Example sentences of "and if [pron] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | S. H. Patrolling up Prescot Road during the war , if I saw a light on , I used to shout , ‘ Put that bloody light out , ’ and if nobody put the light out , we used to let fly with a brick . |
| 2 | Another Mitchell known as " Puddin " was for many years tree planter in the village and at the later part of the 19th century planted trees around the cemetery , always maintaining he was one short , and if one takes the trouble to look there is a gap still awaiting the missing tree . |
| 3 | There should be two heaters — not heaterstats — in this tank , ideally governed by an external thermostat so that if one overheats they are switched off , and if one fails the other will probably maintain a safe heat . |
| 4 | But nowadays not everyone is so ready to accept such divisions as unalterable , and if one holds the not unreasonable belief that the existence of wealth is one cause of poverty , then clearly we are faced with a more difficult choice : either to tolerate the existence of both wealth and poverty , or to aim at abolishing poverty , in which case we have no option but to attack wealth . |
| 5 | So Britain was split down the middle and if one includes the tribes of Wales , which were battered into submission , the possibility is that less than half played an active role in the Revolt . |
| 6 | The two strategic suburbs are the last Bosnian-held areas west of the main highway linking Sarajevo with the airport and if they fall the Serbs will control the vital road . |
| 7 | That really was the riddle , and if they got the answer right they would escape from the castle , be taken from this limbo and resume their duties and positions in the Therapeutic Wars again , debt paid . |
| 8 | If Scotland are successful , they will get about £100,000 from the International Cricket Council for participating and if they reach the World Cup finals , they will receive a further £25,000 . |
| 9 | When cooking with the children we want to finish with something eatable , so we are likely to add the liquid carefully ourselves , but we could let children experiment with the play-dough and if they make the first lot too soggy , more flour and salt can be added without much trouble until they make a ‘ workable ’ dough , and there can be plenty of conversation about too much , too little , a little more , a lot more and enough . |
| 10 | We contacted patients for a preliminary interview to assess their history , and if they met the study criteria they were invited to join the study . |
| 11 | If you get stuck , anything you do n't understand , anything you want to know , ask somebody with a red jersey and if they know the answer they 'll tell you . |
| 12 | The respondents agreed , inter alia , to keep the garage open at all reasonable hours and if they sold the garage , to ensure that the buyer entered into a similar agreement with the appellants . |
| 13 | ‘ And if they bring the chainsaw we 'll make a ring round it , ’ I said . |
| 14 | But if you can produce them and like to do it , and if they fit the particular sort of book you are writing , well and good . |
| 15 | And if they want the inverse function as well , then you 've got to restrict the function , the first forward function |
| 16 | We did this or we shut down and if they wanted the latter we should shut down our plants immediately . |
| 17 | And if they offer the unit or investment trust options , they must also offer shares or you will not be able to invest the maximum amount . |
| 18 | The Ghosts are of Good alignment , and if they give the party a really bad time in combat they may desist , not wishing to kill , and offer the adventurers a chance to reconsider . |
| 19 | Celtic are in no hurry to sell , and if they continue the form they showed in the 3-0 victory over Hibernian at Easter Road they will be quite happy not to have any calls from potential buyers at least until the end of the season . |
| 20 | One secondary sense of neutrality regards persons as neutral if they can affect the fortunes of the parties and if they affect the fortunes of all the parties equally regardless of their reasons for so doing . |
| 21 | Stowmarket gave Clacton a fair thrashing earlier in the season and if they do the same to Loughton it would give Clacton 's title prospects a big boost . |
| 22 | Secondly , section 6(3) ( b ) : even if the school is not over-subscribed so that section 6(3) ( a ) does not apply , governors may request the local education authority to make arrangements under section 6(6) and if they do the governors are not obliged to comply with any parental preferences incompatible with such arrangements . |
| 23 | A married couple who are sexually compatible ought to score 3 out of 4 , and if they share the same hobbies , it 's a jackpot . |
| 24 | Retailers , from department stores to supermarkets to newsagents , realise that ultimately it is their consumers who have the purchasing power and freedom of choice , and if they provide the right shopping conditions , with a bright and clean atmosphere , the customer will be enticed into the shop more regularly . |
| 25 | And if they steer the Kansas City Chiefs to the great gridiron showdown in the Georgia Dome , Atlanta , next January , they could meet the symbol of Philadelphia Eagles foolishness , Reggie White . |
| 26 | And if they steer the Kansas City Chiefs to the great gridiron showdown in the Georgia Dome , Atlanta , next January , they could meet the symbol of Philadelphia Eagles foolishness , Reggie White . |
| 27 | The police would walk in single file on the edge of the pavement and if they caught the men hanging around , they 'd book them . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Then we will take the boy 's speech and writing which is so good and subject it to careful analysis and if we teach the other boys whose writing and speech is not so good how to subject what they say and write to this kind of analysis they will realise how badly they speak and write and will promptly set about trying to improve the way they speak and write … . ’ |
| 29 | And if we took the attendance report first , in relation to that then we can look at the material presented in the way to which you 're accustomed . |
| 30 | The world would be a more stable and therefore a better place if we extinguished ourselves in the same place where we first saw the light of day , and if we spent the intervening time in as small a circumference as a day 's walking permits . |