Example sentences of "[subord] if [pron] [verb] [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , too , if a man teaches his parrot to slander anyone , that is neither more nor less the ordinary tort of defamation than if he prefers to say it with his own tongue rather than with the parrot 's . |
| 2 | Her exit caused him more concern than if she had made it in the blaze of anger similar to that with which she had first confronted him . |
| 3 | cos if they decide to sell it now they could n't |
| 4 | Cos if you have to brush it wo n't break the quality . |
| 5 | If you do know it , then , should you admit it , because if we 've seen it happen , we 'll report it as fact , because we saw it happen . |
| 6 | You see because if you start doing it like that I mean , you could say th th the mathematical skills , you could say well he 's good on number , but his graph work is poor and you know , he di , you know , you can not you ca n't |
| 7 | I 'm not going to go into that , but what I 'm saying is we need to recognise this , because if you do recognise it , it makes life that much easier , does that . |
| 8 | So you know how to check whether the circulatory system is working because if it 's working you 'll be able to find a pulse pounding away , yes , that 's how you check it , you know the respiratory system 's working because if you want to check it what do you want to look for ? |
| 9 | But er with the the the er the original the the first one , you had to heat it up with a blowlamp and you had to be very very careful to get it just to the right heat , before if you tried to start it too cold , it would kick back and if was too hot again , it just would n't start . |
| 10 | Her garments were removed as swiftly as if she 'd done it herself . |
| 11 | And in her dream every line of his face was as familiar as if she had scrutinised it intently . |
| 12 | ‘ You know , ’ said Gus , as proudly as if he had discovered it himself , ‘ what that is ? |
| 13 | For almost the whole of their walk their objective had been in sight : the green copper cupola of the soaring campanile of Arthur Blomfield 's extraordinary Romanesque basilica , built in 1870 on the bank of this sluggish urban waterway with as much confidence as if he had erected it on the Venetian Grand Canal . |
| 14 | for if you attempt to answer it and miss the point , the examiner may not be able to give you any marks , because you will not have answered his question . |
| 15 | And you had best be grateful to me , for if you had left it to the little men of law he could buy better and shiftier than you , and you would never have got your money at all . ’ |
| 16 | I 'll bet if Fairclough is on flash he wo n't score , if he 's not , watch out Leeds , for if he does score it will be all our own fault as we have the ammunition to stop him . |