Example sentences of "and if [pron] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile , a wide variety of courts administered a wide variety of laws all over western Europe ; and if one asked a man in any part of Europe to whose law he was subject , he might well have answered ‘ to my law ’ — for law was a personal thing , which a man might carry about with him ; it bound him to the courts to which his ancestors had been subject , to the laws of those courts , and gave him the privileges which those courts provided . |
| 2 | His reasoning , as ever practical , was that it was a chore having to empty the thing , and if one had a second , it would be unnecessary . |
| 3 | Cycling officers were asked what measures they used to reduce traffic speed and if they had a cycling programme . |
| 4 | Final warnings were slapped on 15 of the garages and if they put a foot wrong in the next five years they will also be barred from further MOT testing . |
| 5 | And if they 'd a bigger place than that there little rectory , there would n't be a stick of furniture neither ! ’ |
| 6 | Students may complete the course at diploma level , and if they attain a satisfactory standard in the diploma examinations , they may proceed to the masters ' course . |
| 7 | If , in a time of reduced employment opportunities , unemployed people rather than more traditional seasonal workers are filling a share of seasonal jobs , and if they develop a pattern of working in this fashion , they could be penalised by these regulations ( see Hansard , 4/2/87 ) . |
| 8 | And if they hide a lot . |
| 9 | And if they go a goal ahead in Turkey , the home-team are going to kick hell out of them and hopefully side-line most of them until the New Year ( and god knows what the crowd will do — have you ever seen Midnight Express ? ) |
| 10 | The one thing they need is water , and if they find a damp surface in the home they will germinate and grow there quite happily over a wide range of temperatures , especially if the relative humidity of the air is above 70% for long periods . |
| 11 | ‘ It has n't cracked the shell , ’ said another , ‘ probably because people see the long list of issues covered and think , ‘ oh yes , and if they find a load of things that they say need addressing how much is it going to cost ? ’ |
| 12 | They looked like anatomies of death , they spake like ghosts crying out of their graves , they did eat dead carrions , happy where they could find them , yea , and one another soon after , insomuch as the very carcasses they spared not to scrape out of their graves , and if they found a plot of water cress or shamrocks , there they flocked as to a feast for the time , yet not able long to continue therewithal , that in short space there were none almost left , and a most populous and plentiful country suddenly left void of man or beast . |
| 13 | A county council has told its entire staff that they can no longer smoke in their offices , and if they want a cigarette they must have it in their own time . |
| 14 | A wipe down with a damp cloth is all that 's needed to keep them clean , and if they have a factory-finished polyester powder coating , they wo n't need to be redecorated for 15–20 years . |
| 15 | And if they have a lot of money they probably do n't want to show it . |
| 16 | Mr Chairman I 'm , I 'm a little bit concerned about er number two er there 's something that is , we promised to reply straightforward written enquiry with without sort of commenting on whether it 's two weeks , two days , or whatever , I am a little concerned that some of the replies people show me that have had from Highways Department , erm , they really whoever writes them do n't go into any detail , I 've had , I 've seen letters recently where , where somebody said it will be dealt with in about four weeks ' time , well that 's okay , maybe they 've good and valid reasons why about four weeks is about right for their particular problem , but they do n't know why it 's gon na take four weeks , they say oh god they should be able to do that in a couple of days there 's no problem it 's an easy little job , I , I feel that the , our officers when they reply they should give some amount of detail and if they give a time span in which they 're gon na put something right , they should say why it 's gon na take that long . |
| 17 | The problem in the doctors ' surgery , I mean you 've got people taking ill sick children round there with high temperatures and , and they do tend want to park close to the surgery , er and if they see a space they will obviously use it . |
| 18 | And if they dillied , or dallied , and if they tarried a little — then blame , surely , and shame , if caught out , but it was all trivial and irrelevant compared with the necessity to be a man . |
| 19 | And if they buy a Big Mac burger or McChicken sandwich at the firm 's local restaurant , they 'll be entitled to another one free . |
| 20 | The new chairman upset visiting speakers by introducing them incorrectly ; he ‘ picked his nose and wore jumpers with holes and even wrote to a local newspaper saying that new members should be on s ; weeks probation , and if they missed a meeting they should be expelled ’ . |
| 21 | FA spokesman Mike Wilmore said : ‘ We are concerned about the image of the game and if we receive a complaint it will be thoroughly investigated to see if it should be brought before our disciplinary committee . ’ |
| 22 | Half the English and American ladies do n't realize until they 've seen it that it is linked to the Baron , and if we make a feature of that in the advance publicity we can suggest double bookings for consecutive nights . |
| 23 | So I 'll try and get something sorted before May , if not then we 'll go to the one in July , it 'll be red it should be red hot in July and it 's a really nice day and if we make a day of it , then we can take a picnic and you know it 's very so pleasant . |
| 24 | And if we make an appointment to view some places and then we 'll know what time we 've got to doing the shopping and fit it in round taking mum . |
| 25 | And if we put a little bit more effort into specifying requirements more tightly , then there 'd be less argument at the end of the day as to whether we 've done a good job or a bad job . |
| 26 | Springall belonged to the court faction in the city , and if we put a foot wrong , well … ’ |
| 27 | And if we assume a 1 per cent fall in interest rates , this £22,000 transfer value would increase to £30,000 ( because as interest rates drop , a larger sum needs to be invested to give a certain sum at a future date ; and vice versa ) . |
| 28 | and if we get a photoc I 've changed our |
| 29 | I 'm off Monday , Tuesday and if we get a doctor in , I 'll do the scopes I 'll be in on Thursday . |
| 30 | Well , we , we may not actually need to go to the P W L B for money , because of the , because of the grant , we may actually get a hundred percent grant aid for this , and if we get a hundred perce hundred percent grant aid , we wo n't need to . |