Example sentences of "[pers pn] if they [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.

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1 Accepting money or negotiable instruments in good faith does not render the acceptor liable to return them if they turn out to have been obtained illegally .
2 Back in our first Gittel 's day , everybody understood what was expected of them — humans , demons , angels , the lot — and knew what punishments would befall them if they stepped out of line .
3 Slave masters strode through the crowds of men and women whipping them if they slowed down or showed any interest in the travellers .
4 I think any student going through higher education is getting something from it if they come in as some measure sceptical , in some measure critical , that they 're not prepared to take things at face value .
5 ‘ I 'm a peaceable man but I 'll murder 'em if they come up here with their bulldozers . ’
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