Example sentences of "but if [pron] [vb -s] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Naturally , one desires to suppress the personal element so far as possible , but if one has an opinion to express there is nothing to offend anybody in a straightforward ‘ in my opinion . ’ |
| 2 | Yeah I , I er thought about self defence but I keep thinking about things like that 's fine but if someone has a knife or a gun , the one might of self defence that I have been trained on or taught in can possibly help and I ca n't really see it as being very very helpful because |
| 3 | But if there comes a time when I do , I 'll have you then . |
| 4 | But if she loses a planning appeal in December she could be forced to give up her dogs — or at least to stop breeding any more . |
| 5 | The name of the client he was visiting is n't given , but if he employs a language tutor he must be reasonably well-to-do . |
| 6 | But if he becomes a nuisance , William , ’ he added , ‘ you bang on the floor and I 'll pick him up . ’ |
| 7 | These are moments of some tension , but if he has a team looking for the same thing , they are at least not lonely moments . |
| 8 | But if it decides a question remitted to it for decision without committing any of these errors it is as much entitled to decide that question wrongly as it is to decide it rightly . |
| 9 | I certainly do n't want to have to do that , but if it becomes a problem I will : I 'm not going to put to the continuation of the list here in jeopardy ( or for that matter my good name , such as it is ! ) |
| 10 | It 's ready to put a match into but if it gets a bit colder now today night I 'll put a match in there see . |
| 11 | But if it means a return to the importance of family life in people 's reckoning , a respect for authority , and an appreciation of what is beautiful and god , surely we would all welcome a return to the old values . |