Example sentences of "if they go " in BNC.
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| 1 | She sometimes thought that if they went somewhere hot and beachy as most people did — the Seychelles , the Maldives , the Caribbean — they would spend the whole day swimming or sunbathing . |
| 2 | The atmosphere is bad and British sailors could get caught up in the bad feeling if they went ashore , ’ said the Ark Royal 's captain , John Brigstocke . |
| 3 | Until the launch of the so-called ‘ minor tranquillisers ’ in the early Sixties , anxiety was seen as an inevitable everyday experience , and , moreover , as a valuable psychological spur compelling us to take stock of things if they went wrong . |
| 4 | And the Democrats among them also know that if they went on record against a war that turned out to be a great victory , President Bush would be even harder to beat in 1992 . |
| 5 | At the time of the lobby revolt , ‘ No one could have been in any doubt that if they went over to [ the rebel papers ' ] side , they would cook their goose with Number Ten . ’ |
| 6 | Someone who had worked closely with Ian Paisley in the 1950s claimed that he had once joked that the only way they would get anywhere would be if they went to gaol for the Protestant cause . |
| 7 | Our reforms have cut away the barriers that meant many breadwinners lost money if they went to work . |
| 8 | I do not know if they talked or if they went to bed together on that first night . |
| 9 | If they went for the traditional look I suppose they 'd all be wearing hard hats that looked like the flat cap Victorian cyclists always wore . |
| 10 | It was also believed by some that if they went on strike for higher wages they would be victimized by all the companies in the area . |
| 11 | It might be needed if they went out for the day . |
| 12 | It would be a tragedy if they went under . |
| 13 | If Englishmen in America were to push on to the west , it was fairly predictable that there would be clashes with the thinly scattered Indian population , and it was quite certain that if they went far enough either west or north they would meet the French . |
| 14 | I saw one in the box once when she was trying her pearls on to see if they went with one of the dresses . |
| 15 | But typewriters we had problems with because , if they went in for repair , you never got them back from the Ordinance Core , and so at one place in Tunbridge Wells we handed a typewriter in and because the army were allowed to buy greaseproof paper , we bought a lot of greaseproof paper which came in the package of a new typewriter . |
| 16 | If they went to the house and saw him move into the door , they 'd turn out the family , look everywhere and he was not to be found . |
| 17 | Public sector negotiators knew the consequences if they went over that limit , though in practice the Treasury might relent a little with groups like nurses and fund part of the extra settlement . |
| 18 | If they went on seeing each other , would they not eventually produce the same complicatedly beautiful pattern of commitment as her friends had ? |
| 19 | But if they went on meeting every day , their relationship must develop : he could not stop himself . |
| 20 | She could have argued that if they went as planned to farm in another country , nobody would know about her past . |
| 21 | " If they went to all that trouble to take out the clothes labels , why did they leave his face untouched ? |
| 22 | No it used to be just the sacks stop the dust and go down the back and I 've known the time what er , when they needed a regular gang of dockers , if they went to work on er , on er Monday morning with a dirty head bag on made of calico , they 'd have to buy the beer cos they had , if they ai n't got a clean head bag on or a cl clean skullcap , there used to be a little old calico skullcap they used to put on just to keep the dust out the hair and all like that . |
| 23 | If they went sailing , there would be no chance to speak privately to Mary ; in two days the Shelley party was leaving here , making for Geneva and thence to London . |
| 24 | But some things never changed : there was no holiday pay and if they went went sick they lost their jobs . |
| 25 | It would be seven and sixpence for the consultation if they went down to the surgery . |
| 26 | When he learned the identity of his two customers , he said , ‘ I run a respectable ale-house here , even though many of my customers would be shown the door if they went to one of your big city taverns . |
| 27 | If they went , what a loss it would be . |
| 28 | On Nov. 22 the CSM cancelled a meeting after Cossiga had failed to approve the meeting 's agenda and had instead threatened to have the magistrates arrested if they went ahead with the session . |
| 29 | Er , I hoped I 'd made clear that if the profits of Pearsons erm er not only if they went down but even if er , there was only a small erm , increase in earnings per share er next year that the the directors ' salaries would be very considerably reduced and I thought I 'd already made that erm , er , directors ' erm remuneration total take home pay would be considerably reduced thought I 'd already made that point . |
| 30 | If they went for a drink everybody was calling them scabs and if they went anywhere then , some some had their cars sprayed with paint and oh they had everything done , they were all against them . |