Example sentences of "if i [vb base] [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tell you this because I know that I can not expect trust if I do not give it . |
| 2 | You will soon be well , if I do not talk you to death . |
| 3 | I will try to contact you by telephone , but if I do not manage it , I would be grateful if you could try to ring me on the above number , extension 4425 . |
| 4 | But if I do not go to him , he will never come to me , said her mind . |
| 5 | I tell you the truth : it is to your advantage that I go away ; for if I do not go away , the Paraclete will not come to you ; but if I go , I will send him to you . |
| 6 | ‘ It is to your advantage that I go away , for if I do not go away the Paraclete will not come to you . |
| 7 | The Samaritans have threatened to call in the police if I do not stop pestering them with phone calls , and Alcoholics Anonymous refuse to come out for a drink and discuss my problem . |
| 8 | To be fair — after all , if I do not do it , I am sure that someone else will — I shall go back to the time of the last Labour Government . |
| 9 | What happens if I do not pay UK Income Tax ? |
| 10 | What happens if I do not pay UK income tax ? |
| 11 | ‘ I am sorry if I do not make sense . ’ |
| 12 | And I shall die if I do not reach that rock . |
| 13 | And I am going into the light and I am going into time , and if I am to save the world , then I shall have served the world , and if I do not save the world , then at least I shall have tried . |
| 14 | BELVILLE : But now my good girl , if I do not add to your sweet confusion , when shall it be ? |
| 15 | IF I DO NOT PHONE HIM BEFORE FRIDAY , HE IS STAYING WITH MR JOHNSTON IN EDINBURGH |
| 16 | There is a great gulf between ‘ popular culture ’ ( excuse me if I do not try to define the term ) and contemporary art . |
| 17 | As I understand it , you offer me a fraction of Lothian , and war if I do not accept ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ How will you leave if I do not let you ? ’ |
| 19 | I must tell you exactly what happened , even if I do not agree with it . |
| 20 | As for the proposals contained in ’ Escaping the Debt Trap ’ — the hon. Gentleman kindly sent me a copy — it will not surprise him if I do not agree with all of them . |
| 21 | If I do not wish to continue after the three monthly issues I will write and let you know within 10 days of receiving my third issue and will not owe you a penny . |
| 22 | If I do not get it , your daughter will be beaten to death before your eyes . |
| 23 | If I get the result I wanted there is consolidation rather than extension of my committee skills , but if I do not get the result I wanted then I have learned something and I form a new hypothesis about my next interjection strengthened by this new learning . |
| 24 | If I do not get the chance later in my response to answer the comments of the hon. Member for Caernarfon ( Mr. Wigley ) on students with special needs in further education , I say now that I attach great importance to those students . |
| 25 | If I do not get a satisfactory reply I intend to pursue every possible means to draw the public 's attention to this iniquitous state of affairs , which for a big company like P & O is an absolute disgrace . |
| 26 | ‘ If I do not utter a word , I am its master ; once I utter it , I am its slave . ’ |
| 27 | Suffering can make its full contribution to my awareness only if I do not pursue it in advance , even though its value may be appreciated in retrospect . |
| 28 | For example , you may be the greatest athlete in the world but your capacity to influence my behaviour is very small if I do not know you are a famous athlete or do not value athletic ability . |
| 29 | If I do not know the identity of the person who assisted … who deceived me … by the dinner bell tonight , well , them you 're all dismissed — without references . " |
| 30 | If I do not like it or you keep me waiting , I will take my custom elsewhere . ’ |