Example sentences of "but if [pron] [vb base] it [adv] " in BNC.

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1 We may reduce the dredging of rivers , but if we stop it altogether , floods will return to overwhelm us .
2 Might sound a bit complicated , but if we take it slowly , all will be revealed , and you will see that by using this method , every guest has an equal share of fishing opportunities .
3 But if they get it wrong they have the consolation that , for all the recriminations , it probably wo n't have made much difference to the outcome of the election .
4 So I had a shot at this , but if I cut it out that part of the window was black , it did n't look right , so i put a shade over it .
5 It is n't wrong to feel angry , but if you let it out in ways like this , the distress will increase for both of you , and you risk losing more than the chance to be a mother .
6 Alder burns well , dry ; but if you use it exclusively you will be sawing all day .
7 but if you keep it still because there 's nothing happened there your eye disregards that and it takes in things that are moving .
8 But if you set it up jointly , you ca n't direct all the gross income if that 's what you 're thinking you ca n't say well I 'll have all that income gross cos my wife 's got an unused allowance , you 've got to split it down the middle in the case of a joint account .
9 If you get it right the Beaver stops on a sixpence ( but if you get it wrong , normally yielding water can be awfully hard ! )
10 Yeah , but if you get it back in funds well that 's no use to you is it ?
11 It could look like snobbery in conversation , but if you take it together with his family background and his interest in penance , it might look more like coming to terms with an inherited stain . ’
12 If you cut the ash in , it was whitish , but if you cut it in , most of it when you cut it down , it was more like cream colour .
13 The thing is , you can use the filthiest sound in the world , but if you mix it really low , you 'll actually perceive it as a clean sound .
14 ‘ You need to hit the ball hard to get out but if you hit it too well , you go over to the other side of the green …
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