Example sentences of "i [verb] [conj] if it " in BNC.

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1 I mean that if it 's over like two years make quite a difference though .
2 I mean if if it had n't got a , there 's noise in the problem there 's
3 I had no intention just then of attempting such a thing , but as I lay awake that night I realised that if it had n't been for Lili I might have felt it necessary to attempt to describe to someone , anyone , what I knew of God and what he had asked of me .
4 That there was no canopy may be part of why I say that if it 's raining the balcony is wet , but it is not part of what I say .
5 ‘ Colonel , ’ I said , ‘ I know that if it was within your power and it was up to you , that you would free me . ’
6 but I know that if it was really bad I 'd just stop doing anything for while , for two or three
7 Okay , erm I mean you say about even people who 've got members of their family over there , I mean I know that if it was me , I would want to know what was going on .
8 I remember that if it 's not one thing , it 's another . ’
9 I believe that if it 's cut well enough that should be possible .
10 But I think that sex can be a fleeting thing and sometimes I believe that if it is that alone as the basis of a relationship , then all the finer and better qualities are thrown out of the window .
11 ‘ I felt guilty enough to want to help the marriage succeed because I 'd introduced them and had n't thought to warn Rachel , mainly because I did n't find him attractive myself and he 'd never come across as the great seducer with me , and I knew that if it did n't work , it would turn out to be a lifelong trap for her .
12 Then I hugged her again and pushed her through the door because I thought that if it lasted any longer I would cry .
13 I thought that if it went into a joint account , I had to pay tax on half of three four four five .
14 Perhaps I thought that if it was Billy 's kid , then somebody had to tell Lucy the bad news and if she was skipping probation , it had better not be the cops .
15 I listened but if it 's of no evidential value there is no point in listening because I 've got so much on my mind at that time erm to sort out that threat in there that I certainly ca n't recall what was exactly said or even along the lines of what was said .
16 But I think that if it had been , the horses should have been showing distress by last night , which they were n't .
17 ‘ These are not easy questions to resolve but I think that if it is possible , actually to speak to these characters in such a way that they feel that they are valued and that they do have a part to play in the community , then we are on the way to resolving questions of this sort .
18 And I mean I think that if it was spread more I mean if if if people locally gave more to bereaved in their own areas , I mean it would go down a lot more good there .
19 Ghandi , I think , in the early eighties epitomised , to a large degree , and attitude of concern about erm violence , and I think that in some large measure the sort of recognition that it gained , particularly in the awards and so on , had a lot to do with its subject matter as against it 's actual execution , and I think that if it had been at another time , or if the subject matter had n't been erm quite as powerful as that old genius 's life was , I do n't think it would have won the awards .
20 erm and I think that if it is pulled down for this new development , in ten year 's time we will look back and we will say ‘ Why did we do this ?
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