Example sentences of "and [pers pn] [verb] if " in BNC.
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| 1 | He needed hobdaying and was rather on the temperamental side , so she sent him to Bill and me to see if he had any ability in the dressage sphere . ’ |
| 2 | There was no way I wanted to be robbed again and I determined if I had to stand in a queue it would be with this chain in my hand . |
| 3 | And I mean if we 're going to compromise , . |
| 4 | And I mean if they 'd not looked in a paper in nineteen eighty seven eighty eight , and realized that fifteen percent of the fund had suddenly gone missing cos it had you know dropped they they 'd have still got income from their investments , and if they did n't need to cash it , then it would have been no problem at all . |
| 5 | Er , and I mean if you want to buy you know a few hundred of it then fine , you know you could b it 'll do the job , you know if it 's , it 's not a , a thing that er |
| 6 | You see a working , well of course they do get them up nowadays , but in th you were supposed t to stay in bed for at least a fortnight after the mother was born but you a lot of these mothers used to hop out of bed when the midwife had gone , and , and I mean if they 'd got two or three children and a husband coming in and they had n't got a mother or a neighbour or somebody to come in and do the cooking , i I mean she 'd just get up and get on with it herself . |
| 7 | Fortune having smiled on them , and I mean if it had n't been for a lump of expanded foam out of one of the life boats that had blown up at , if it had n't come floating past me , I mean I would have been a goner as well , but I got hold of that . |
| 8 | Now that 's probably er one of the least well-defined areas for standards , and I mean if you say Edifact to er a North American user they 'll look a bit puzzled , if you say it to somebody who knows something about Edifact they 'll say , Which Edifact standard is that ? |
| 9 | And I mean if , not unless , if you do n't know them , you have to learn them . |
| 10 | Yeah but I mean it depends what sort of bloke he is , and I mean if he is like that |
| 11 | What I did was I got I went down to the print room and I got a piece of A one paper and I mean if you want to use Chris |
| 12 | And I mean if she got this job she 'd have to pay the full amount , if she 's on Income Support you do n't do you ? |
| 13 | Yeah , but you see you 've got the , you 've got all the , the other things ins , down , down it , underneath , and I mean if you started going in with a knife and you started cutting down , I mean you could sa , cut an artery or anything could n't you ? |
| 14 | A year later Mrs Meehan wrote , ‘ As I say again , Paddy or Jim had never heard of Mr Ross until after this crime , and I know if not this week or this year , he will clear himself one day . |
| 15 | I 've got a feeling it is and I know if you |
| 16 | IF and I repeat IF we buy both Jobson and Bardsley who 's going to go ? |
| 17 | My parents both have well-paid jobs but without selling their house they could not afford such a sum , and I doubt if many people could . |
| 18 | But that is a highly vulnerable position for any politician to take - and I doubt if it offers the whole answer . |
| 19 | It was not the complete answer to the problem , and I doubt if anyone will find it , but it works better than anything else I know . |
| 20 | ‘ He was a strong young man and I doubt if you could have murdered him . |
| 21 | It 's drifted in the lane and I doubt if I 'd get through . |
| 22 | I remember Ivy telling me that she and Margaret were ill for a fortnight when something of the sort threatened them — and I doubt if they were also blasted in the affections … . |
| 23 | But probably for this very reason , I have not forgotten it and I doubt if the participants have either . |
| 24 | I had already recognised him , but fifteen years or so , boy to man , is a big change , and I doubt if he got it . |
| 25 | I was down there yesterday , and I doubt if you 'll be able to cross much before two o'clock . |
| 26 | " We wo n't know that until we ask them , will we , and I doubt if they 'll refuse you shelter . |
| 27 | We have really answered these questions in the course of our work and er I think any rite , any consideration of a rite of passage such as was , was er asked for , is in a sense detracting from the significance of holy baptism and I doubt if there 's any future in this . |
| 28 | ‘ You have n't been in this neck of the woods for years , and I doubt if in all her life she 's been further than Blackpool . ’ |
| 29 | For the past seven years I 've skied in a selection of one-piece uninsulated shell suits and I doubt if I will ever turn back . |
| 30 | Which is that if we take these cards , instead of dropping in one at here there and everywhere and I doubt if anyone will take much notice of one , maybe I 'm a bit personally interested in , if I say could we all drop them in at Prestos in Rougier Street ? |