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

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1 And if they can do it , so can you .
2 And if they can do it this afternoon or tomorrow morning ,
3 And if they can do it this afternoon or tomorrow morning ,
4 and if they can get somebody who has n't got any ties then they do that
5 Working-class artists are brought up with the traditional — at best , and if they can get it .
6 Always explain what you are doing , and if they can understand you , ask if it 's all right to do it .
7 Well you see we 're a bit further from home now and if we can do it for five days , great , we have n't
8 And if we can do it we need to be
9 If we accept the possibility — and sometimes , perhaps , the fact — within ourselves we are forearmed against unpleasant possibilities and if we can face it squarely we are likely to work more effectively with any child in question .
10 And if we can hold it , the foal will still be frightened of us , and we will have to give it a lot more handling than we would have had to initially to undo its instinctive fear of us and learn accept us instead .
11 And if we can shift one half of one per cent of the products from outside the area to within , that alone will be worth £2million to Darlington . ’
12 If so , and if we can measure it ( though it is not easy to do so ) , that again tells us something about their welfare .
13 One thing is for sure ; the tyres are thin , and if we can get them removed and new tyres fitted in Poland for a reasonable price , we will .
14 And if we can encourage them to do that er more effectively and more efficiently , then that 's all to the good .
15 In terms of safety we are constantly looking at it and if we can learn anything at all we 'll put whatever procedures we can in place .
16 The system for expressions of vague information built into human languages is of great subtlety and precision and if we can unravel its complexities , engineers will be only too happy to make computers vague .
17 It may be rejected or abused but it can not be devalued , and if she can bring herself to look ahead without bitterness it can still bear fruit in her own life .
18 I intend to make my home here in this town , and if I can do anything to ensure that the people here are treated fairly I shall do it .
19 But if you are well , and if I can make you smile , I need nothing more to make me happy .
20 I hope so , and if I can contribute something to that culture change I shall be glad to do so .
21 ‘ I need two new players to make the team more competitive and if I can get them we will be .
22 And if I can mend it .
23 ‘ Okay , then , I 'll give it a go if you 'll pay for the diesel and if I can see you Saturday night . ’
24 I have good friends , and if I can keep my faculties — if my eyesight behaves itself and my hearing stays good — then I shall be content
25 There is plenty of time for hon. Members to make speeches , and if I can develop my argument a little en route , I shall be happy to do so .
26 I shall also write to the Captain for addresses and and businesses and if he can help us and so forth .
27 Perhaps the contributor to the " Glasgow Geography " in 1825 writing of the Scottish peasant was correct when he said , " By the time he has reached the age of ten years , he has by heart , as it is called , the whole Catechism , the metrical version of the Psalms , and is pretty well versed in the Bible … and by the time he arrives at the years of maturity , to the " big ha' Bible once his father 's pride , and the Westminster Confession of Faith , he has added Pool , Henry 's Commentary , Gillespie 's Aaron 's Rod Blossoming , the Faithful Contendings of the Church of Scotland , Boston 's Fourfold State , and if he can afford them the works of Jonathan Edwards . "
28 yes and if you can make somebody think from your writing well that 's good .
29 If you go in there and stay perfectly still you 'll see numerous varieties — and if you can make it before daylight you 'll be almost deafened by a dawn chorus .
30 T spells out okay so there 's some connection between a lot of the words is n't there and if you can spell one you can have a very good guess at another one that 's got that word in as part of it .
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