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Example sentences of "[vb mod] [be] [adj] if [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	Whilst we will review after the initial 3 months period I should be grateful if we take the arrangement up until the end of the calendar year so that it continues to operate whilst being reviewed .
2	He says drivers should be aware if they get one of these tickets it 's because people have been inconvenienced .
3	And I do not see why it should be different if he has to show that he has done something of value to the seller .
4	She says the tenant should be liable if they take the battery out .
5	The fact that the position is more complicated , however , should be obvious if we remind ourselves of the point I made at the beginning of Chapter 2 : how variable teachers are .
6	But actually one can argue that we should be worried if it turned out to be very easy for chemists to obtain life spontaneously in the test-tube .
7	Melanie wondered if they would go to church , to Midnight Mass , because she , in a muddled way , thought they must be religious if they believed so firmly in Hell .
8	Perhaps , in this fictional world ( it must be fictional if it has dragons in it ) the knight is seeking a magic pineapple , hoarded in a dragon 's cave .
9	It must be difficult if you had someone who wanted to go out all the time or if they 're sort of really living it up or something I mean
10	‘ Waldegrave must be mad if he thinks he can control such a beast . ’
11	Mummy , you must be mad if you think I would be seen dead in a yellow frock !
12	She must be mad if she thought he 'd do that , go anywhere near Barry .
13	‘ I think , ’ said Radulfus , ‘ that Saint Winifred might be pleased if you think fit to make your offering , in her honour , to the abbey of Ramsey .
14	Fearing that Austrian reprisals might be possible if she stayed on the continent , Hortense decided to take her son to England , stopping off in Paris on their way in the hope that the new King , Louis-Philippe , might allow her to stay there , at least for a time .
15	They might be shocked if they realized their destructive influence on those they meet Last night I was at a social gathering .
16	Erm I think it might be helpful if I make a comment on this business of er tenders from the other side of the fence actually , Bob .
17	I do n't think I 'd want it in the house , it might be confusing if I walked into a gloomy room with it
18	‘ In fact , I think it might be better if we tried not to have any more contact with each other , do n't you ? ’
19	It might be better if they put their feet up . ’
20	and I think it might be better if he has n't
21	I 've often thought it might be better if I had more intimate knowledge .
22	‘ It might be better if I did , but I could n't do it , not once I 'd seen you sitting here .
23	Ah , I would n't of imagine for one second he would want to watch , so it might be better if I buy the video and see
24	In fact it might be better if I head him off before he gets to our place .
25	I thought it might be better if she went there — she 's from Tallahassee , as you no doubt know — rather than myself , since there 's an unfortunate history of litigation and unpleasantness between the Seal Court family and the Norfolk one .
26	‘ I thought it might be useful if we knew what was happening at court while we were in the south . ’
27	I think bearing in mind the clear intentions behind criteria two and the concern that we 've heard over the last three days about inward migration , it might be useful if we tag a rider onto erm criteria two .
28	‘ I thought it might be pleasant if we had some music . ’
29	A fuite en avant might be tempting if it became feasible .
30	A squadron commander would suggest to me that " old so-and-so is getting a bit teased-out and perhaps he should be rested " , or " it might be convenient if he did not return after his next leave " — these leaves were quite frequent , something like six or seven days every six or seven weeks .