Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] if [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the barriers drop , so if you try and go through when the lights are flashing or if you try and go round the barriers the chances are the train 's getting nearer and nearer and could hit you . |
| 2 | But he gets very angry if they come up to him in a restaurant when he is eating or if he is busy talking to someone else , ’ says Marci . |
| 3 | Would it not be a good idea if the airlines , when checking in passengers in those countries from which large quantities of drugs come to this country , were to hand each passenger a paper in his or her own language clearly explaining that if they bring drugs into the United Kingdom they are likely to be caught and , if they are caught , they are likely to go away for a very long time indeed ? |
| 4 | I finish Moderator affirming that if we are in communion with Jesus Christ we are necessarily in communion with one other . |
| 5 | ‘ We 've got to be up there challenging and if we 're not , then people will have a go at us . |
| 6 | Or one other word which is to say that sponsorship is enabling because if you go into a partnership like A B S A it enables you to get the gov similar government funding . |
| 7 | See , she 's sneaking that if you |
| 8 | For as well as suggesting that if we were to give up the view that most actions are autonomous we should have to give up a great deal else as well , it asserts that this transformation of our attitudes is actually beyond us . |
| 9 | This evening I have attempted a contribution to the work by taking the Plowden propositions and suggesting that if they are true in theory they demand recognition in practice . |
| 10 | In the same series of correspondence , General Smith wrote to General Ritchie suggesting that if he had an operation in mind he should consider using the Free French troop as there was a danger of them becoming stale after their period of intensive training . |
| 11 | Oh , I 'm not suggesting that these groups , if they come together and mix will cause problems , I 'm suggesting that if there is only one kind of person that 's attracted to a particular site and that type of person happens to be socially irresponsible , then then you 're it 's a recipe for disaster , is n't it ? |
| 12 | ( I am not , however , suggesting that if you exercise it will be possible to live on a diet of eggs , butter and cream — moderation in all things ! ) |
| 13 | May I help you by suggesting that if you could persuade the Prime Minister to fix the election date now there would be no need for this pre-election period — if the Prime Minister would stop shilly-shallying because he is afraid of going to the country . |
| 14 | Rune 's tone was bland , his expression suggesting that if it had n't been impolite he would have challenged her rash assertion . |
| 15 | ‘ I see , ’ said Scarlet , seeing that if there were no heroes , there was no one for anyone to emulate . |
| 16 | It seems to me that the judgment must be read as a whole , and that paragraphs 19 to 20 , dealing with question 2(b) are completely inconsistent with Mr. Beazley 's construction , seeing that if he were right article 5(3) would become a ‘ catch-all ’ provision , and liability not based on tort , delict or quasi-delict would fall within it , notwithstanding the explicit statement to the contrary in the last two lines of paragraph 19 . |
| 17 | Finally accepting that if they do n't hang together in the face of the threat from Microsoft Corp , their Unix efforts will hang separately , IBM Corp , Hewlett-Packard Co , Sun Microsystems Inc , Unix System Laboratories Inc and its Univel Inc unit , and Santa Cruz Operation Inc lined up at the UniForum trade show in San Francisco yesterday to announce a common desktop strategy for Unix vendors — but over time , the effort will extend beyond the desktop to embrace common networking , graphics , multimedia , distributed object technology and systems management . |
| 18 | Finally accepting that if they do n't hang together in the face of the threat from Microsoft Corp Windows NT , their Unix efforts will hang separately , Hewlett-Packard Co , IBM Corp , Sun Microsystems Inc , Unix System Laboratories Inc , Univel Inc and Santa Cruz Operation Inc lined up at last week 's UniForum trade show in San Francisco to announce a common desktop strategy for Unix workstation vendors ( UX No 427 ) . |
| 19 | Touring with them against the top countries , ‘ not hiding , getting thrashed from time to time , but facing the top teams , learning all the time , and accepting that if we 're going to stay as a competitive group we 've got to be as far ahead of the others as possible ’ . |
| 20 | He had better start by accepting that if he does the right things , they will not be popular ones . |
| 21 | Emily went pink , reflecting that if she 'd had charge of this youth in his formative years , things might have been different . |
| 22 | She glanced round superstitiously , reflecting that if anyone called her Stan she would determine to get her own back on him . |
| 23 | They were the sort of things too which the parent generation owned , those old people that Adam , until Rufus laughed at him , had inadvertently called the grown-ups : sheets and blankets and knives and forks and pots and pans and more complicated appurtenances of living that if one ever thought about at all one supposed one would have to get together for oneself eventually . |
| 24 | ) In April 1190 Mozart was hoping for another court appointment under the new emperor , Leopold II , and he implored Puchberg to keep his financial disarray a secret , believing that if it were publicly known it would damage his chances of success . |
| 25 | What do we already do well that the National Curriculum planners have neglected — remembering that if we think we do something well we need to be able to look closely , give reasons , describe in detail . |
| 26 | Though he declined to say who he thought would win tomorrow , one gets the impression that he will be in Scotland 's corner , remembering that if they do win they will head for Twickenham and possible Triple Crown glory . |
| 27 | Hardly a week passed without Rabbi Schonfeld or his chief lieutenant and propagandist , Harry Goodman , mounting an attack against the RCM for dereliction of duty , implying that if they held the reins the race would be as good as won . |
| 28 | The second interpretation can be arrived at by reading the provision in two parts : ( 1 ) judges ' commissions are to be made for as long as they behave themselves , implying that if they misbehave they may be dismissed by the Crown ; ( 2 ) they may be removed by the Crown on an Address of both Houses , even though they have not misbehaved themselves . |
| 29 | You 'll start writing that if you 're not careful . |
| 30 | Because you had to have the stern anchor to keep the buckets off the face of what you was dredging cos if you did n't your dredge 'd go ahead too much and er you had big problems there and you would n't be able to dredge . |