Example sentences of "[to-vb] if they [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | None the less there is a need to consider three countervailing social control forces , which appear to have some effect on persons contemplating ‘ conventional ’ crimes , to see if they act as brakes on persons contemplating corporate crime . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , it 'll be interesting to see if they go into conference this afternoon , ’ said Amiss . |
| 3 | I saw one in the box once when she was trying her pearls on to see if they went with one of the dresses . |
| 4 | ESP felt that a third option should be available — to clean and test the pumps , to see if they needed to be repaired or whether they were still usable . |
| 5 | If the buyer , takes delivery and , after having a reasonable opportunity to examine the goods to see if they comply with the contract , he does some act inconsistent with the seller being the owner of them ( e.g. by selling them ) . |
| 6 | They are encouraged to do ‘ worry work ’ , to ask questions about what is going to happen , to weep if they feel like it , to ask for and get reassurance that the future will be all right ; different but all right . |
| 7 | Over a hundred MPs in the House of Commons hold government posts at the present time and even the humblest of them — the parliamentary private secretaries — are almost always forced to resign if they vote against the government or even abstain . |
| 8 | When the landlord 's agents and the militia arrived , the tenants offered the whole of next year 's rent in advance if only Mrs. Pedelty would leave them at peace ; it had taken half an hour to get word to her of this offer and to bring back her refusal Then they asked for compensation for the land they had cleared and she sent back to say if they persisted in the claim she would sue for dilapidation and waste . |