Example sentences of "if they [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If they throw me in prison , at least I know that with Famagusta and maybe a rodent or two from my cell , I can have a meal fit for a Borgia . ’ |
| 2 | Thorstvedt said : ‘ If they throw me out , at least I 'll be thrown out smiling . |
| 3 | But the Canaries are likely to have more success if they throw 29-year-old Crook into the equation . |
| 4 | And if they throw me out … ’ he trailed off with a shrug . |
| 5 | And now the FA must decide whether they feel it is in everyone 's best interests if they throw Taylor overboard into Boston harbour , just like the Yanks did 200 years ago to another unwanted English export . |
| 6 | They just need a little help like with feeding or or if they throw a tantrum |
| 7 | The mistake that the social Darwinists like Herbert Spencer made , and that popular opinion still makes about evolution , is the kind of mistake that aliens might make if they landed in a Safeway supermarket car park . |
| 8 | But the complication of such an operation would be considerable ; and it is reasonable to say that the entire population of the Pacific nations , even if they inhabit the Atlantic seaboard , can make use of the goods that are carried across the Pacific Ocean . |
| 9 | Even the heyday of tomb-robbing was over ; his scavenging could n't be called by such a piratical name and the local labourers could not be inspired to sift the soil scrupulously when they could break it with a pickaxe so much faster , and the mounted overseers might take a crack at them with a rifle butt if they dawdled . |
| 10 | If they sent an ambulance she supposed she would get into it , but if they did not , then she would leave it because she did not have the energy to take herself to hospital . |
| 11 | If they sent haematologists around local firms and offices then men would be honour bound to take the blood test when they saw their colleagues taking it . |
| 12 | If they collapse immediately , then they are either too wet or too dry and the mixture must be amended before use . |
| 13 | This then is his first task and erm he devotes many pages to that theme of awakening people to the potentialities inside them , which , if they deny them , will make only themselves miserable and other people too . |
| 14 | If one considers hierarchical assemblies in general , their evolution from their constituents is far more likely if they consist of relatively stable sub-assemblies which themselves are evolutionary products of an earlier period . |
| 15 | It is important to accept our children , single or married , without making them feel that they are less valued if they remain single , or if they marry someone who is not our choice . |
| 16 | He is a good cook , believing that it is important for men to learn to cook so that if they marry a woman not too well versed in the culinary arts , they will still survive ! |
| 17 | The bookies could trim those odds further if they studied Boro 's run-in . |
| 18 | Moreover , there was the fear that if they secured the vote then they would destroy the delicate balance of the Constitution and much else besides . |
| 19 | In sufficient numbers innovation-weary teachers can make any change a change for the worse if they implement it in a resentful , half-hearted or half-baked fashion , and under these conditions even the brightest and the best schemes are going to flop . |
| 20 | If they harmed her there was no way they could get off the train other than jumping and , with it travelling at over ninety-five miles an hour , that did n't seem a very good idea . |
| 21 | ‘ The mineral companies especially will find future planning permission easier if they put the land back to good use , ’ says Max Hislop , a community forester . |
| 22 | Observing a heated argument among the players over a game of cards , Chapman thought that if they put as much consideration and earnestness into their football , their game could only improve . |
| 23 | The fishermen understood what she meant , that there could be a capsize if they put to sea , but they laughed at her , thinking she had mental hallucinations and put out to sea — at that time in calm conditions . |
| 24 | Someone investing in only one or two shares , whether through a PEP or not , is exposed to a much greater risk than if they put the same sum into some form of collective investment . |
| 25 | Luckily , prospective purchasers of Guy Edwards ' Sponsorship and the World of Motor Racing ( Hazleton Publishing ) could recoup their outlay if they put his experience to good use . |
| 26 | Charles the Cheesemonger had signed his marriage certificate with a cross — a common enough occurrence , in the event , even among those who could read and write if they put their minds to it . |
| 27 | ‘ I am convinced ’ , he wrote in 1905 , ‘ that … at the present stage of world politics , the British people can get anything they want if they put their backs into it . ’ |
| 28 | It might be better if they put their feet up . ’ |
| 29 | Many parents find that if they put a pudding or sweets in front of the child as an incentive the child is likely to refuse to eat and just demand the reward . |
| 30 | It is not in my body as it might appear to others ( if they put their tongue in my mouth ) but does appear to me ( who has got my tongue in my mouth ) that I have pains . |