Example sentences of "and if [pron] [vb base] [verb] they " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
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| 1 | Does n't want to get caught , probably been in prison before , may even be on a suspended sentence and if they get caught they 're going to go erm in prison for about more than a year or so . |
| 2 | Apparently , the authors have concluded from published research that women get interrupted because they ‘ allow themselves ’ to be ( does this ‘ contributory negligence ’ argument remind us of anything ? ) and if they want to succeed they must emulate male speech . |
| 3 | Er quite right , people do n't know , and if they do know they do n't care some of them . |
| 4 | If we are required to make a decision which has consequences for other people , and if we wish to treat them properly , then it is vital that we take into account their own views on the matter . |
| 5 | ‘ We need two points and if we refuse to give them time on the ball then I do n't see why not . |
| 6 | My free time is taken up by the hairdresser and manicurist — and if I do escape them , I have to be fitted at the dressmaker 's . |
| 7 | And if I refuse to tell them , they 'll become suspicious . ’ |
| 8 | It always seems to me that you 've got a set of results , and if you come to write them up , and you know they 're obviously wrong , you 're going to get a lot more marks if you put down the right values — or what should be the right values — so you end up fiddling things eventually . |
| 9 | Flowers are very brittle once pressed and if you try to touch them with your fingers they will be completely ruined , no matter how careful you are . |
| 10 | But we are not interested at this stage in tee markers and if you keep mentioning them Ron they 'll think hello |
| 11 | Erm , then anything else I 've said today , this is really not holy writ , erm , I 'm just going to make or suggested arrangement of these dividers and if you want to keep them this way that 's fine , and if you want to do something else with them that 's also fine . |
| 12 | Keep them in their original containers and if you need to transfer them make sure they go into a new , labelled bottle or clean paper envelope . |
| 13 | And if you decide to distribute them then you 're going to need to help , so you just give a few to , and a few to you as well , we 'll get them distributed that way . |