Example sentences of "and if [pron] [verb] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nobody wants to lose and if nobody wants to lose it means it gets fiercer and it goes on for longer and it does takes a long time to resolve , if it ever is and often to the detriment of one person to the success of another . |
| 2 | And if one had to put oneself in a vulnerable situation , like rugging or grooming him , the handler had to carry a cane . |
| 3 | Dancing was a pleasure in itself , as holidays were , and if one has to take them alone or with friends , then why not face the music and — give it rock all ! |
| 4 | ‘ IT 'S ALL about a bunch of old lags who probably should n't , but help themselves they could n't , and if they had to do it again they would n't … ‘ |
| 5 | Landowners ca n't do exactly what they want for a start , and if they intend to do anything which might damage the site they have to inform the Nature Conservancy Council in writing and try to work out a compromise . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Ihave three sons and I would know , and if they 'd done anything like this I would dislike them , and even hate them |
| 8 | ‘ My ancestors in the Scottish islands used to farm seaweed and if they 'd had our technology they could have made a dish like you 're eating now . |
| 9 | And if they 'd bought their true love a compact disc as a Christmas present , it would have cost them £16.73 , compared with the UK 's £12.78 . |
| 10 | and the cars stop , he 'll even go over to one of the cars and if they 've got their window open and just er say can you give me , have you got ten P for me ? |
| 11 | And if they 've got it , I 'll nick it . |
| 12 | And if they fail to keep it up , it 's not our , not our responsibility any longer . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Yeah , well it 's just different directors have different things they want to emphasise in a play and if they want to bring something home or they think that using a certain well like say the way the people are dressed and everything will will have more of an impact , you know will |
| 15 | Yeah , well it 's just different directors have different things they want to emphasise in a play and if they want to bring something home or they think that using a certain well like say the way the people are dressed and everything will will have more of an impact , you know will |
| 16 | They often needed money above and beyond their budget ( though sometimes not much ) — because usually their budget was for the routine things they were doing , and if they wanted to do something novel , they had to find extra funds . |
| 17 | And if they choose to withdraw their children from Communion , then that 's their decision , not ours . |
| 18 | People with valuable secrets ought not to allow subordinate employees … to obtain knowledge of this kind , and if they choose to do it without warning them they will find it very difficult to claim interlocutory relief successfully " . |
| 19 | It 's the weapon they want , and if they have to take you out to get it , what 's to lose ? |
| 20 | And if they have picked him up he 'll be in custody . |
| 21 | Er quite right , people do n't know , and if they do know they do n't care some of them . |
| 22 | Most of them left me alone whilst I wrote and if they did want something they waited till I looked up . |
| 23 | And if they did give you the sack you would be walked away to the army I expect . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | But whatever else was lost , the impetus that Winckelmann had given to Greek scholarship in Germany survived ; and if we wish to understand its subsequent history and the remarkable growth of German classical scholarship as a whole , we should not forget his formative contribution , even though much of the impending development can hardly be traced directly back to him . |
| 26 | It is almost always based on the four zero foods , and if we attempt to resist it , our friends insist that ‘ a little wo n't hurt ’ . |
| 27 | But if we do not take their most far-reaching claims too seriously , and if we attempt to combine their insights with those stemming from more conventional social science , we can develop a form of sociology which once more has the extensive scope of the early pioneering studies . |
| 28 | Because women 's work is never done , and underpaid , or unpaid , or boring or repetitious and we 're the first to get the sack , and what we look like is more important than what we do , and if we get raped it 's our fault , and if we get bashed we must have provoked it , if we raise our voices we 're nagging bitches , and if we enjoy sex we 're nymphs and if we do n't we 're frigid , and if we love women it 's because we ca n't get a real man , and if we ask our doctor too many questions we 're neurotic and if we expect the community to care for our children we 're selfish , and if we stand up for our rights we 're aggressive and unfeminine , and if we do n't we 're typical weak females , and if we want to get married we 're out to trap a man , and if we do n't we 're unnatural , and because we ca n't get adequate safe contraceptives , but men can walk on the moon , and we ca n't cope or do n't want a pregnancy we 're made to feel guilty about abortion , and for lots and lots of other reasons we 're all part of the Women 's Liberation Movement . |
| 29 | Because women 's work is never done , and underpaid , or unpaid , or boring or repetitious and we 're the first to get the sack , and what we look like is more important than what we do , and if we get raped it 's our fault , and if we get bashed we must have provoked it , if we raise our voices we 're nagging bitches , and if we enjoy sex we 're nymphs and if we do n't we 're frigid , and if we love women it 's because we ca n't get a real man , and if we ask our doctor too many questions we 're neurotic and if we expect the community to care for our children we 're selfish , and if we stand up for our rights we 're aggressive and unfeminine , and if we do n't we 're typical weak females , and if we want to get married we 're out to trap a man , and if we do n't we 're unnatural , and because we ca n't get adequate safe contraceptives , but men can walk on the moon , and we ca n't cope or do n't want a pregnancy we 're made to feel guilty about abortion , and for lots and lots of other reasons we 're all part of the Women 's Liberation Movement . |
| 30 | I put my name on the list with everyone else , but was absolutely dumbfounded when I was told one day that it had come up , along with that of one of the other Waafs , and if we wanted to go we were to report to RAF Wyton at 10.00 hours the next day . |