Example sentences of "in their [noun pl] if [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " All women take advantage of the men in their lives if they get half a chance . " |
| 2 | Top predators , such as toothed whales and dolphins , can accumulate large quantities in their tissues if they keep eating contaminated prey . |
| 3 | They would turn in their graves if they knew that we were allowing employees to simply give twelve weeks ' notice of intent to change those conditions . |
| 4 | At prayers , MPs turn towards their seats because they used to get tangled up in their swords if they tried to kneel . |
| 5 | The highest type of firework last year if it was specified was the sparkler remarkably enough and we would make this point very seriously that parents tend to give children sm very small children sparklers and they must remember tha that these things are fireworks they are dangerous they do get red hot er they must supervise them at all times when they give them sparklers cos they may wave them around they may se set somebody else 's clothing on fire with them they may get the sparks in their eyes if they get too close to them er and one particular danger of course is that they they may get hold of en the hot end when the firework has finally extinguished and they think it 's all finished with . |
| 6 | Is a judge ever conscious that his reputation as a judge is likely to be adversely affected in their eyes if he decides one way , and favourably affected if he decides another way ? |