Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] you [modal v] [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do n't get old if you can avoid it . |
| 2 | ’ Im responsible for themusic if you can call it that ’ |
| 3 | I think that diving can be as calorie consuming as you would like it to be . ’ |
| 4 | It is possible that you might find it difficult at first to make time for exercise . |
| 5 | That 's right so you can do it on leaded light , you can do it on handles , but either you lay it on the customer right , which do you prefer ? |
| 6 | I have heard erm some choir , the choir sing a little bit cos erm we got a corridor near the music hall and erm they sing up pretty loud so you can hear it . |
| 7 | ‘ So gummy that you could throw it against a wall and it would stick , ’ It was known as ska , blue beat or rocksteady , and collectively as reggae . |
| 8 | Sir it was oily and you can see it . |
| 9 | Right we 'll have a look at that again , because once you 've got it it 's pretty straightforward and you can do it fairly quickly and you can do it very confidently |
| 10 | ‘ But no need to be uncomfortable if you can avoid it , ’ he said smoothly . |
| 11 | As you work through the second phase you will be working out the diet that is as near to perfect as you can get it for your own body . |
| 12 | If one is still available for Nether Wyresdale Parish I should be grateful if you would send it to Councillor R Collinson , The Priory , The Square , Scorton , Preston . |
| 13 | We would be grateful if you could check it for accuracy and also for any changes since you first kindly provided the information . |
| 14 | We do not appear to have received this year 's Statistics Form with details of your classes , and would be very grateful if you could send it back as soon as possible . |
| 15 | so many kilometres , look to the right you 'll see such and such follow the road round to the right and you 'll find it , go to restaurant Alpalo or whatever and |
| 16 | I think on the whole it pays to try to use humour , but it 's better not to be too cruel if you can avoid it . |
| 17 | She answered , watching him , ‘ Of course , it 's only natural that you should want it to succeed . |
| 18 | Work hard and you can do it |
| 19 | Work hard and you can do it ’ ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I would be glad if you would make it clear ’ , Surtees interjected , |
| 21 | I 'd be glad if you 'd take it . ’ |
| 22 | A FEW years ago , unemployment and sickness insurance for a mortgage was regarded in the same light as private health insurance is now : fine if you could afford it , but not essential . |
| 23 | Fine if you could chop it away from feeling and treat it as a mere sensation . |
| 24 | Yes it is nice it 's okay if you can do it in daylight , but artificial light is difficult and I used to sit in the car when Charlotte was asleep . |
| 25 | For the zig-zag row and the circular rows , the stitch tension is usually as tight as you can make it . |
| 26 | It 'll never be perfect but it can run as smooth as you can get it . |
| 27 | If you devote several years of your life to a subject , you ought to be reasonably sure that you 'll enjoy it . |
| 28 | By that stage , you should feel totally at home with your new diet and confident that you can maintain it as a lifestyle with ease in the place of your former diet . |
| 29 | You may be happiest asking a professional to cut out your mount unless you are confident that you will do it properly , as it is a skill that takes a long time to perfect , and a badly cut mount is as off-putting as a badly made frame . |
| 30 | Now all this competition for places is great if you can afford it but surely we 'd be better investing our money in other things . |