Example sentences of "if [pers pn] [verb] [not/n't] [verb] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What if I do n't play his game ? |
| 2 | But Riven tripped on a shadow , and would have fallen if she had not caught his arm . |
| 3 | He was a callous brute , and if she did n't need his protection on the journey to Winchester she would n't care if he bled to … |
| 4 | The banks have agreed to accept his awards , although you yourself retain the right to take legal action if you do not accept his decision . |
| 5 | Yet the effect of what you can play should be that you hear what Brahms wrote down , even if you do n't follow his notation absolutely to the dot . |
| 6 | ‘ I wonder why you told everyone Harbury had lost the crime job if you did n't have his successor neatly lined up ? ’ |
| 7 | If we do n't play his game , he 'll have to be more direct . ’ |
| 8 | His general point may survive even if we do not share his preferences for physics , or even science . |
| 9 | Billy Johnson ( ‘ Look Forward in Anger ’ , 3 April , page 23 ) may have been ‘ fond of saying ’ that if they had n't induced his birth a day early he could have voted in the 1997 election , but then he would have been talking even more crap than the verbals Steve Platt so kindly recorded for us . |
| 10 | " Richard " they would scream , or simply " Thingummy " if they did not know his name , or still more commonly , " Blue Button " or " Button " . |
| 11 | Many of the teachers began acting the same way , believing the Headmaster might punish them too if they did n't follow his example . |
| 12 | Still , he would have done if it had n't slipped his mind , and surely the intention made him culpable . |
| 13 | What is , however , essential is that Posidonius was very worried about the social turbulence of his time , even if it did not affect his home island , Rhodes , as seriously as the Greek mainland . |
| 14 | The flesh of his hands appeared loose , as if it did n't fit his bones . |
| 15 | Brian Salt ( Rists ) could have won the Kidsgrove Open on the Trent and Mersey Canal if he had n't missed his keepnet with an 8 oz roach . |
| 16 | How the hell did he get hold of that key if he had n't met his wife ? ’ |
| 17 | A little owl , pretending to be just another stone on a heap of stones ; we could so easily have missed him if he had n't swivelled his head to peer in our direction at just the right moment . |
| 18 | ‘ If he had n't turned his face , he could have died , ’ said Mr Foxon . |
| 19 | If he had n't had his eye closed , seriously , you know where your eyes bu sort of |
| 20 | Dalgliesh , if he had n't known his history , would have guessed that Massingham was the produce of a sound , upper-middle-class family — a doctor or a solicitor , perhaps — and of an old established grammar school . |
| 21 | ‘ They did n't know that he could n't have drawn a proper furrow let alone a real good 'un if he had n't got his owd pipe a-drawin' in his mouth ! |
| 22 | Siraj-ud-Daula could not have been defeated — if that is the word for the collapse of his army — and destroyed if he had not alienated his subjects by being unreliable and vacillating , without any signs of charm or kindness to make up for it , but the decisive fact was that the British had fought him , while his subjects had only deserted him and waited to see who would win . |
| 23 | Yes , Mr Chairman , I , erm , I , I , I do appreciate that erm , I 've been invited through Committee er , to go through what I do represent er , the building project erm , on behalf of the economic development , because as you all know , I 'm of course on the economic development before , but er , in the past I 've found that that I have er been , shall we say , relieved of my positions on other er , position , erm , unknownst to myself , and of course I have er , actually turned up on these planning functions and been there , and to me in the past , I have always found that if one is going to be missed one must then , one 's either asked if he wishes to continue , if he 's been doing his job properly , if he does n't do his job properly then it 's only right to replace him . |
| 24 | Romeo Martinez claims that Capa was the unifying factor : ‘ he was driven by a single notion , which proved to be the healthiest idea in the history of photography — that a reporter is nobody if he does n't own his own negatives . ’ |
| 25 | I wish I were , and yes , he probably will do if he does n't get his own way . |
| 26 | if he does n't like his bacon we 'll have it , tell him |
| 27 | A similar result may be achieved if the practitioner is able to use the cash accounting scheme , although he may thereby defer any input recovery if he does not pay his suppliers promptly . |
| 28 | For he can not love God , whom he has not seen , if he does not love his brother [ or teacher ] , whom he has seen . |
| 29 | The judge was then told by defence lawyer Rock Tansey that Wells 's mental condition would seriously deteriorate if he does not receive his medication . |
| 30 | if he does not signify his approval or acceptance to the seller but retains the goods without giving notice of rejection , then if a time has been fixed for the return of the goods , on expiration of that time and , if no time has been fixed , on the expiration of a reasonable time . ’ |