Example sentences of "[v-ing] if they [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One opposition leader , Mr Jacek Kuron , rendered the hardest-boiled judgment : ’ This could n't be happening if they did n't want it to happen . |
| 2 | work appropriate repeat patterns five times along each side , then add other corners , checking if they work out correctly . |
| 3 | In other words the sorts of remarks they would be passing if they had not this to talk about . |
| 4 | Tomorrow they 'll try and put up a sign to ask anyone who was passing if they saw the accident , yeah ? |
| 5 | Trembling if they attempt to move . |
| 6 | We can test the usefulness of wide-ranging theories of juvenile delinquency by reading books like The Jack-Roller and seeing if they bear any resemblance to the theory . |
| 7 | on and that way you can find out who the candidates are , and once we know who the candidates are we can start going out and seeing if they have public meetings or whatever . |
| 8 | With his head turned his face was close to hers and he would stare right at her , maybe thinking nobody could see him in the dimness , or maybe not caring if they did . |
| 9 | Bill Mumford says of course they will make it … they would not be going if they did not think they could do it … they have been well prepared … |
| 10 | They 're lying if they say they do n't . |
| 11 | When he repeated the text ( which he did frequently ) , ‘ And in the morning ’ would boom suddenly and dozy members of the congregation twitched , wondering if they had missed something . |
| 12 | He crossed the river by the stepping stones , wondering if they had yet searched the mine ruins . |
| 13 | But I wonder if I wonder if Chris and Andy , cos Chris and Andy 's half brother is Steven who 's Debbie 's husband , I 'm wondering if they knew that they had different fathers . |
| 14 | You often see people looking at you and you know that they 're wondering if they know you . |
| 15 | I never have it 's mine actually I told them they have to be very careful , I 'm wondering if they put the right size in , excuse me can you go right out the way |
| 16 | I asked , wondering if they 'd been angry on behalf of Ban Bhāi because Chola and the other women had n't waited for his permission , or because they 'd cheated , sneaking out first and grabbing all the pine-needles at the edge of the forest without having to climb at all . |
| 17 | He was wondering if they 'd found it . |
| 18 | The Dysons did n't have to exhaust themselves wondering if they loved each other , and what they should do about it if they did n't . |
| 19 | People do n't mind waiting if they know |
| 20 | THE auction of LFA sheep quota by Lawrie & Symington at Lanark last week has confirmed most expectations of market prices but Ministry of Agriculture specialists have given warning that farmers are gambling if they trade before the transfer rules are confirmed some time next month . |
| 21 | He says the enormous sums spent on advertising by political parties — in particular the Conservatives — have more to do with boosting party workers ' morale and with the fact that it would be deeply embarrassing and demoralising if they lost the election but still ended up with cash in the kitty . |
| 22 | The prisoners can each be sure of benefiting if they have a previously agreed pact never to confess , whatever the circumstances . |
| 23 | So you not it it 's do you say , you 're not actually against , you do n't mind er you you would n't mind them doing what they 're doing if they did it away from here . |
| 24 | And the people doing it in these garages erm , you know like respraying and doing all the welding and everything , really he said some of the things they were doing if they did it legally they 'd make a good go of it |
| 25 | Scientists , he said , must explain to the public what they are doing if they want to receive continued support . |
| 26 | Then , more naturally , I smiled again , thanked them , admired the present — asking if they had made the toffee themselves — and wished them , too , a very happy Christmas . |
| 27 | We circulated a letter to various individuals in the field asking if they had any unpublished records we might need . |
| 28 | They are put forward by the schools through the local authorities , except that of course there are a large number of independent schools in East and West Sussex , and these schools have I wrote to these ones asking if they had any children that they wanted to nominate . |
| 29 | They probably talked to him already , they 'd have talked to everybody in that block , just asking if they saw or heard anything . |
| 30 | Then its always worth calling the away club direct and asking if they sell visitors tickets . |