Example sentences of "if [pron] give [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I gave up what kind of childhood would he have ? ’ |
| 2 | He went on : ‘ I could get more money if I gave up performing for master classes but I do n't continue working for the money . |
| 3 | I 'm sure if I give just a few more pushes — |
| 4 | One ex-minister recalls : ‘ He would just say , ‘ if I give in to you , I will have to give in to everybody ’ , and you knew that was that . ’ |
| 5 | The form of service and the choice of hymns , if any , should be your parent 's , and if she is hoping to see her husband 's coffin surrounded by flowers on its last journey , nobody should suggest to her that she should instead consider asking relatives and friends to send donations to a suitable charity , for this may upset her deeply , and if she gives in to it , it may become a burning resentment in her later on . |
| 6 | She gulped hard , struggling to suppress the impulse to laugh , knowing that if she gave in to it she would not be able to stop . |
| 7 | Afraid she might doze off if she gave in to temptation and lay down on the bed , she sat down instead on the room 's only chair , and picked up a book , absorbing not a single word as she waited for the sounds that would mean he was turning in for the night . |
| 8 | In spite of her shaking legs , of the heat swamping up from her stomach , of the overwhelming desire to throw caution to the winds and not think about anything else , she was also conscious of the fact that if she gave in , went out with Karl , Uncle Willi would be unbearably hurt , and that she could n't cope with . |
| 9 | And when you get to international level , if you give away a hundredth of a second on the start , that 's equivalent to four hundredths at the bottom on a perfect run . |
| 10 | So if you give away a tenth on the start , you 've given nearly half a second per run , and most competitions are either two , three or four runs , cumulative time , so , you know , if you give away a couple of tenths every time at the end of the day you 're going to be a second down . |
| 11 | So if you give away a tenth on the start , you 've given nearly half a second per run , and most competitions are either two , three or four runs , cumulative time , so , you know , if you give away a couple of tenths every time at the end of the day you 're going to be a second down . |
| 12 | If I were told to-morrow , ‘ You can have a united Ireland if you give up your idea of restoring the national language to be the spoken language of the majority of the people ’ , I would , for myself , say no . |
| 13 | It is very important not to drink early in the pregnancy , but even if you give up drinking later it will give your baby a better chance . |
| 14 | You can expect a long and happy life if you give up serious music . |
| 15 | " We wo n't do anything until that 's sorted out and if you give up your share of the joint tenancy . " |
| 16 | No partnership has a guarantee of happiness , and if you give up at the first hint of discord you 'll never find the rewards a mature and honest relationship can bring . |
| 17 | CATHERINE If you give up that easy you 're not a Gray anyway . |
| 18 | Yes , well yes surely make that or otherwise you , if you give up everything . |
| 19 | You have up here you 've got neither win lose but it 's like it 's a respectable thing you know you respect each other you do n't trust them completely and you do n't co-operate completely but they just respect just not you 're just not willing to go that further little bit and it becomes more of a more of a rather than a win lose or a win win it 's more of a people half and half okay I 'll give this much if you give that much . |
| 20 | Expect to pay half the cost if you give less than 48 hours ' notice |
| 21 | So make sure it 's safe , take your casualty from the cause , you may have to resuscitate , now if a person swallows something by mouth , there 's two types of poisons , one can go by mouth and one is er corrosive and the other is non-corrosive , but at the same time you have a liquid or tablets , now if it 's a corrosive liquid that you have swallowed or somebody has swallowed , it 's burning as it 's going down , and may I say in first aid you never ever on any circumstances make anybody sick er especially poisons , can you imagine if it 's burnt going down it 's probably perforated the food pipe and somebody comes along and overdoses on the water , because you can give sips of water for corrosive , well it 's because you 're trying to keep the airway open , if it 's burning , corrosive is burning you 'll get swelling , so this is why you give sips of water , but if you give too much your casualty will be sick and if it 's burnt going down and perforated the tubes and they 're bringing it up again it 's gon na burn coming up and go into those perforations that and cause further damage . |
| 22 | If you give too many , by the time you go click click , you know they say What was that ? |
| 23 | If you give in to the fears which are projected onto the inner screen of your mind , you make your intentions to overcome them impossible and you will be weighed down by your past failures , finding you lack the courage to confront the problem or the person who in the past has won over you . |
| 24 | If you give in to bullying and threats then the bully wins and ‘ Wrong ’ has defeated ‘ Right ’ . |
| 25 | If you give in to them they will do it even more and they will think they have won , ’ she said . |
| 26 | ( 3,500 calories is equal to 1lb of fat — 1lb every week that you would not have to lose if you gave up sugar . ) |
| 27 | How might you think or behave differently if you gave up these better thans ? |
| 28 | How might life be different if you gave up playing this game ? |
| 29 | ‘ You would be a lot better off , Miss Honey , ’ she said , ‘ if you gave up your job and drew unemployment money . ’ |
| 30 | I would appreciate it if you gave up without a fight . |