Example sentences of "if we [vb past] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we insisted on electricity generators buying expensive coal , that would be bad news for domestic electricity customers and it would cause job losses in the rest of British industry . |
| 2 | First , it might be argued that to adopt a rational basis/rightness approach would create more uncertainty than if we proceeded on the hypothesis that all errors of law are jurisdictional . |
| 3 | Specifically , what interpretations of data would be available to us if we relied on ‘ mainstream ’ norms , and how would these differ from internally-based interpretations ? |
| 4 | But we could not draw these conclusions if we relied on external norms , on general historical information as codified in historical textbooks , or on our own ‘ intuition ’ . |
| 5 | We had been advised that if we laid on a couple of bottles of champagne he might stay and chat for a while after the show . |
| 6 | If we lived on a very , very heavy planet … ’ |
| 7 | ‘ If we lived on a good one , how would things be different ? ’ |
| 8 | So for example , if I went on er a job on Monday I could possibly draw gun number three but the following day if we went on a similar operation I might get gun number six . |
| 9 | But erm we ca n't spend money we have n't go , we ca n't spend money and erm I mean er if we spent if we went on spending money , then what would happen is that the Trust would simply well it would go it would n't exactly go broke but jobs would have to be cut and that sort of thing , people would be very badly affected by it so you just have to wait . |
| 10 | And I think if we concentrated on that , otherwise even with the publicity group , you 'd end up with them saying well what |
| 11 | And if we overate on any one of them then any surplus energy would end up by making us fat . |
| 12 | ‘ I think it would be best if we remained on formal terms . ’ |