Example sentences of "if [indef pn] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The servant warns him if he is going to step into a hole , and reminds him to reply if someone speaks to him . |
| 32 | Although this bed is neatly made in the evenings , it is found disturbed again every morning , as if someone sleeps in it each night . |
| 33 | If someone persists in being awkward , then as leader you can choose to continue the discussion with them elsewhere and move on to another questioner . |
| 34 | a way of remembering index numbers , your name , because if someone goes to you S O it 's quite easy to forget it , but if someone said sierra oscar , an hour later you 'd go what was that ? what was that ? |
| 35 | ‘ He was one of these big ugly men , the big ferocious-looking bloke that if someone said to you he breathed fire , you 'd believe them . |
| 36 | A blind person remarked : ‘ If someone said to me ‘ You 'd better not do this placement ’ then I 'd rather walk to Australia on my hands than admit that I could n't . ’ |
| 37 | So it 's a very inconve if someone said to you come up er okay this you put initial values in |
| 38 | And I thought , yeah well I know I 'd be cross if someone said to that me but I do n't give a toss actually . |
| 39 | So imagine how you would feel if someone breaks into your new home and destroys or steals the very things you are proud of , the things you have worked hard to buy . |
| 40 | ‘ It got to the point that if someone looked at me on the street I thought they were responsible . ’ |
| 41 | their nose is very sensitive and I , if someone wa if someone walks across grass , yeah ? |
| 42 | For the simple reason you know you one of the if someone starts on one person in our group all the rest of the group can get together and get them . |
| 43 | If someone stands at the front of the play , at the front of the stage and says , you know , I believe in democracy , then you know you are let into a political play , yeah . |
| 44 | Lord Morris observed : ‘ If someone possessed of a special skill undertakes ( irrespective of contract ) to apply that skill for the assistance of another person who relies on such skill he voluntarily undertakes the responsibility of so acting . ’ |
| 45 | Bolt themselves in , if someone knocks on the door , you know , it 's sort of who is it |
| 46 | Yeah actually , I 'd be interested if someone sitting on the planning committee , or perhaps a director erm , yeah or perhaps you could tell me , er , why why if the planning committee members are so concerned about this , did they grant the planning permission ? |
| 47 | ‘ If someone wanted to be certain : what would he do ? ’ |
| 48 | I know , but it would n't be any point if someone wanted to be like |
| 49 | You suppose that if someone lives for ever , he is young , healthy , and strong for ever too . |
| 50 | In conventional crime there is no such similar fracture ; a person is charged with the consequences of his/her action ; if someone dies as a consequence of being stabbed , the assailant is more likely to be charged with a homicide offence rather than ‘ carrying an offensive weapon ’ . |
| 51 | On the other hand if someone dies of a heart attack it is just accepted that the cause is hereditary , ‘ He over-exerted himself once too often , ’ or most commonly , it was ‘ Just bad luck ’ . |
| 52 | If someone dies in hospital the health authority may give the certificate to the registrar who attends the hospital but , again , someone must attend the registration office . |
| 53 | If someone dies in hospital , they may rest in the hospital mortuary , or the funeral director will arrange for the body to be taken to the chapel of rest . |
| 54 | ‘ If someone broke into your house and you caught him , you 'd beat him over the head , would n't you ? ’ |
| 55 | Her fretfulness eased if someone stayed near her , in view . |
| 56 | And if someone writes in another language , you wo n't get it for a long time . |
| 57 | ‘ Save a life ’ means literally that — what would you do if someone collapsed in your class , or in the street in front of you ? |
| 58 | If someone spoke of ‘ letter-carrier ’ to me ( Language Lives NI 191 ) I would n't know what they were talking about . |
| 59 | Bright eyes and bushy tails are at a distinct premium among this bunch , and as for the brotherhood of man , their idea of that is that if someone disagrees with you , you kill him . |
| 60 | For if someone comes to you and preaches a Jesus other than the Jesus we preached , or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received , or a different gospel from the one you accepted , you put up with it easily enough . |