Example sentences of "[adv prt] if [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suspicious of session musicians , he has never been in the habit of sharing his thoughts about chord sequences or the like ; his co-artists have been expected to listen hard and play along if they can . |
| 2 | Remember , however , to combine the families as you go along if they have been supplied as multiple Suitcases . |
| 3 | In the old days we got on with the job , jollied staff along if they needed it , kicked the sluggards in the backside , encouraged the unconfident and persuaded a reluctant and sceptical police force to use us . |
| 4 | Piers looked at Alyssia , and she shrugged , as though to imply that they could trek along if they liked , it really did n't bother her one way or another . |
| 5 | On the riverside , where the pathway could not be closed , a uniformed policeman paced imperturbably , and occasionally moved people along if they tended to congregate and linger too long . |
| 6 | I 've said all along if I 'd been a white man with my ability , I feel I 'd be a wealthy man . |
| 7 | You can come along if you want to , Piper . |
| 8 | Get along if you can — watch a night pass in six minutes , go back to prehistory , or forward to the skies of the 1990s . |
| 9 | He 's a thief , a criminal , he nicked my bag and I had to sift through every shit-bin in Bristol till I found my dreams and found out what I ought to 've known all along if you had n't … |
| 10 | You can tag along if you want . ’ |
| 11 | I 'm always willing to stand down if somebody can claim to be a little older . |
| 12 | Private dealers are neither more nor less scrupulous than dealers who operate from retail outlets , but they may prove more difficult to track down if something goes wrong . |
| 13 | Afraid the water-table will go down if we flush them all at once ? |
| 14 | This procedure may break down if we get to a single pair of edges , but we will see that this can happen only if a pair of corners has also to be exchanged . |
| 15 | There is no danger of it slowing down if we eat around 1500 calories a day . |
| 16 | ‘ Today it is 40pc-plus and we must cut it down if we are to improve survival rates of colon , rectal , breast and other cancers as well as cardio-vascular disease . ’ |
| 17 | I do n't see us going down if we keep all our best players and we 'll finish mid-table . |
| 18 | It is in fact all oil , but for trying to understand the thing it 's better to try and break it down if we can , and that 's what 's being done here . |
| 19 | It is a relatively easy run down if we start early in the morning . |
| 20 | But it probably was , I mean probably deep down if we did n't see her , probably got on quite well with her . |
| 21 | ‘ Our legal adviser told us that using such a route could even lead to the club being closed down if their investigations opened up a real can of worms . |
| 22 | He 'd pull it down if they did . |
| 23 | Rather than contend with the pain of being left , he ensured that relationships broke down if they were in danger of becoming important to him . |
| 24 | ‘ And Christine told me , ’ continued Ginnie , ‘ that Mr Barnes threatened to have their dog put down if they did n't work hard enuff . ’ |
| 25 | Again , you can still quote them if you wish — it 's the employer 's job to track them down if they want a reference . |
| 26 | It only would have been like The Housemartins watered down if they 'd have kept doing it without believing in the band . |
| 27 | ( The Health and Safety Department would close the place down if they saw it ! ) |
| 28 | Masked and armed , they tied up 52year-old John Bayles and his wife , Elizabeth with a washing line , threatened to burn their home down if they did not reveal where their money was and ransacked the house . |
| 29 | Said Mr Duffield : ‘ A threat was made to burn the house down if they did not say where the money was . ’ |
| 30 | They made sure children got safely on to the chairlift and picked them up and dusted them down if they fell . |