Example sentences of "if you [adv] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | using last year 's bills as a guide if you still have a record of them ( try looking at old cheque book stubs ) , or trusting to memory , estimate how much you think you will have to pay in the coming year . |
| 32 | That you can not be alcoholic if you still have a family , a house , a car , a job and money in the bank . |
| 33 | If you really want a market economy to work , then you pay workers decent rates of pay for their labours . |
| 34 | ‘ If you really want a cigarette very badly I think on the whole I should prefer you to have one , ’ Ivy told him . |
| 35 | Before you buy , ask if you really need a product , and if you do , choose one which will do least harm to the environment . |
| 36 | ‘ But what 's the point of going up to Luxor if you never get a chance to see anything ? ’ asked Nanette . |
| 37 | Just as it is possible to enjoy taking part in a favourite sport without either joining a dub or belonging to a team , so it is possible to be a spiritual person even if you never enter a church , synagogue , mosque or any other place of religious worship . |
| 38 | If you quite enjoy a writer 's work , if you turn the page approvingly yet do n't mind being interrupted , then you tend to like that author unthinkingly . |
| 39 | If you truly Lend a Hand now you will all help to save the pilot and the plane . |
| 40 | If you ever close a deal with the devil , and he wants to take something from you in return — do n't let him take your mirror . |
| 41 | It 's very easy , we all use jargon , we use jargon in the newsroom , if you ever heard a conversation at Radio Cambridgeshire you would n't understand a word of it . |
| 42 | If you ever become a parent you 'll discover that the agonies and humiliation you put Jean through were not hers alone . |
| 43 | ‘ Let me tell yow if you ever lay a finger on her yerself , I 'll 'ave the authorities on yer , ’ Mrs Smith was not to be bested . |
| 44 | If you make a mistake with Word , right , then you can always undo it , right , if you ever make a mistake do n't panic cos you can always undo it but you only get the one chance if you go on working then you ca n't undo it . |
| 45 | And if you ever have a query , you can call us at any time , 24 hours a day , 7 days a week . |
| 46 | If you ever read a porno mag they 're fucking |
| 47 | if you ever want a bag you know |
| 48 | It 's worth remembering , Bob , if you ever buy a car . ’ |
| 49 | fold bandage and if you want , pack it away like that , you bring the end in the centre , there , so and again the ends in to the centre , just so that they meet like this , like this the centre , just so that they meet there , again , start like this , ends just to meet in the centre do n't overlap them too much and again bend into the centre and you 've got a nice little pad , if you ever need a pad for plonking on a wound quickly , there you 've got a pad , or putting against an ear or anything you want it for and you open it up quickly and you 've got a bandage , two of those and you 've got a |
| 50 | If you walked round the bishop 's wood shortly before you left Cuddesdon , you were likely to become aware of an elfin prelate hunting you through the shrubbery like a gaitered satyr ; and when he caught up with you he would say breathlessly , ‘ If you ever need a bed … ( panting ) … do n't forget I have fifteen spare bedrooms ’ . |
| 51 | Remember that , if you ever need a place to stay , we 'll be there , waiting . " |
| 52 | ‘ Well , ’ she said lightly , ‘ if you ever need a partner in battling crime again , you know where to find me . |
| 53 | One point , just to add to what Liz is saying , and I support everything she 's said , one further point is that accuracy is terribly important because if you actually have a mistake in the press release , and the editors publish it or it 's broadcast and a whole lot of listeners or readers write in and complain , they 'll find it very hard to forgive you because they get themselves in a terrible problem , so do be sure you 're giving them accurate information all the time . |
| 54 | The , you reminded us of er another aspect of dreams , that , that , that one notices if you actually do a bit of dream interpretation yourself , is what called , what Freud called day 's residues . |
| 55 | Now produced in Area sheets to save paper ; if you actually need a list for the whole country ask . |
| 56 | If you accidentally caused a fire with your blowlamp , you would be covered by the fire section . |