Example sentences of "but if [pron] have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh , I will agree that the electronic is very versatile , but if one has to justify a punchcard model , then the electronic would need even more justification . |
| 2 | But if what had followed was also the work of a brother , then the murderer might be present here . |
| 3 | I think he had a little corner in his heart for me but if we had got together and he had gone off with someone else I could n't have stood the hurt and humiliation . |
| 4 | Naive teenagers we may have been , but if we had found it we would have been heroes . |
| 5 | Still more mystified , Connor replied , ‘ Since you 're feeling generous , I 'll take a half-pint of our best bitter … but if we 've met before , I have to admit I do n't remember the occasion . ’ |
| 6 | Not , we wan na increase sales because everybody wants to do that , but if we 've got ta increase sales , by what ? |
| 7 | But if we 've had a really serious news bulletin that just makes me feel more jolly . |
| 8 | But , but if we 've used up her allowances er i you know it i if you want to keep it separate , if it 's simpler separate that 's okay |
| 9 | We have written to everyone in the ES who reads braille to offer this service but if we have missed anyone , our apologies . |
| 10 | But if we have to do that . |
| 11 | But if we have to make an explicit assumption that living creatures , or men , do actually exist in order to make an inferential paraphrase work , then a reductivist analysis fails to achieve its purpose and we are back exactly where we began . |
| 12 | Some of our friends have no speech , but if we have thought about the symbol , we will be able to speak on behalf of our friends . |
| 13 | Hand-reared birds can be put back in the nest once they can feed themselves , but if they 've become imprinted on a human , they may not respond properly to the other birds and the parents may reject them . |
| 14 | You know often they do n't stay through the whole meeting but if they 've got specific points to bring up you know th you know it 's flexible really you know sort of depending on what 's going on really . |
| 15 | Okay it 's not going through Hertfordshire but if they 've got half a billion to spend , I am sure it would be better spent , public transport is only one way . |
| 16 | But if they 've got their software hardware well it 's the hardware as well . |
| 17 | But if they 've got this nice little folder with the warranty on it , they think it 's covered , do n't they , by the warranty . |
| 18 | And there was a lot of luck in life : some people would go to jail for badger-baiting ; but if they 'd baited just the foxes they 'd like as not be having sherry the next day with the Master of the Foxhounds . |
| 19 | No but if they 'd gone straight for |
| 20 | They were afraid to ta but if they 'd had that if they 'd told me to provide an extra coach for the Manchester as I was suggesting , Dougie would have come out and taken strips off them for You see . |
| 21 | If they have an arrow in the gold they are paid two shillings ( no decimalisation here ) , if they have a hit in the red , blue or black they receive one shilling , but if they have hit the outer white the bowman has to pay one shilling into the pool . |
| 22 | But if they have produced nothing by then to diminish the present perception of the fudgeability of accounts , they are hardly likely to survive that long . |
| 23 | Erm but if somebody has had a gap for whatever reason , it is often the only method of actually covering it if you want to do something that involves the teachers ' superannuation scheme . |
| 24 | ‘ Benny may be a bit of a dipstick , but if something 's happened to her- ’ |
| 25 | But if someone had had an accident and could not work , his shaikh consulted other elderly men before making a levy , or before drawing on the lineage bank account . |
| 26 | But if I had to decide I would say my favourite would be ( favourite country ) would be Canada because I have lived there the longest out of all places and so I know it better than any other country . |
| 27 | I felt so sad but if I had gone there and seen her , how would I have felt ? |
| 28 | But if I had said this to you three months ago would you have thought it worth the extra outlay ? |
| 29 | But if I had called out you would then have heard me across the stones . |
| 30 | But if I had to choose a hunter for work in a particular type of country I should have a pretty good idea which would be the best animal to pick , though I might not be able to tell you how I went about it . ’ |