Example sentences of "if [pers pn] [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I hold on to these things they go , and if I let go of them they go , and so my life goes . |
| 2 | If I let go the wind will blow it over . ’ |
| 3 | Pull any harder , you 'll go flop if I let go |
| 4 | If I let go you 'll go on the floor |
| 5 | Hold it tight mummy I can tell you that if I let go you 'll let on the floor . |
| 6 | And if I do anger you , what are you going to do with me , eh , have me beaten to an inch of my life ? |
| 7 | If I do make a cock-up of it , I can always do something else . ’ |
| 8 | I know what you girls are like , you say you 'll just have it short to see what it looks like , and then you say Pedro at the salon wo n't let you grow it just for the moment , and then you say you 've got to look your best for some wedding or other and you ca n't go with it straggly and then you end up not growing it again and if I do n't mention it every week you think I 've learned to like it and if I do mention it every week you think I 'm nagging so I do n't mention it and I 'm stuck with it . |
| 9 | If I do manage to find some spare time I 'll be studying Spanish because you need something to take your mind off the racing . ’ |
| 10 | I mean I like , if I do fish usually I , I do it myself . |
| 11 | But she knew that any attempt at this sort of seductive sophistication would be laughably incongruous coming from her quiet , ordinary little self , and in any case she had made no serious plans to leave , so she simply said steadily , ‘ That 's very nice of you , Dr Russell , but I have n't fully worked out my plans yet , and if I do leave I 'll probably sign on with a nursing agency . |
| 12 | However , if I do think of myself as making a considered choice , can I deny the justice of your reproach ? |
| 13 | The problem is , if I do talk about wanking , it will then be something other journalists will want to talk about . |
| 14 | And I 'll write to him to confirm , and er , if I do bump into him , I shall jog memory of that one . |
| 15 | I 've wondered whether we ought to separate but every time I bring this up , he cries and then worries about the 50 per cent of ‘ his ’ assets I 'll take with me if I do decide to go ! |
| 16 | I 've given my word that , if I do decide to invest in this project , all care will be exercised to see that the area is n't spoiled in any way . ’ |
| 17 | But if I do admit his claim to enjoy them , and still persist in the inquisition ( ‘ Why do you like gibbons ? ’ ) , the logical nature of the question will have changed . |
| 18 | It did not make it clear that the impulse to take the peach is a continuing reaction in awareness of its anticipated taste , so that I have chosen rightly only if I continue spontaneously to welcome the awareness right up to the savouring of the juice on my tongue , in other words if I do relish it , enjoy it . |
| 19 | I 'm not going to do what he wants even if I do fancy you . |
| 20 | But , I take it a little step further because if I do go somewhere like a bus and people are smoking then I 'll actually approach and ask them to put it out . |
| 21 | Many thanks for a first class mag , even if I do go green with envy at some of the kit ! |
| 22 | He he has said if I do go for maintenance he 'll deny that Ricky 's his . |
| 23 | if I do effect all the |
| 24 | They know that if I do bring a new democratic freedom to my country then it 'll mean the confiscation of those fortunes . |
| 25 | ‘ Leave me your telephone number , and if I do remember something I 'll ring you . |
| 26 | ‘ Hmmnn , even if I do say so myself , that is quite some job . |
| 27 | A job well done , if I do say so myself . ’ |
| 28 | If I do say the odd naughty word just scowl at me . |
| 29 | I interspersed my self-portraits throughout the collection and they gave the whole thing a lot of impact if I do say so myself . |
| 30 | If I do file retrieve it , it lists the files in put ninety three . |