Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] if he [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It crossed my mind that if he had changed his opinions it might be partly because the squalor and expense of the flat — made worse by my bad housekeeping — had begun to get him down . |
| 2 | Well , it wo n't be this year for the competition is intense but there 's no doubt in my mind that if he sticks at it young Coates will eventually get to the top . |
| 3 | Will the Minister bear it in mind that if he wants to get rid of toxic waste in Northern Ireland , he had better not employ the services of the Minister of Agriculture , Fisheries and Food ? |
| 4 | Some of that has to be insecurity and often I have thought that what makes Jackie run is the fear that if he stops running the world will all fall apart about him . |
| 5 | He did n't tell anyone about her visits ; he had a kind of superstitious fear that if he spoke of her , she 'd vanish like the fairy folk . |
| 6 | So , too , if a man teaches his parrot to slander anyone , that is neither more nor less the ordinary tort of defamation than if he prefers to say it with his own tongue rather than with the parrot 's . |
| 7 | Among Mr Clarke 's supporters , there was a recognition that if he did not improve his current standing then he would lose their votes in the shadow cabinet elections . |
| 8 | If he asked him to pass the screwdriver he passed the hammer and if he asked for the hammer , he passed the nearest broomhandle , which was usually in another room altogether . |
| 9 | Sheringham destroyed Leeds last year in our 4–0 defeat and if he plays , I would regard a 2–2 draw as improvement enough to celebrate . |
| 10 | It is placed in your child 's seat and if he moves off it , the pressure-sensitive cushion sounds the alarm . |
| 11 | your granddad and if he says he 's going . |
| 12 | No I wo n't Niki because he 's in the car and if he wakes up and he 's going to be so unhappy . |
| 13 | I hope he 'll change his mind but if he does n't , I 'll play bass . |
| 14 | In the late afternoon the Committee pulled its favourite form of persuasion : it went into secret session , with a direction that if he did n't sing in secret he could expect to be jailed for contempt of Congress ( i.e. the committee ) . |
| 15 | But she knew that in the last resort that if he did win that I would do it but he 's he 's paid off now . |
| 16 | If the manager can dress up the equipment as a way to increase efficiency , then he is far more likely to win his case than if he presents the hardware as a means of winning a political battle . |
| 17 | Why ca nt they realise for a second that if he had been playing , maybe they would have won all 6 matches and pissed on all of the sides ? |
| 18 | ‘ Ken was such a brilliant bloke that if he had an idea of how to deliver a line , he 'd try to find a way to block it . |
| 19 | Solicitors for the feudal superiors — the Scottish Episcopal Church — have warned the man behind the plan that if he proceeds with his plan , the church has the power to repossess the building . |
| 20 | He told Aenarion that if he sought such corrupt power he would bring eons of tragedy to the Elves , that he and his line would be accursed to the last generation , that the gods would turn their faces from him and that Aenarion himself would surely die . |
| 21 | Instead he told the judge that if he let his son go free , he would see to it that his got into no more trouble . |
| 22 | He heard himself telling a girl that if he had n't made it in the music business by his twentieth birthday , he would kill himself . |
| 23 | I tried to impress upon the child that if he had landed in England before he met me , he would not have spoken English and people there might have regarded him as ridiculous . |
| 24 | So it will matter then to the child that if he types in four times two plus one , it 's got to be the right version of that sum . |
| 25 | ‘ He 's a nasty piece of work and if he comes back you treat him just the same as this afternoon . |
| 26 | The coach did not in fact crash and if he had remained on it he would have suffered no harm . |
| 27 | I am most suspicious of Chris Lewis , who is still a dreadfully inconsistent performer and if he fails at Lord 's , I would bring in another all-rounder . |
| 28 | He had his mandate , he was truly his own boss and if he wanted to sleep , he would . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Unless the contract is frustrated , the seller will still have to carry out the contract and if he delivers goods which do not comply with it , he will be in breach of contract . |