Example sentences of "if [pron] [noun] [verb] not " in BNC.

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1 but you see he 'd have a list of the horse who 's gon na work or win races well if them animals did n't eat up he did n't work them .
2 If my chance does n't come sooner it will definitely come later and I 'm prepared for it .
3 ‘ And I would n't be back here now if my dad had n't died . ’
4 Not if my clock did n't work either .
5 I 'd do it if my teeth did n't hurt !
6 And when I arrived I wouldn't 've been surprised if my name had n't been on the list but it was there .
7 If my memory does n't deceive me , Admiral Caperton 's Marines should land around then .
8 I wanted to vomit and would have if my belly had not been so empty .
9 If my parents had n't sent me money every week , I could n't have survived . ’
10 1 ) ‘ I 've given up worrying if my toddler does n't eat breakfast or lunch because I know she 'll eat almost as much as her dad for tea .
11 Customer 5 : ‘ What happens if my daughter does n't like this jumper when I get it home ? ’
12 There are no health visitors in this area , so if my neighbour had n't told me I still would n't know anything about it .
13 As I represent 25% of the total population of women presidents to date , if my predecessors did not share my feelings a 25% opinion still deserves to be heard , and I believe that some of my successors may well be of the same mind as I am .
14 Now I began to wonder if my friends had not been right when they said I would never see him again .
15 ‘ Very well , ’ she said after a pause , ‘ I 'll marry you six years from now if we 're both alive and if my husband does n't return . ’
16 My visit might have ended there if my car had not run short of petrol on the road south of Nahariya .
17 I 'd be insulted if my colleagues had n't noticed . ’
18 I thought I should go mad if my brother did not come home at the appointed hour , for I longed to thrust it into his hands .
19 ‘ I had this notion ( on coming to Britain ) that if my family did not get any sunlight they would vanish ! ’ 1
20 It is as if my body has not reacted as it is supposed to do , and that my mind is not as strong as it was in 1991 .
21 Soon my knees will bleed , if my hand does not drop off first . ’
22 And anyway , I 'll have to go next door to take over from Arthur if my father does n't get back in time . ’
23 I would have yelled it if my throat had n't tightened up .
24 The trouble is that it will leave mothers feeling terrible if their child does n't keep up .
25 He reminded the Treasury that in 1856 he had made it a policy that all public buildings in London should be open to competition and not given as a matter of course to one of his officers , and if their Lordships did not want to hold another competition , they could well appoint the winner of the Foreign Office design , as the judges had selected the prize-winning schemes ‘ not only in regard to their external appearance , but more especially on account of the excellence of their internal arrangements ’ .
26 The Allies arrived one day by boat and threatened dire consequences if their wishes did not rapidly become the law of the land .
27 Young girls will steal make-up if their parents do n't give them the money for it … ‘
28 Their two boys of three and five would be eating Jaffa cakes for breakfast , lunch and supper if their parents did n't insist that they eat up most of what is put in front of them .
29 Luke 's hands , still at her hips , pulled her lower body to his abruptly , and it was as if their clothing did n't exist , the outer heat that flowed between them creating an inner one as liquid flame engulfed her loins .
30 Even now , many desert towns would be buried if their inhabitants did not transport the encroaching dunes bit by bit to the other side of their settlements .
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