Example sentences of "if you really [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you really like the place , make an offer — but make clear that it 's only ‘ subject to survey and contract ’ . |
| 2 | You 'll never get another chance like it — if you really mean what you say . ’ |
| 3 | " If you really mean that , of course . |
| 4 | The mild uplift of her breasts was frightening in its unexplored possibilities : " If you really mean it . " |
| 5 | And if you really mean to be a good servant you should have noticed that the Master 's tea is cold , and the pot needs — refreshing , I believe , is the Yankee word . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ If you really mean what you say , then the solution is obvious : you and I must simply bury our differences for the time being . |
| 7 | It 's different but erm if you really get an Orkney talker just talking to one another and er drawing out the words sometimes and so on it can get to be the same lilt as Welsh . |
| 8 | Sarah drew an enormous breath , let it out , and said : ‘ If you really ask me , I want it to be as easy for me as for that man over there . |
| 9 | If you really let things slip , Maxi-Read reports a figure of 999 as a flag to indicate that sentence complexity is far too high . |
| 10 | This is really a matter of personal preference and the sort of facilities available in your building ( or area because , of course , nearby gas can be piped in at some cost , or use gas from cylinders if you really prefer gas ) . |
| 11 | ‘ Small wonder Cora-Beth was beginning to doubt if you really existed . ’ |
| 12 | We 'll go nice and slowly , and if you really hate it , we 'll get my car and take that . |
| 13 | Not only am I not prepared to have a semi-detached marriage , but I 'm convinced that if you really cared for me you would have no hesitation about placing my interests first , ’ had been his parting shot as he had left the apartment , slamming the front door loudly behind him . |
| 14 | ‘ To see if you really feared me , if you truly saw me as a shady villain ! |
| 15 | If you really know what you 're doing on each and every single note in your lead then you 're controlling your solo , as opposed to merely playing a bunch of licks and exercises while trying to land on a cool note here and there . |
| 16 | If you really know the area , you will see a completely different picture : drug dealers , addicts , pimps , prostitutes , muggers , policemen in unmarked cars , plain-clothes policemen , illegal gambling on the pavement , drinking clubs and gathering places for male prostitutes , skinheads and petty criminals . |
| 17 | So this is where you sort of sort out if you really know what 's going on . |
| 18 | It 's amazing what you can do if you really try . |
| 19 | I suppose you must get a thrill out of it , but if you really knew anything you 'd go to the police . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Of course you 'd change your mind about me if you really knew me — ’ |
| 21 | If you really wanted to learn something you should have started at the top . |
| 22 | ‘ But if you really had discovered this way of changing people , why did you stop ? ’ |
| 23 | Surely , if you really had not news to report , the space could have been deployed in a much more productive manner — maybe to help some worthy cause or charity . |
| 24 | So if you really had any doubts about buying PCs direct , now 's the time to forget them ! |
| 25 | you 're not geared to do anything else , it 's cos your attitude I suppose , anything else , if you really had to , er I do n't see why it would n't |
| 26 | If yo I hope you , I suppose you could have a whole course in psycho-history , if you really put into it enough , but for just one class , I thought it was too much to ask students to attend , to try and have to get into psycho-history , so I have n't erm , done very much of it , and this , my excuse here really was , well Freud did write a book called Woodrow Wilson . |
| 27 | Or , if you really insist on going the whole hog in German cuisine ( and believe me , their culinary expertise with swine is fabled ) try Zum Schiffchen , a restaurant with absolutely no understanding of nouvelle disciplines . |
| 28 | It also shows that if you really look , it is possible to understand what your equipment is doing . |
| 29 | If you really want to help someone , I think you have to make an effort to suffer with them — to see it from their point of view — and then to do something . ’ |
| 30 | And if you really want to know what I think , it 's that you Cretaceous people are insanely arrogant . |