Example sentences of "if you [verb] [not/n't] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ But if ye do not have self-control , let ye marry , for it is better to marry than to burn . ’ ’ |
2 | ‘ But ye should n't be standing here , if ye 're not a whore , if ye do n't hiv a stickman — it 's dangerous . ’ |
3 | It 's cold outside and Ah want to sleep , even if ye do n't . ’ |
4 | If ye do n't , it 'll bugger up all the books . ’ |
5 | ‘ I reckon if you 'ad n't left you 'd 'ave bin a parlourmaid by now , ’ Ella Tomkin said . |
6 | ‘ If you had not lost him at cards , would he have got into prison ? |
7 | If you had not known who O was you might have thought that Madame was planning a seduction , or wondering whether he was a suitable candidate for a job — her new barman or doorman . |
8 | reinstatement , ie an order that you shall be treated in every respect as if you had not been dismissed ; or |
9 | ‘ Yes , ’ he admitted , ‘ and so , perhaps , would I have done if you had not come . |
10 | I could not have poisoned the bread , my lord Niccolò , if you had not introduced it , against explicit orders . |
11 | I do not know what I would have done if you had not come . ’ |
12 | ‘ This never would have happened if you had not deserted your post ! ’ he snapped sharply . |
13 | You have been to a tournament and an auto-da-fé already , and if you had not embarrassed my son by fainting at the latter event you would have been presented to King Sebastian himself . " |
14 | They form , as it were , a heavy launching-pad from which your rocket will fly higher than if you had not known them . |
15 | ‘ If you had not been told otherwise , you might think it was all a terrific affectation — this old woman from the Dales with the luminescent skin , the saintly set of the features and the clothes from the pile which even the rag-and-bone man would probably not take … . |
16 | Almost identical , if you had not been brought up by Victorine to know that one was good and the other bad : both had wide shop windows displaying shelves of apple tarts , turnovers , puffs ; striped awnings above ; tiled steps . |
17 | Before she could think how to respond without sounding defensive he was saying : ‘ You are angry with yourself , remorseful because if you had not been late this thing would never have happened . |
18 | You gave me to understand that even if you had not had your accident you would almost certainly not have come to France to see him at the end . ’ |
19 | If you had not confessed I think I would have beaten it out of you . ’ |
20 | If you had not , and the prince had consigned me again to that man 's house , I should hardly have known what to do , or where to turn . |
21 | ‘ Not even that , if you had not pleased to tell me . |
22 | If you had not so stupidly bade me keep quiet , I should have done the trick long since , and you would not have had to leave the place at all . |
23 | Because if you had not been down in Minya chasing that gipsy woman you would have been at the theatre . |
24 | Or would have appeared if you had not crossed it out . |
25 | They 're over the river by this time , and so should I have been if you had not come so prompt to your hour . |
26 | For example , if you had n't spent so much on a ‘ super duper ’ multi-flange guitar pedal , you could have made a profit by having more band T-shirts on sale at your gigs . |
27 | ‘ I 'd have had it in properly for you if you had n't . |
28 | ‘ All the coaches in the world would n't have been of any use if you had n't had courage . |
29 | ‘ If you had n't come to us , we would have come to you , ’ the colonel receiving the journalists said . |
30 | You could have made it too , if you had n't been so stupid . ’ |