies will , generally , be sympathetic if you ask to suspend your mortgage payments for a fixed period because you have been made redundant or because you have a crisis . |
| 13 | Turn right over the bridge and where you see a sign on the left for Muchelney and Drayton go through the gate . |
| 14 | No one can insure against all eventualities and so you strike a balance between the re- and pro-active aspects of your work . |
| 15 | And once you do a quality plan for that , that delegation . |
| 16 | And if you crack a tile |
| 17 | And if you rub a lemon slice around a bowl before whisking egg whites , you 'll get a better result . |
| 18 | You had to produce the right club , and if you made a mistake it was the end of you . |
| 19 | I would never make a pass at Caduta — no , not Caduta and if you made a pass at her , I 'd beat you up . |
| 20 | This will mate to your transfer box and if you use a Range Rover flywheel and 5 speed clutch , then the engine will be positioned in the normal Land Rover V8 position and a Land Rover V8 exhaust system will fit easily . |
| 21 | The spines become fully extended and if you confuse a hedgehog with a rabbit and make a hasty grab at it you will have cause for regret . |
| 22 | And if you hold a signing session — provided it is n't for a politician , a game-show host or some other nonentity — then the collectors will be out in force , perfectly happy to buy a new copy of Julian Barnes ' The Porcupine , though eager too to slip in their mint first of Metroland ( worth up to £80 ) or Flaubert 's Parrot ( £40 ) . |
| 23 | sort of kick on and it 's quite nice and you 've got it all under control and if you get a chance to go you can and if you 've got to stop it 's no problem . |
| 24 | And if you get a hernia , hiatus hernia , with acid |
| 25 | and if you take a film of of erm Hitler and er people of that ilk in the second world war and you analyse almost frame by frame you 'll see that and count the number of non-symmetrical hand gestures you will find that they 're quite high as a percentage . |
| 26 | ‘ And if you put a bullet into him before he can pass the information on to Bailey then Mobuto 's as good as dead . |
| 27 | The focus of this is about fourteen inches from the centre and if you put a microphone here when this this thing is outside it 's ideal for picking up bird song . |
| 28 | She 's a big , long sheep , and if you put a ram on her of equal proportions all you 're doing is stretching the ewe 's progeny through their back . |
| 29 | Aerial photography requires good expanses of clear skies to be successful , and if you hire a helicopter in advance , you must make the booing subject to weather conditions — flights are far too expensive to hang around ( quite literally ) waiting for clouds to pass in order to take pictures . |
| 30 | And if you write a letter they do n't like , they bring it back and want to know why you 've written certain things . |