Example sentences of "if you [verb] they [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 If they have to stay in the trench long enough for new roots to develop , they are not so likely to be damaged if you lift them from loose , friable soil .
2 You 're lucky if you survive them at all . ’
3 People wo n't do anything they 're told if you get them like this , secret police and a few other little dodgers .
4 If you put them under enough pressure , if you run at them , they will crack , but I ca n't be too bolshie about it . ’
5 If you put them to shallow they come up
6 Perfectly normal , kind , well-intentioned people will behave oddly , becoming upset , withdrawn or even vicious , if you put them in certain kinds of unusual situations .
7 So you could try it like this if we had twenty four we could see what happens if you make them into twos ?
8 What happened if you make them into threes ?
9 See which one you like the best or if you like them at all .
10 You are invited to contact them via the Reader Service Card , and if you contact them by other means it would be greatly appreciated if you would mention that you read them in CHEMISTRY IN BRITAIN .
11 because if you force them at all , it does n't work .
12 Joseph Russell ( right ) of Teleconomy demonstrates with Karen Gilmore of Estates ( seated ) how to divert your calls if you need them in another office and how to transfer calls across AEA .
13 Yes , I mean we 're not in the position to do what some of the , certainly I know some of the banks do , which is to guarantee a job after five years , let people have five years , you know , the maternity leave plus a guaranteed job at the end of another four when the kids start school , on the proviso that you can call them in if you need them within that period , for a bit of extra help .
14 Grazing and benthic feeding carnivores will take live foods from the aquarium bottom and many are partial to freshly-broken clean live shellfish in their shells , if you anchor them to one spot .
15 They 'll just drop down if you leave 'em like that , wo n't they ? ’
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