Example sentences of "if [pron] [verb] [adv] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well when I go , I went u I just wo n't have washed my hair on Sundays cos if I go there to get mum , I know damn well my hair 's gon na stink , so I might as well not bother . |
| 2 | Let me see if I 've still got pressure , see if we , see what you think got ta pick her up . |
| 3 | I felt as if I had just given birth . |
| 4 | Earlier I had felt as if I was being torn in two , but now the decision was made , I was floating on a warm tide of physical ease , as if I had just given birth . |
| 5 | ‘ Fuck off and leave you alone ! ’ echoed Quigley , as if I had just taken pi to sixteen decimal places off the top of my head . |
| 6 | Her hair was messed up as if she 'd come straight from bed , and her cheeks despite the coolness of the day were flushed as if she 'd recently made love . |
| 7 | ‘ My steward shall take charge of the matter for you — if you so wish , ’ Elizabeth Mowbray interposed , as if she had already given thought to it . |
| 8 | His wife taught the remaining pupils , three seventeen-year-olds , and , as if she had only postponed death until her duties were done , she died of a heart attack at the end of July , the day after the last girls left . |
| 9 | If you 've just bought suede shoes I suggest you spray them with suede guard to prevent them getting dirty . |
| 10 | If you 've never seen Time Magazine before , the 1991 edition of the Time Almanac will delight and intrigue you . |
| 11 | although I have n't done particulary parasitology I know some of 'em , I 've done bits of 'em , but like if you 've never done biology it must be the same feeling again |
| 12 | Even if you 've never attempted embroidery before you 'll find this tablecloth easy to make . |
| 13 | Always remember that you can use tap water on it , if you 've only used drain water it sill certainly have been a bit short these last two summers . |
| 14 | I mean , er FIMBRA can do its regulatory bit , the same as the police can regulate or the , or the government can regulate , but only within certain er parameters , and if somebody really wants to cheat , then they will cheat anyway and er we 've go we 're in a very sophisticated position where the directors of B C C I were able to move money from one continent to another and it meant er it looked as if you 'd actually got money in three separate areas , but in fact there was only one lot and it was being moved rapidly . |
| 15 | If you have already given thought to your self-assessment and how well your qualifications match the job you will make a better showing on the form than if you have not bothered . |
| 16 | If you have already developed osteoporosis , they may be able to treat it or refer you to a specialist . |
| 17 | If you have already developed osteoporosis , they may be able to treat it or refer you to a specialist . |
| 18 | If you have never skied langlauf before and want to have a go , there are ‘ Try it out weekends ’ in the Swiss resort of Kandersteg — a lovely old village in the Bernese Oberland . |
| 19 | If you have ever undertaken company secretarial functions manually , you will probably appreciate CoAct . |
| 20 | If you hit then resolve damage against the target using the bolt thrower 's full strength of 5 . |
| 21 | If I may anticipate a point which , I know from experience , the hon. Member for Oldham , West ( Mr. Meacher ) may in due course seek to make , those increases mean that , when looked at alongside the extra help that we have made available in the past four years through income-related benefits for the less well-off families with children , which will amount to some £600 million next year , total expenditure on help to families next year will be higher than if we had simply increased child benefit each year since 1987-88 . |
| 22 | Cos if we get there see car . |
| 23 | If we have recently lost sleep ( after a week of trying to sleep in the daytime , for example ) or have been awake for an unusually long time , then the amount of deep sleep is increased but it is still concentrated in the earlier part of sleep . |
| 24 | as if they 'd just discovered immortality to be |
| 25 | I never would have credited that people would talk about these illusions as if they 'd really taken place . ’ |
| 26 | On the other hand , she thought miserably , what if they had already made love , and were now dozing ; before waking to start all over again ? |
| 27 | Only some large religious or political issue would induce people to take the very considerable step involved in emigration if they had any established position to keep them in England — younger sons , the poor , and those with nothing to lose might easily be more ready to travel , if they could get the financial backing needed , or were willing to go as indentured labourers . |
| 28 | Banks made provisions of up to around 70% against total third-world loans , and assumed they would get tax relief as if they had actually lost money . |
| 29 | They use synthetic materials in ways which suggest a genetics of the non-natural world , as if they have already written nature off . |
| 30 | Delaney stood with one foot on the hull of the craft that looked as if it owed more to space technology than to marine engineering . |