Example sentences of "if you [verb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Ye get bombed in this country if ye show a light .
2 If you act a part properly you do n't act it at all ; you are it , and you make it — you .
3 With most birds , unless they 're very stubborn , if you increase the distance between perch and glove , little by little , they will readily fly the extra distance .
4 Surely if you increase the fee from £200 to £600 you may severely suffer from overkill , as I have recently witnessed in my voluntary work for another organisation .
5 If you increase the amount of reward the rats run faster than rats that have always received the large reward and if you decrease it the reverse happens ; the rats run more slowly than those that have always had the small reward .
6 So if you increase the amount of oxygen present , what happens then ?
7 And again you see if you increase the load , can you take up both , back pick them up again .
8 If you situate the cable tidy as close to your tank as possible , you can cut the wires on your equipment fairly short , to get rid of all those unsightly trailing cables .
9 I think it would be much better if you wrote a letter in the first instance .
10 Good God , if you marry a parson , you marry all that goes with it !
11 If you marry a woman with a stain on her name , even though it 's not her fault , it might spoil your chances of success in life .
12 And if you 're playing a tape back which was recorded off air what happens if you push the text button ?
13 If you push the lever down and leave it there the flaps will reach their maximum angle and the selector will automatically jump back into neutral so that the hydraulic circuit can idle .
14 If you repaid the advance , I 'm sure they 'd let you off the hook . ’
15 ( If you doubt the maths do remember that slides have to be processed at around £3.00 per roll and then mounted at around 20p per slide . )
16 Basically , you get three points if you win a game , one point if you get a draw , no points if you lose .
17 As soon as we receive your Grand Prize Certificate of Eligibility , we 'll enter your numbers in the Draw , and we 'll let you know promptly if you win a prize .
18 Claims of up to £1,000 can be made in the small claims court , but in larger , more unusual cases you 'll probably need a solicitor whose fees will be paid by the hairdresser if you win the case .
19 Who goes first if you win the toss ?
20 You do n't get a cup if you win the league in first division do you ?
21 In addition to the above methods of Review/ Recall it will be found both enjoyable and informative if you cultivate the habit of discussing reading with friends and teachers .
22 Yes , but Trading Standards are part of Public Protection , and if you lump the whole of Public Protection , you do n't get five percent do you ?
23 If you shake a beaker full of dry sand , the particles will settle and the material will become denser .
24 If you shake the box , the pieces will take up another arrangement .
25 The the ruling is , that if you catch a child you take her and keep her in the office and send for the parents .
26 Later , if you catch a spider of a different kind , you may find that its web-building habits are quite different .
27 But you are brought closer to the real nature of Appenzell and its people if you catch a train on the narrow gauge railway from St Gallen .
28 If you catch a guest doing this , do not invite him any more , unless it be to allow him to apologise .
29 For example , if you are catching the ball in front of the body , then you have the freedom to throw the ball in any direction but if you catch the ball behind the body , you still have to come back to the position to the front of the body and to do this takes more time .
30 Is , if you catch the joke ,
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