Example sentences of "and [adv] if [pron] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 We shall be arriving at The Blackheath Gate and so if we do n't see you at the shoot , I would just like to thank you now for your help and advice on the recces .
2 And so if you sit just a little bit further forward , that 's fine .
3 And so if you went out and you bought er , I do n't know , we 've , if , a microwave , as you left the store with your microwave , the salesman calls his supplier and says , I need a microwave , because he only keeps three now , whereas even up to three or four years ago , he would have several in the back store , now he does n't keep them .
4 And so if you swam up to somebody who was in difficulty , and you approach them from the front their automatic reaction is to throw their arms around you , do n't let them do it !
5 And so if you have not been concentrating on the question
6 So is n't it good for us rather than quibbling , rather than criticizing , and recognizing that we 've all got different abilities and perhaps if you had n't got one of those abilities there , the , the body that it speaks about , you see every part plays a part does n't it on our physical body and so we are in accommodation , we all have a part to play , and that 's the way we , we grow you see and we mature and we become better , able , equipped to go out and tell others , gives us confidence as well if we know what we 're talking about , that way we can learn , so never quibble about assignments and arrangements , never criticize brothers and sisters in the congregation .
7 Keep a sample of the plant or seed that you suspect , even if you think you know what it is — and especially if you do n't .
8 I found that quite a hard time erm and especially if you do n't have any family near .
9 You can call by later if you 've got over it — and not if you have n't ! ‘
10 With our current facilities we can do a set number of coronary artery bypass graft operations in any period , and thus if we operate on more patients from one district by definition we operate on fewer patients from another .
11 Murderers , bank robbers , gangsters , swindlers , dope pedlars , arms traffickers , terrorists , kidnappers ; ‘ bent ’ bankers , accountants , lawyers , politicians and policemen ; dead , alive , in gaol or simply missing — if they had appeared in print , and often if they had not , he had them filed .
12 And even if they had n't told me , I would have known .
13 There was still much danger : the palace was heavily guarded , and even if they got away King Minos had many warships which could chase and sink them .
14 The writer may well have assumed that most book buyers already know of the existence of a writer called Ernest Hemingway , and even if they did not before they picked up the book , they would already have seen his name on the cover before turning to read this biographical sketch inside .
15 Ian is determined not to let her go , and even if they do n't get married they 'll almost certainly become lovers , which will make things extremely awkward . ’
16 However Greene King could relaunch their bid in the near future … and even if they do n't … they 'll still be holding a forty-three per cent stake in the company
17 And then I tell you what , and even if they do n't do it , I let them fucking stay there !
18 And even if they do not , will people believe that they have not done so ?
19 The films were inevitably foreign and subtitled , and even if we did n't understand them it was as though through exposure to some cinematic photosynthesis we would absorb the esoteric and become all the better intellectually for it .
20 And even if we do n't marry or live with a man , the fact that most women do means that every man will see a housewife when he sees us .
21 And even if we do n't understand the argument , we surely understand the conclusion ; and so the conclusion must be false .
22 He would n't miss her right away , and even if he looked up and saw the empty stool he 'd probably assume she was inside the hut .
23 ‘ Gazza has won the fans ' hearts and even if he had n't scored that late goal — and although they would have turned against the side — I do n't think would have turned against him .
24 He took it up in a Pauline spirit , as a reparation ; now the least of Christians ( by special grace ) but once an infidel , and even if he had not persecuted the faithful , one who scorned the Faith , he would do what he could to convert men or stop them from straying away .
25 The important thing is that there is a lot of preamble because the guy 's bound to say erm and even if he does n't ask you what the price is you must make sure he knows .
26 I wondered if he would teach the right things and even if he knew enough himself !
27 Jenny was nine , and even if she had n't been adventurous she would probably have fallen in the river anyway , because there was nothing much to do at Dale End but get into mischief .
28 He 'd show her , and even if she did n't appreciate the work it would perhaps give him a moment to think , to recover his poise .
29 And even if it went down , at least it would be a heroic failure — a genuine attempt to break the mould and bring back standards of quality and decency .
30 And even if it does n't come naturally , most politicians develop the ability to be absolutely horrible whenever it is required .
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