Example sentences of "[coord] if i [modal v] [not/n't] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And if I wo n't stay ? ’ she managed to croak , the prospect of being imprisoned in this fortress of suspicion with a man like Marc Alexander Vila filling her with horror . |
| 2 | ‘ And if I may not have you permanently , then a little temporary use would satisfy me , I think . ’ |
| 3 | And if I ca n't get in by land , they have no powers to stop me doing so by sea . |
| 4 | And if I ca n't , can I begin to entertain the thought that teaching may not be for me ( as a substantial number of new teachers do ) without feeling guilty or a failure ? |
| 5 | And if I ca n't have happiness , I want pleasure , even if it 's wrong . ’ |
| 6 | She ca n't spend all day monitoring my blood sugar and giving me my thyroid medicine , and if I ca n't paint I shall go mad ! ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I want to keep playing well , and if I ca n't make the team then I want to be in a position to give myself a real chance in America in two years time . ’ |
| 8 | And if I ca n't make her open up , how do you expect the doctor to do so ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Over the last three or four years it has gradually got worse and if I ca n't find a cure I might have to give up distance running , ’ he said . |
| 10 | Well my waterwo , if I start drinking and then I 'll want to go , and if I ca n't go |
| 11 | and if I ca n't get want I want at the Famlingham Textile Centre which is excellent when I next need fabrics I shall come up , I will come up to London and I 'll go to Libertys , but I will have measured first of all to within an inch as to what I want because |
| 12 | ‘ Mr Moreton , Sally is an old friend of mine and if I can not speak to her I would like to leave a message . ’ |
| 13 | And if I can not rid myself of it I will just have to go into the service and begin to root out the cause . |
| 14 | ’ And if I can nae manage I 'll sing myself tae sleep in Central Station till the trains start rinnin' in the mornin' . ’ |
| 15 | And if I could n't make away with myself , how could the malais make away with a whole nation ? |
| 16 | But if I ca n't find them , or anything else happens — I 'll phone home . |
| 17 | I hope I can get plain sewing work enough where I need not spoil my fingers , but if I ca n't , I hope to mae my hands as red as blood pudding and as hard as a beechen trencher to accommodate them to my condition . |
| 18 | But if I 'd not run away , and made good … . |
| 19 | The troubles of the spirit are not always translated into the grosser medium of the flesh , but if I could not make this transfer with Miller then there would be no point in making him ill in the first place . |