Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] if [pron] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact we have n't got you down for a paper at all in this class yet I do n't think so if you 'd like to do one for us you can see me about it afterwards . |
| 2 | A motorcyclist who served six weeks in jail for killing a policeman will know tomorrow if he 'll have to go back to prison . |
| 3 | We do n't know yet if she will have to come home . |
| 4 | I will take on the caring but I must have a break every six months , ’ or ‘ I can only do so if I can be sure that the incontinence service will be reliable . ’ |
| 5 | In the area of competition and canvassing there are three general headings under which the courts will examine the existence of reasonableness of a restraint : 4.1 Restricted activities If the employer seeks by contractual restraint to restrict the activities of a former employee by proscribing the types of business in which the employee may become engaged once employment is over then he can only do so if he can establish a close connection betwee the restriction and the work done by the employee prior to leaving . |
| 6 | Using Egan 's approach to problem management described above , Sally 's case may be used to demonstrate that she will benefit more if she can be helped to focus on what are , in her opinion , the most pressing problems . |
| 7 | In the Yeats memorial lecture in Dublin , for example , he talked about the theatre as a medium for " the expression of the consciousness of a people " and two years later he castigated the failure of most poetic drama to evoke the rhythms of " colloquial speech " ; he returned to this theme a year later when , in a preface to S. L. Bethell 's Shakespeare and the Popular Dramatic Tradition , he described the language of poetic drama as the language which people " would speak today if they could speak in poetry " . |
| 8 | I can , and I can feel immediately if it will click with someone or not , you know if , if I 'd like someone or not . |
| 9 | AT&T says it has plans to expand the service to nine European countries in 1994 and plans to invest $350m over five years to deliver the services but may spend less if it can form ventures . |
| 10 | I 'd run away if I could , but I 've no money of my own ; they do n't even give me an allowance , but pay all my bills for me . |
| 11 | scrap through the remains of erm and got the wire wool and got them down and washed them , what I would like today if you would be so kind as to assist when you 've finished your pottery is to re-label these , now some of you er , have already finished pottery and start straight away , those who only have the finishing touches to do , start half way through the lesson or whatever , but I do intend to give a demonstration now , so , could you gather all round |
| 12 | Those who are seriously ill may be ‘ universal reactors ’ ( see p 162 ) and they will only recover fully if they can be protected from the majority of synthetic chemicals . |
| 13 | That will not happen soon if he can help it . |
| 14 | Like this Boston store , warehouse clubs are open to members only and though they 're pitched at businesses , individuals can join too if they can show they 've a steady income and pay their thirty dollar subscription . |
| 15 | The resurrection , for people who believe it to have taken place , is presumably an objective fact of history ; one which they can not circumvent even if they would . |
| 16 | ‘ I will stay here if I may , ’ she said , looking at Marx as if he were an unpleasant insect . |
| 17 | Okay , so it cost a lot to get him half way across the world , but money does n't mean much if you ca n't use it wisely . ’ |
| 18 | She said , Listen I 'm giving a little bit Peggy because , she said , I could n't go away if I could n't come to you . |
| 19 | Lou Macari signed a three year contract with Celtic this afternoon then told Scotland Today he would walk away if he could n't bring success to the club in that time . |
| 20 | ‘ I would n't have stayed if I had n't felt so ill , and now that I 'm better I 'll go home if you can get me to Paris , Monsieur Lemarchand . ’ |
| 21 | Some of them would suckle forever if they could . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I 'd leave now if I could afford it . |
| 23 | ‘ Surely , Magister , the rogue psykers could shine whitely if they could learn how to shade themselves ? ’ |
| 24 | Cara had grown up in the country too of course , but would n't walk anywhere if she could avoid it . |
| 25 | The money markets are wiping out share values , there 'll be a flight of money if Labour gets in and professional people will leave too if they can see better prospects abroad . |
| 26 | perhaps , yes , most certainly , she would live here if she could afford to do so . … |
| 27 | From almost every other walk of life a way could be found to the city patriciate ; and even the Jew could come there if he would submit to conversion . |
| 28 | Yes Chairer , why do n't we pat ourselves on our , on the back about this it would it be useful i in in the the report , a further report that 's gon na come forward if there could be some indication as to actual format that was adopted when a person goes to one of his welfare panels , cos I 've been to three and there does n't seem to be any consistency whatsoever in the way that things occur or whatever ! |
| 29 | I know you can listen even if you ca n't talk . |