Example sentences of "if [indef pn] [adv] [vb -s] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I really prefer it if someone else does the cutting , because even though I 've worked in newspapers for so long , it 's terribly hard to know how to cut your own stuff . |
| 2 | This room is fairly clean — as if someone still keeps the place tidy . |
| 3 | If someone deliberately flouts the law in that manner , they only have themselves to blame for the consequences . |
| 4 | So , they 've had to get men in , to board the windows up then if somebody else gets the house , they 've got to get these men to come and take the boards down again , then they glazier has to put the window in . |
| 5 | Ah , but you 're going to be getting some extra police officers by taking them off er , paperwork , er you 're gon na get two thousand three hundred I see in the press , well that as shown , that of course will be twenty three , but if anybody here thinks the Chief Constable 's gon na produce twenty three new police officers through reductions in paperwork and through the other initiatives the Home Secretary has announced , well I do n't believe them , and we shall have to wait and see . |
| 6 | In the third , the press faces financial penalties if anyone successfully sues the paper through the civil courts for defamation of character . |
| 7 | If anyone else uses the mark , or one deceptively similar , in the course of trade without the owner 's permission , that person can be sued for infringement of trade mark . |
| 8 | If anyone else uses the card , their voice does n't match and their request for cash is rejected : |
| 9 | If anyone ever gets the opportunity to stay at the Savoy , then my advice is — take it ! |