Example sentences of "and if [adv] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then if we evaluate unc as a chain , beginning by premultiplying A by the last of the three matrices in ( 4 ) , and if also we take unc then A is first replaced by a matrix in which the leading element of the infradiagonal vanishes . |
| 2 | And if not we can think of something more specific afterwards . |
| 3 | Er and if not we would move to discuss Harrogate . |
| 4 | He was ready to accept next to nothing to fight and keep the heavyweight division unified , but Bowe and if not him , his handlers — knew who would win . |
| 5 | And if not them , somebody else . ’ |
| 6 | He will marry for money , and if not me then another . |
| 7 | When the time was ripe , if it was ever ripe , she would go and if not she would stay . |
| 8 | alright then and if not you 've got ta give me a quid |
| 9 | And if not I 'll see if I can think of an excuse to try and contact her myself . ’ |
| 10 | And if not I will move from the Chair , the adoption of the minutes of last year 's A G M. Those in favour of that ? |
| 11 | And if not I think the next thing actually is to move the decoder or change the decoder |
| 12 | Usually this method put in nearby groups plants that intuition , or an enumeration as done by Adanson , indicated were alike ; but not always , and if not it was just too bad . |
| 13 | er they say , and if then they 've made a mistake you have done what you are told , I mean if you take a big ladder and it 's only a wee fire , a small car bump and then there is a big fire later on , somewhere else and they have n't got their , the right appliances because you 're at that place with the wrong stuff , then that would cause problems would n't it ? |
| 14 | Licence Revoked was originally going to be the title for this last Bond film , and if only they had . |
| 15 | He rubs it absently , accosting strangers in the street , seeking out a friend and within minutes exclaiming that he wants to be by himself , watching children wistfully , accusing wellwishers of persecuting him with their kindness ; until at last he explodes on the brink of confession in a terrible universal cry : ‘ Oh , if only I were alone and nobody loved me , and if only I had never loved anyone ! ’ |
| 16 | I know that it is there , and if only , if only I can choose the right words , and if only I can tap the exact right source of power , then I shall see it ignite and flare into life . |
| 17 | A true ‘ fuck you ’ and if only he had fought . |
| 18 | ‘ Oh , indeed ? ’ said Sally-Anne furiously to this supporter of wife-beaters — and if only he would move so that she could see him , and not continue to stand between herself and the light — ‘ How typically male . |
| 19 | And if only you knew how much I loved him and how much I wanted to marry him ! ’ |
| 20 | Angelica had already decided that her money could be taken out of the petty cash and then lost in the books somewhere … and if ever they should be caught doing it , she did n't feel that it was a crime she 'd be ashamed of . |
| 21 | At one time he , he lived at , they lived at but er er she was a widow and she was ninety but she was very good to us and , but we had er , we had apartments but there was a lock on both sides of the door , you know what I mean , we were quite self-contained and we had er er a narrow stairs and because of the war I could n't , you could n't er , I used to scrub the stairs down because you could n't buy carpet in those days , you see because of the war and to the shortage of stuff and so I used to keep those stairs nice and , we had a , a , we went , as we went up these stairs erm it , I suppose originally , you see , it would have been back stairs for the servants , you see , in the hall and this old lady used to go in and if ever she had the doctor she used to ask me if I would go and sit with her and hold her hand while the doctor came , you see . |
| 22 | She had other daughters in the town but she always wanted me and if ever she wanted anything to do with her papers and books and financial things , she used to ask my husband to go in , you see the day after we got there she brought us a huge dish like that with mushrooms which er grew f er well there are houses built there now but er at that time they had a big meadow there sort of a copse er in it with a bunch of trees and you see and all these mushrooms grew , you see , and they were , you know , they 're nice you see . |
| 23 | ‘ But father did n't approve of the game , and if ever he came in when we were playing it , we 'd stop at once and pretend to be talking about something else . |
| 24 | He needed no Bible to remind him of the life of Christ , and if ever he felt the need for a symbol upon which to concentrate his devotions , he satisfied himself by making the sign of the cross with his fingers . |
| 25 | He had a guilty liking for fat girls who laughed a lot and if ever he went off the rails … |
| 26 | And if ever he got his hands upon Benedetta again , he 'd send her after . |
| 27 | Each line speaks volumes about the lives of the real people ( in the first two instances ) and the characters ( in the third example ) involved , and if ever you feel in need of a cure for insomnia just memorize one of these quotations , take it to bed with you , and try to imagine the events that could have preceded and followed the moment described in each of the brief extracts . |
| 28 | ‘ And if ever you want me , you know where I am . ’ |
| 29 | And if ever you see an actor on stage with a deaf-aid that is not integral to the plot — be suspicious . ’ |
| 30 | and , and if ever you think of it , just think Ginny would give her back , back teeth . |