Example sentences of "if [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If no-one will write your letters for you , and you do n't want to do them yourself , Correct Letters could be the answer . |
| 2 | Her father was unwell , she explained ; it would be helpful if everyone would leave the theatre as quickly as possible . |
| 3 | If everyone could look after their own , there would be far fewer people like social workers running around looking after other people 's own . |
| 4 | If everyone can learn to understand , however , how wars can be started so easily , there is a hope that more people might work to prevent them . |
| 5 | If everyone can manage this we will all be able to go on quietly shaving our heads , lighting our candles , starving ourselves on particular days of the year — and no-one will mind or probably even notice . |
| 6 | He says he says that it 's gon na stop crime so much cos if everyone can have a gun . |
| 7 | After the last show , or earlier if they were n't working , Arthur would often fall prey to the bite of melancholy , with such sharp dread of all endings that he would greatly fear going to sleep , as if nothing would be left to him unless he kept watch on it . |
| 8 | If nothing can be done to save her , I almost wish she was already dead . ’ |
| 9 | On the Master of the Roll 's reasoning it would appear to me as if nothing can preserve the true character and origin and parentage of the income paid to the beneficiaries through their bankers unless that be done by lodging with those bankers the dividends , share warrants and the like received by the trustees but not cashed . |
| 10 | Now it looks as if nothing could stop West Germany taking the lead with her unbeatable combination of credentials : guilt , enthusiasm , material interest and money . |
| 11 | as if nothing could beat you once you 'd made up your mind . ’ |
| 12 | Moreover , if nothing could ever be taken for granted , there would be large deadweight losses arising from bargaining and factionalism . |
| 13 | Smooth-haired , bright-eyed , immaculate , with the merest hint of a woody , masculine fragrance about him , he looked as if nothing could faze him . |
| 14 | Cradled within his arms , Laura drifted into a deep sleep , but , even as she dreamed , their bodies seemed to stir against one another , as if they could n't help but touch and make love again ; as if nothing could satisfy the desire that each had awakened in the other 's flesh . |
| 15 | Many existing systems which do n't already heat the hot water can be adapted to do so , but if yours ca n't ( an early warm air system , say ) or if you 're installing one of the few types of system that does n't also heat the hot water ( such as electric storage radiators ) , you will have to choose the hot water system . |
| 16 | Before returning to the Cape , he had written ‘ I have been idle so long that I doubt if I shall ever do a single grand battement in my life again — I crack when I move . ’ |
| 17 | I do n't know if I shall join the company yet , I may do , I may go to Paris , I may die , my face may even turn blue . |
| 18 | At the moment I find that I can just afford my fortnightly twenty-minute flights , but in eighteen months time , when I reach the age of seventy , I wonder if I shall be able to afford £130 per year for the ‘ privilege ’ of flying ? |
| 19 | ‘ Well , ask your questions , Melissa , but I doubt if I shall be able to help . ’ |
| 20 | I doubt if I shall meet anyone else in 1982 who will so powerfully impress me as she did . " |
| 21 | And all I can say is , God help me in the years between , because there 's going to be a fight and I do n't know if I shall be strong enough or clever enough to last out . |
| 22 | ‘ Because I do not know if I shall be coming back this afternoon . |
| 23 | And while her heart plodded to a dull beat , ‘ It looks as if I shall have to work the entire weekend , ’ he stated . |
| 24 | Italy 's a really wonderful country , I wonder if I 'll ever get a chance to go back . |
| 25 | She made it specially for him , and I 'm damned if I 'll send it back . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Your eyes are wondering if I 'll be alright , ’ said the Bookman smiling gently . |
| 27 | ‘ It 's extremely doubtful if I 'll ever find another comet , ’ declares Alcock . |
| 28 | But I 'm damned if I 'll bow to anyone . |
| 29 | ‘ I do n't know if I 'll be able to swing it in India , it depends on the pitches and conditions , but as the Indians ' attack looks to be mainly swing and seam , it could happen . |
| 30 | If you ask me if I 'll buy , the answer is ‘ probably ’ . ’ |