Example sentences of "and [adv] if they [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | Murderers , bank robbers , gangsters , swindlers , dope pedlars , arms traffickers , terrorists , kidnappers ; ‘ bent ’ bankers , accountants , lawyers , politicians and policemen ; dead , alive , in gaol or simply missing — if they had appeared in print , and often if they had not , he had them filed . |
2 | And even if they had n't told me , I would have known . |
3 | There was still much danger : the palace was heavily guarded , and even if they got away King Minos had many warships which could chase and sink them . |
4 | The writer may well have assumed that most book buyers already know of the existence of a writer called Ernest Hemingway , and even if they did not before they picked up the book , they would already have seen his name on the cover before turning to read this biographical sketch inside . |
5 | Ian is determined not to let her go , and even if they do n't get married they 'll almost certainly become lovers , which will make things extremely awkward . ’ |
6 | However Greene King could relaunch their bid in the near future … and even if they do n't … they 'll still be holding a forty-three per cent stake in the company |
7 | And then I tell you what , and even if they do n't do it , I let them fucking stay there ! |
8 | And even if they do not , will people believe that they have not done so ? |
9 | And then if they come along and change anything we hit , we hit them for the , the extras . |
10 | They 'd hire them for a couple of months and then if they worked out they 'd keep them on , paying them a pittance , and if they did n't , they 'd say ‘ sorry ’ and the guy would go away . |
11 | So out you go You know people initially work using networks , and then if they do n't have somebody that corresponds to something which they 've got to do then they perhaps will phone the university or the poly and say , ‘ Have you got anyone that knows anything about jam fritters or whatever it is , we want to do a piece because it 's current , ’ and somebody 's unearthed in that particular way . |
12 | and they 're , cos they 're slightly cheaper and then if they have n't got any next week then she 'll go back up to Ruxley and get them there instead . |
13 | And and I I would think I 'm just thinking of freebies that just giving them something , and yet if they 've actually watched something being made and then |