Example sentences of "[vb base] if [pron] [vb mod] n't [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | And that 's their right and so you think of something else we you 're not allowed to take them out of a favourite lesson , you 're not allowed to say you are going to miss your football or a P E P E teachers and the football teachers , quite rightly , say if you ca n't keep discipline in your class why why should we be penalized ? |
2 | He must know I worry if I ca n't see it . |
3 | I mean if you ca n't get it quite quickly and get to grips with it , do n't waste time on it . |
4 | Now they 're taking the case up with the Department of Health , the Foreign Office and the Home Office to find out where they stand if he ca n't pay . |
5 | Well it holding it in pawn , waiting for somebody to ask him to have a drink , and invariably somebody would but if they did ask him they 'd always ask him back next time you know if they could n't do it this time . |
6 | Well I 'll tomorrow morning phone them up find out exactly what time , and register you rather than me if it 's you know if I ca n't get to it . |
7 | Pass if you ca n't think of one . |
8 | It 's probably the wrong attitude , but I feel if I ca n't keep up , I ca n't keep up , so it does n't really worry me . |
9 | His critics wonder if he wo n't talk or worse his way into trouble first . |
10 | ‘ I wonder if it would n't have been better if the Almighty had created us all as — well — as sort of plants . |
11 | ‘ No , ’ Anne admitted , ‘ but sometimes … sometimes I wonder if you should n't do all those things — cry more , let it all out . |
12 | Just be very brief , chair , erm could I ask that we have a report before council on this , and I know it will be an extra two hours on the poor council debate , but I think this is so important , and it does affect the planet for hundreds of years to come , and I think if we ca n't have a discussion on this in full council , well , it 's the most important thing we 've had for years probably , and I think we should have a discussion before council sit . |
13 | ‘ Come on , Miss Dyke , ’ said Jamie , ‘ let's have a ripalong-a-Lucy session and see if we ca n't shoosh you m-to a better frame of mind . |
14 | We ought to run things properly and see if we ca n't do things better in future . ’ |
15 | And since it looks as if we 're all goin' to the same place , why do n't we take our kit to the left luggage then see if we ca n't find that canteen ? ’ |
16 | Erm , what we have to do is to look at , if you like , the way in which A , we can improve what we do erm , and see if we ca n't get more out of the two of you than we do currently , I 'm sure you 'll enjoy what we 're doing . |
17 | See if they ca n't find it |
18 | I 'm going to investigate , see if I ca n't do a conv I do n't think for one minute I will but it 's possible do a conversion er into erm the box type . |
19 | My mo , I think my motto 's gon na be , see if you ca n't beat them , join them ! |