Example sentences of "[adv] if [pron] [vb base] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps if we succeed it will be published by SquattervilIe Publishers later this year . |
| 2 | ‘ Perhaps if we give her a little more time ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Perhaps if you tell me just where you stand ? ’ she suggested shortly . |
| 4 | Perhaps if you remember them you will forget your maladies . ’ |
| 5 | Erm ha having gone through that you moved on er and gave out your business card fi first and then the buyer 's guide erm do n't know whether you 're happy doing it that way or whether it 's better round the other way , I I , you , you tend to think if you give somebody the buyer 's guide first when they start to look at it you give them your business card and take it away , perhaps if you do it the other way round they might s start reading the buyer 's guide |
| 6 | Some tinies will find the pace busy , and will enjoy their evenings better if you pick them up early one or two days a week . |
| 7 | There is a marked reluctance to arguing why people should be accorded such rights — " It just is so and things work better if you accept it — racism for example causes instability and prejudice and violence , so it must go " . |
| 8 | I think it better if you leave us now . ’ |
| 9 | But , says Libby Purves , children do n't like to be pushed and their skills will grow naturally if you give them gentle encouragement and lots of opportunities |
| 10 | It appears the Ministry men can have their cake and eat it … but only if we let them . |
| 11 | ‘ Only if we let it be . ’ |
| 12 | Only if we put them into their context in the larger narrative , can we see what is going on and feel their full force . |
| 13 | The problem here seems to be this : am I saying that a child is responsible if and only if we declare her to be so , given that she knows what she is doing ? |
| 14 | What is important is the discovery that saying these things can actually make us feel better , but only if we say them with sincerity . |
| 15 | Only if you make me an isosceles triangle , first . |
| 16 | Now hear this : I will take provisions only if you take me to Elaine and provide both of us with the things I ask for . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Only if you let me make it . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Only if you let me in , ’ he slurred . |
| 19 | But only if you let me pay , dear . ’ |
| 20 | The fear of death can stunt your life — but only if you let it . |
| 21 | It 's only if you let it take over your life that it 's wrong . ’ |
| 22 | But only if you tell me everything . ’ |
| 23 | We can accept your booking only if you tell us about your condition , and your doctor does not advise against the activity . |
| 24 | Your reading will be useful only if you remember it and can do something with it . |
| 25 | Only if you think he 's making a mistake should you say a word — then you have to have the courage of your convictions . |
| 26 | You then consult that on the screen and print it out only if you think you are going to want to look up the same word again . |
| 27 | There have been dozens , perhaps hundreds of novels , however , written about the great mysteries of crime from the Constance Kent case of the 1860s to the Wallace trial ( The Was-there-a-Mr-Qualtrough case ) of 1931 to the mystery of who killed the Princes in the Tower , a subject to choose only if you think you can beat the redoubtable Josephine Tey at her own game in her classic The Daughter of Time . |
| 28 | I want to stay here and live with Miss Honey and she says that I can but only if you give me permission ! |
| 29 | Only if you give me my money first , my allowance . |
| 30 | The second man comes , he says the same thing and his brother 's waiting at the gate and she goes only if you fuck me ! |