Example sentences of "if i do " in BNC.
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| 31 | If I do n't tell , ’ she gripped the edge of the table , ‘ there will be several deaths this afternoon , less important to me , but much more sensational . |
| 32 | as if I do n't have enough on my plate already . ’ |
| 33 | ‘ What if I do n't want to go ? ’ said Dot . |
| 34 | If I do n't watch her , she goes round opening all me windows . |
| 35 | Ring you tomorrow same time , if I do n't have to wait too long in a queue with the whole blasted battalion . |
| 36 | They 'll think I 'm anti-social if I do n't . |
| 37 | ‘ I do n't think he 's on this wavelength , ’ she said , ‘ I had thought of having a holiday in one of the Martello towers if I do n't see him soon . ’ |
| 38 | ‘ What if I do n't want to be called ‘ Stone ’ ? ’ he said . |
| 39 | Not a thing will be done if I do . |
| 40 | The defensive manoeuvre behind it is something like this : if I do n't acknowledge that this thing has happened then I do n't have to believe it is true ; I wo n't have to understand what has occurred if I hold off from consciously realizing that it has happened . |
| 41 | ‘ Maybe the circumstances are n't as bad as I first supposed ; and if I do X , Y and Z it may be possible to redress the balance a bit and then I wo n't feel so upset . ’ |
| 42 | People will say ‘ I 'll never forgive myself if I do n't do what he asks ’ , and death-bed promises become sacrosanct , so that people feel they are binding in generations to come . |
| 43 | ‘ If I do n't break my neck . ’ |
| 44 | ‘ Partly because they appear on the individual pages - and partly because , if I do n't acknowledge authorship in some way or other , I shall be inundated with enquiries . |
| 45 | ‘ Erm — er — I do n't see how I 'm going to get all this sweeping done before dinner time , if I do n't get a move on ! ’ |
| 46 | If I do n't get them , I 'm for it . |
| 47 | Most are useful and work well but I am not convinced of the value of a pictogram that shows the direction of airflow in the cabin , nor do I wish to have a reprimand from a stern-sounding lady if I do n't close the door properly . |
| 48 | ‘ If I do it for you , I 've got to do it for everyone … |
| 49 | I ca n't enjoy the good ones if I do n't experience the bad ones . |
| 50 | I shall be an angel of peace — a preacher of truth in my own place , if I do but keep His commandments . |
| 51 | ‘ Do n't mind if I do ! ’ muttered Willy , ‘ After all them cobbles ! ’ |
| 52 | I 've got as good a nose as any other man on the paper , even if I do specialize in science . |
| 53 | ‘ Even if I do play girls in their twenties , and just about get away with it . ’ |
| 54 | Your affairs are ours , and if I do n't believe in it on principle , or because I am not mature enough for publication , neither do I despise ‘ vile money ’ . |
| 55 | Since there is no other kind of bread , inevitably if I do as I have reason to and buy a loaf I will buy one or the other . |
| 56 | When visiting a foreign country , for example , I may feel that I have reason to obey its laws on the ground that if I do not I may bring the reputation of my university into disrepute . |
| 57 | ‘ I 'm not completely solid between the ears , you know , even if I do work in a factory . ’ |
| 58 | I will try to contact you by telephone , but if I do not manage it , I would be grateful if you could try to ring me on the above number , extension 4425 . |
| 59 | Forgive me if I do n't care what he wrote in his Vico . ’ |
| 60 | ‘ No , let me — if I do n't clean the place up there 'll be a hue and cry . ’ |