Example sentences of "but if [pron] [verb] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Mr Appin will try to be clever , ’ said Miss Resker happily , ‘ but if we watch him carefully , we shall see his lips move . ’ |
| 2 | But if I throttle him I 'll be no further forward . |
| 3 | All he wants to do is to get his hand inside my blouse or up my skirt , but if I gave him the chance to do anything more he 'd be so scared he 'd wet his pants . ’ |
| 4 | But if you hear him speak for five minutes you think no more of them . |
| 5 | Blencowe responded , ‘ … let him spoil on ; he has a pleasure in thinking he earns his daily bread at four score years and ten ; but if you turn him off , he will soon die with grief ’ [ Baker , 1 , 639 ] . |
| 6 | You may include Gorfang Rotgut in your army as an Orc Big Boss or as a Warlord if you wish , but if you take him your army must include at least one unit of Orcs . |
| 7 | He said he talked to himself in prison to keep himself sane , but if you told him he was still doing it he would n't believe you . ’ |
| 8 | But if you saw him running for the bus , he would go blue in the face and collapse on to the bus . |
| 9 | But if you ask him to spare a couple of hours to help out at a St John Ambulance fund-raising activity or a garden fête for the church roof repair fund , he might find that a worthwhile thing to do . |
| 10 | I 'll see how it goes anyway , but if you ask him |
| 11 | ‘ He later apologised , of course , but if you know him well , you know that he is very fair . ’ |
| 12 | But if you kill him , you 'll only smash yourself ! ’ |
| 13 | Not much of a ‘ Peril ’ maybe , but if you see him moving in your direction I suggest that you start moving in the opposite one . |
| 14 | Er I 'm not too sure where he lives cos he just , I think he 's just new to the town but if you give him a ring erm on the 's phone number and use the |
| 15 | Not in an evil way at all , but if you gave him half a chance he 'd hammer you into the ground and stamp on you . |
| 16 | ‘ Yes , but if it made him happy … |
| 17 | But if it helps him to start leading from the front again , a trip back in time will be well worthwhile . |
| 18 | But if anybody crossed him , or if he thought the embassy establishment was trying to put him down , he 'd stand on his desk and raise hell . |