Example sentences of "and if [pron] have [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 And the other thing erm which er er is good , supposing you 're watching er a programme and there 's a football match on and you 're interested in the , the football er but you do n't really want to keep , you know , switching to find out what the score is , er I 'm talking about teletext as opposed to a programme , you press the update and it w er and if something 's happened , you know , they 've changed and there 's been a score , it 'll come up er er while you 're watching the programme , er it 'll let you know that erm there 's been something happening .
2 And if nobody 's caught the person who was it is it again .
3 If his parents had not separated , and if they had remained living in Rustenburg ( two big ifs , not necessarily related ) , it is likely that we should never have heard of John Cranko .
4 The poor must tighten their belts and if they had run out of notches , it was just too bad .
5 ( 3 ) That since it could not be said that the jury would inevitably have convicted the defendant if before the trial the defence had been given the statement of the deceased 's husband and the two statements of her sister , if the jury had properly been directed with regard to evidence as to the defendant 's previous good character , and if they had received guidance from the judge on their problem concerning the evidence , the proviso to section 14(1) of the Judicature ( Appellate Jurisdiction ) Act could not be applied to uphold the conviction ; and that , accordingly , the case would be remitted to the Court of Appeal of Jamaica with the direction that it should quash the conviction and either enter a verdict of acquittal or order a new trial , whichever it considered proper in the interests of justice ( post , p. 169C–D , G–H ) .
6 But the novelists had never heard of Marx and Engels — and if they had heard of them and their ideas , they would probably have recoiled in horror , perceiving the threat to their own privileged position .
7 It had decreed that many years ago , and if they had taken the appropriate rent rises in steps and phased them in , this sudden large rise , which is causing hardship , would not have happened .
8 No : the revolution would have come , if it was to come at all , only if the resources available to the forces for change , the unions , had been enough to enable them to seize and hold the means of production , and if they had had the will to employ those resources ; not as a thief in the night but in a scene of anarchy and dreadful confusion of which the French Revolution would have given but a faint anticipation .
9 And if they had stuck six or eight pe eight women MPs up they 'd have all been elected .
10 They were asked what instruction they had received , whether they put drops in by themselves and if they had experienced any problems .
11 And if they had known , what could they have done ?
12 Ihave three sons and I would know , and if they 'd done anything like this I would dislike them , and even hate them
13 ‘ My ancestors in the Scottish islands used to farm seaweed and if they 'd had our technology they could have made a dish like you 're eating now .
14 And if they 'd had a row , you could hear him .
15 And if they 'd started thinking about it at design stage , we could have suggested them another bearing that would do the job and be a lot cheaper .
16 The reason some of them failed to go to the causal ward is because they used to do a little bit of begging , and if they 'd got enough money they would perhaps pay to go into a common lodging house .
17 And if they 'd bought their true love a compact disc as a Christmas present , it would have cost them £16.73 , compared with the UK 's £12.78 .
18 And if they 've got it , I 'll nick it .
19 And if they 've got a large squad , so do we .
20 Erm I 've got a note , or I had a note to write to the admin at the university and I have done , erm saying that Derek 's been approaching people , apologising for not writing beforehand and saying that Derek 's been approaching people and if they 've got a problem they should write back P D Q.
21 Okay look what they say and if they 've got a diagram of .
22 Come on , let's go to bed , and if they 've got any sense that 's what Seb and Carrie will be doing , up at the farm . ’
23 I 'm working hard , with colleagues , to provide a fair education system throughout the district and I 'm pleased to say , Lord Mayor , when the Tories talk of petty interference , it 's interpreted by our head teachers and schools as co-operation , consultation , our listening ear , yes , Councillor and Councillor , they 'll listen and if they 've got the money they 'll assist our schools .
24 they they get an allowance for somebody to clean and if they 've got a cleaner , I mean , they should have sacked them a long while ago !
25 If they 're selling those imitation trees , and if they 've got that wonderful one that looks like a real tree if they can say to me yes , we can rope it up for you in such a way that it 's got a handle on it .
26 and the cars stop , he 'll even go over to one of the cars and if they 've got their window open and just er say can you give me , have you got ten P for me ?
27 And if they 've got the fire on .
28 There are plenty of anglers around who have degrees in science and if they have studied a biological science , they will have covered in detail biochemistry .
29 Cats have long memories and if they have suffered pain at male hands they may hate all males for months afterwards , sometimes literally for years .
30 And if they have picked him up he 'll be in custody .
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