Example sentences of "if they come " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | If they came . |
| 2 | I had to try and get a bit of kip on the crumbling sofa with a torch in one hand and a big bit of four by two in the other , ready to whack any of the mice if they came out to get us . |
| 3 | But if they came more than once their friends usually sent them home . |
| 4 | What would you do if they came and built a hotel on this stretch of coast ? |
| 5 | Whatever their basis in nefarious dealings , misunderstood intelligence , or dreams , noble things were being attempted , and if they came off the world would have cause to be grateful . |
| 6 | I would go back to my attic and not be too hard on my characters if they came to pieces on their knees . |
| 7 | If they came out . |
| 8 | Denis wondered sometimes if they came from the same father and mother . |
| 9 | When I was a small boy , almost all cattle and sheep sold in the market were either transported by rail to Milford Goods Station or , if they came from farms within a six-mile or so radius , were driven on the hoof early in the morning . |
| 10 | The sergeant was chasing you round and if they came round and saw you coming out of a shop , you had to have a good explanation . |
| 11 | Before a Berlin run the crews were always very subdued , and when they came back they were exhausted — if they came back . |
| 12 | When that was rejected he argued in favour of his old plan of travelling on foot by the secret paths ; there were so many footpaths they could not all be watched and there was a chance that if they came upon outlaws there would be no more than one or two . |
| 13 | All the same , I said , if they came across anyone fitting that description in their care , please would they tell George Burley his name and room number . |
| 14 | She wondered if you would mind very much if they came another time . |
| 15 | Mr Dicketts was ‘ happy to comply even more ’ and confessed : ‘ If they came back now we 'd probably feel much happier . ’ |
| 16 | She was asking something from him , this stranger whose job was to shoot the IRA assassins if they came . |
| 17 | ‘ I think back to people like Allan Clarke , who were annoyed if they came off the pitch without scoring a goal . |
| 18 | Throughout the spawning the Scats paid no attention to the eggs , being gently nudged away if they came too close . |
| 19 | If they came in , with food or to check us over , we always had to put on our hoods first . ’ |
| 20 | Families expressed resentment if they came to think that they were being considered as a ‘ problem ’ family , and were quick to point out that had it not been for the arrival of the new child , they would not have needed the services of the family therapist . |
| 21 | When the counts of La Marche and Périgueux paid homage to the duke of Aquitaine , it implied acceptance on their part that to injure the duke 's person or property would be a breach of faith , but little more ; if they came to his court or assisted him on campaigns , it was because they saw profit or pleasure in so doing . |
| 22 | Not only did they get a promise from the secretary of the men 's union that they would be paid full wages by the union if they came out on strike ( unusual , if not unprecedented for non-members ) but the agreement subsequently signed with Neill 's management included some improvements in their piece rates . |
| 23 | ‘ I used to rehearse what I 'd say to my students if they came to me with a problem like this , ’ said William , ‘ but no one ever did . |
| 24 | If they came from a garden centre , take the container off each root-ball , cut any long , coiled-round roots off level with the soil-ball , and plant without otherwise disturbing in a hole sufficiently deep to ensure that the surface of the soil-ball is level with or a little below that of the surrounding soil . |
| 25 | If they came round |
| 26 | He did not feel so hostile to them as he did to the ravens , and merely ignored them , overflying them if they came too close but not behaving more aggressively than that . |
| 27 | It did suggest that the principles of confidentiality should be preserved for a period of fifteen years instead of thirty , but that there should be no new machinery for enforcement since offenders would carry the risk of social and political sanctions , and , of course , if they came within the rubric of any existing legal restraint , such as the Official Secrets Act , they would run the risk of legal proceedings . |
| 28 | He spoke very shrewdly and at alarming speed , in a low voice that seemed to come from elsewhere ; though his lips might be moving in front of Arthur , the shafts of help would sound as if they came from the wings or the orchestra pit . |
| 29 | And if they came in a with name that was unusual , er Now , are you sure ? |
| 30 | He 'd watch them quietly ; and he often told me how he had a good idea where they 'd been taking their honey : if they came to their hives low , they 'd most likely have come off a field of clover . |