Example sentences of "[conj] if he [verb] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 In other cases the prisoner will know only that it is 20 years or more , although if he asks and if it is no more than 20 years he will , as I understand it , be given that information .
2 It had also occurred to him that if he wrote that report it would be the last thing he ever did in the Army .
3 Well , she felt in a fighting mood , and if he thought that he could make a fool of her in front of his girlfriend then he was in for a big surprise .
4 And if he handles that daunting task , Bassett is ready to offer him a Premier League future .
5 If Ewen does come back , he 'll see the tent , and if he thinks that ‘ Parsons ’ is safely out of the way , then whatever his interest is in the house , he 'll no doubt show it .
6 I have to warn Professor that there 's more than one party can play that game and if he thinks that it is sensible to run the affairs of this council on deliberate obstructionism on the basis that if you go on long enough you can wear people down then I think it 's unfortunate , it 's bad for this council bad for the people we serve , it does frankly nothing for local government and I ca n't blame central government if it loses patience So I recognise at the end of the day that erm Mr has had troubles with some of his erm er newcomers he obviously needs to re-establish some control over his group .
7 I want Martin to be Cullam 's shadow and if he goes and pays cash for that refrigerator we 're really getting somewhere .
8 And if he feels that the French have an unfair advantage in that to them the words " whisky " and " scotch " are good selling points whereas to us they are just rather blunt or evocative in the wrong way then he can invent some totally new name .
9 Occasionally , he would tell my mother something about events at school , and if he realised that one of us had overheard it , he would say , ‘ You 're deaf ! ’
10 Alan Davies has done a very good job in a short space of time and if he remains as coach for three seasons or more Wales will be in with a fighting chance for the future — and certainly in the next World Cup ’ .
11 The point of contact with the fable of disembodied consciousness is that thinking has become Raskolnikov 's work , it has almost become Raskolnikov , and if he did and were nothing but this work we would have the first part of Notes from Underground repeated .
12 And if he decided that he did n't want a divorce ? she asked herself with a small shiver .
13 He has no power to order discovery of documents or the attendance of witnesses or to make any order as to costs ( unless such power is expressly conferred on him by the lease ) ; and if he dies or becomes incapable or unwilling to continue , it is doubtful whether another expert could be appointed under the lease .
14 you , I bet you if your John if if if he said that it 's mostly blacks !
15 Mind you the title was a bit funny because it did n't Almost an Angel but if he died and he went to heaven , then he must have been an angel but came back down , he 's still an angel .
16 But if he thought that he could goad a reaction out of her then he was sorely mistaken .
17 If Brian Wilson wishes to echo the slurs of Ian Lang by referring to those organising the call for a referendum as ‘ headless chickens ’ , that is his choice , but if he thinks that is the best way to protect health , education and jobs from Tory policies , it is he who will be judged harshly .
18 But if he looks as though he may pounce on them , they shoot at him , and if they kill him , they cut him in pieces and roast him and regale themselves , repeating all the while , ‘ It is the Russians who are eating you , not us . ’
19 If A knows in advance that B ca n't come , then he is being deceptive ; but if he knows that B knows that he knows that B ca n't come , then he can not be interpreted as requesting at all ( utterance ( i ) might then be a joke , or if B is in an incapacitated ( say , inebriated ) state , perhaps a gibe ) .
20 For , if he decides that the wooden hut is a building , he is in effect adding an interpretation clause to the statute which gives ‘ building ’ an extended application ; whereas if he decides that the hut is not a building , he adds a clause to the statute which gives it a narrower meaning .
21 The bedroom was insufferably dark , though if he insisted that the drapes be further drawn they would open only on to a dour and leaden sky .
22 Can we have one , for if he looks as though he 's straining ?
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