Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] if the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 'd like me to retire if the truth was told , but what I say is , why retire when you do n't want to ? ’ |
| 2 | Er , let me apologize if the motion appears a little vague . |
| 3 | Promise me that you 'll let me know if the pain returns . |
| 4 | I asked if the volume of calls which Childline gets indicates that today 's young people can not talk to their parents . |
| 5 | You know , but I mean if the church can not find contributions it really ca n't ! |
| 6 | I mean if the evaluation suggests that something or other needs changing , then you want people to be already so interested in the evaluation and perhaps looking for useful things to come out of it , that they are already half committed to the changes . |
| 7 | Coming in at all , so that 's , that is n't easy , but it , eh were it works it 's really good I mean for example we , we d o up the Poll Tax enforcement policy , erm and again it was where the Cou I mean if the Council had followed the legislation on Poll Tax collection , it 's you know , erm and it did n't want to do that , and so again well , it 's , well it 's related to this legislation bit , but we looked at , we looked at how we could get round that legal procedure and we looked at developing a more sensitive policy and we had to do that with other departments . |
| 8 | and therefore you can have a situation where , I mean if the Queen is there for another twenty years say , say the situation in twenty years time where you have king on throne and a queen who have not lived together for thirty years or whatever years and you know still playing out this |
| 9 | Now the advice a few years er be from the s solicitor was not in quite the the th precisely these words but if somebody was leaving , I mean if the wife was leaving the husband , the instructions were basically Love , get your furniture out , hide it somewhere , and argue about who owns what afterwards . |
| 10 | I mean if the government is er taxing and pr channelled that money properly then it should be able to do the job of private investors |
| 11 | So I mean if the man was going to take it on himself I mean er he used the French letter then when that clinic started up as I would say , the women would go there you see stop that lark because they did n't even they did n't even let , er take very kindly to the French letters some of them did n't you know , the men . |
| 12 | Yes I see erm er well I suppose the question is erm well I mean if the aim is to earn money basically in this year out then d do you have any skills which are in high demand and people will pay for ? |
| 13 | Yeah but the point is I mean if the barman 's busy in the pub on a night time and it 's dark he do n't know whose outside |
| 14 | I mean if the room was full a projector and slide show and everything and then usually everybody falls to sleep |
| 15 | Well that depends on the club that he goes to , I mean if the club can afford to buy him erm I always think it 's better on the long term policy , that a rider actually rides for a club is owned by that club . |
| 16 | Well I do it probably was actually but it was the switch that had gone , maybe lightning had hopped across the switch , yeah , but erm , that 's all it was it was the switch , but er , I mean the thing is it went wrong and they had to pay for it , okay it 's only a tenner to have it done , but it , if a C D player , I mean if the carriage goes , you know , sixty , seventy quid , you know I 'm buying these electrical things , it 's , because it 's a burg lock , I can buy them , get them a warranty with it an'all , then it 's took the burden off them . |
| 17 | I mean as I say if the queen came I would talk how I |
| 18 | If demand is higher than expected , can I object if the manufacturer asks another producer also to make the same product ? |
| 19 | Q What do I do if the phone develops a fault ? |
| 20 | May I suggest if the thing is worn out it will help us to jump the last hurdle . |
| 21 | I suppose if the doctor had got his diagnosis right , then I would have had to go to hospital but it was to be another ten years before I was sent to such a place . |
| 22 | I suppose if the truth was known , I was narked at being pushed around . |
| 23 | ‘ It 's almost always cannabis ’ , I was told , ‘ and I suppose if the Governor really wanted it stopped , he could — or near enough . |
| 24 | When I ask if the firm can afford it , he says it can , ‘ because of the size of the company ’ , since it is part of a larger group . |
| 25 | If Samoa , Mount Silisili and yesterday were indeed somewhere out there , I would have to take their presence on trust : I doubt if the visibility was more than five miles , and less as the squalls rolled in and drenched me in my eyrie . |
| 26 | Frankly , sir , I doubt if the occasion will arise . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I doubt if the prince of Wales would agree with you , sir , ’ Morton chaffed him . |
| 28 | The constable might not have minded the instant promotion but I doubt if the commissioner would have been too happy had I relegated him to the ranks ! ) |
| 29 | But I doubt if the Mafia is involved . |
| 30 | Yet it was late and when the hands of the grandfather clock in the kitchen pointed to eleven-thirty he cleared his throat unnecessarily noisily and said , ‘ I doubt if the weather 's going to clear up enough tonight for your dad to even try to get here . |