Example sentences of "[adj] if you [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The question " Were you speaking Patois or English just then ? " will not necessarily make a lot of sense to a member of the London Caribbean community , any more than the questions " Why did you say that in Patois ? " or " How would the effect of that be different if you said it in ordinary English ? " .
2 It 's dangerous if you leave it on all night — you can start a fire and that if you ai n't careful .
3 Rocks look more natural if you bed them into the gravel slightly , as if they have been there for years .
4 You 're lucky if you survive them at all . ’
5 That does not render it inedible if you cook it within a few hours — or freeze it immediately .
6 You will not do a great deal of good if you do nothing from Monday to Saturday and then run five miles on Sunday .
7 Funnily enough a sing a double wardrobe which is four foot wide and eighteen inches deep if you split it in half , as the old ones could be , you end up with two pieces two feet and they actually can go up the stairs cos you can just get them underneath .
8 Levellers will perform in front of 70 , people during the tour , and already well over 50 , tickets have been snapped up , so get cracking if you want one for the Belfast gig .
9 I can be a lot more crude if you want me to . ’
10 ‘ It goes yellow if you keep it for too long and I do n't see how anyone can be expected to use fifty tablecloths even in a lifetime — not mucky-looking yellow ones .
11 It 's not expensive if you couple it to an off-peak Economy Seven meter .
12 It 's rose pruning time says Brian and he will call and do the necessary if you contact him at the Glendale Club on 091–584–1148 .
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