Example sentences of "and if [pers pn] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Cos they do n't half hammer you and if they catch up with you once they watch you like a hawk .
2 Oh yes we use cos when you 're dredging , you see when the eels came in the mud , eels always go in the mud in the winter time , you do n't , many eels swirl out , they go in the mud and when you 're dredging and they 're going into the hopper , cos they used to get stunned and they used to swim round right down the top of the water and they used to come up to the side , and if they come up to the side you could have your knife and just come here , cos they were stunned , pick 'em out .
3 And if they come out with that line : ‘ Oh but mum , everyone else 's mum lets them stay out until three in the morning/hitch a lift home from Glastonbury/take the short cut across the meadow at night/ride a bike without wearing an orange band … ’ then find out what other parents really think .
4 And if they go on like this I shall need something bigger and lighter .
5 And if they find out about the quarter-finals , for instance …
6 And if they started on at me , I 'd just threaten to run off again , ’
7 If the project does not get into gear now and if we go back to the drawing board , it will be decades before we get another scheme that is worked through to the present level .
8 Because women 's work is never done , and underpaid , or unpaid , or boring or repetitious and we 're the first to get the sack , and what we look like is more important than what we do , and if we get raped it 's our fault , and if we get bashed we must have provoked it , if we raise our voices we 're nagging bitches , and if we enjoy sex we 're nymphs and if we do n't we 're frigid , and if we love women it 's because we ca n't get a real man , and if we ask our doctor too many questions we 're neurotic and if we expect the community to care for our children we 're selfish , and if we stand up for our rights we 're aggressive and unfeminine , and if we do n't we 're typical weak females , and if we want to get married we 're out to trap a man , and if we do n't we 're unnatural , and because we ca n't get adequate safe contraceptives , but men can walk on the moon , and we ca n't cope or do n't want a pregnancy we 're made to feel guilty about abortion , and for lots and lots of other reasons we 're all part of the Women 's Liberation Movement .
9 And if we journey on with him we shall in any case finish the bread , ham , and cheese together .
10 This is ambitious , and if we look back at the scope of the information skills , it is subversive to present-day teaching .
11 ‘ She went back to work very quickly after her operation and if she goes on with her busy life as she fully intends to do , she needs a day or two off occasionally .
12 I usually make her coffee , and if she runs out of fags or needs summat from the shops , I go for her .
13 And if she comes back to the house , she wo n't be able to find me , so I got to stay there .
14 The form of service and the choice of hymns , if any , should be your parent 's , and if she is hoping to see her husband 's coffin surrounded by flowers on its last journey , nobody should suggest to her that she should instead consider asking relatives and friends to send donations to a suitable charity , for this may upset her deeply , and if she gives in to it , it may become a burning resentment in her later on .
15 They 're obviously going into a difficult area and if it breaks out into open conflict , there will be slight risk , but at the moment it 's fairly routine for us .
16 ‘ We now have this ludicrous situation where if a fire broke out in one end of a particular street in Prestatyn , Rhyl fire engines will go to it and if it breaks out in the other end of the street Prestatyn will go to it , ’ added Coun Edwards .
17 You may have a rough idea of where you are going and if it fits in with the cosmic blueprint , doors open easily .
18 coach and if it comes out like Helen and Pete like that and they 're , they 're gone and the others have n't , no wonder it 's been up on your wall
19 And if it ends up in the scrap bin , we simply write it off to experience , and start again .
20 And if I come down with a sore throat now , I 'll know who to blame .
21 And if I carry on with this relationship I shall just end up where I was in New York , miserable , unhappy , alone .
22 If she thought her troubles would be over when and if I caught up with the blackmailer , she was way off .
23 However , the addition can not be drawn until your husband retires , and if he works on after this age , you will have to wait to receive this pension .
24 Carroll , whose continuing achilles injury has resulted in Gallagher stepping in as his deputy in recent games , admitted : ‘ Mick was brilliant , and if he carries on like that I might not be able to get my place back . ’
25 I did not like the idea very much as Sid was a smoker , and if he lit up during the night it was possible that we both could end up with a Blighty , or worse !
26 And if you wake up in the morning and all the condensation
27 And if you come out with something nobody has , you 'll get props for it .
28 And if you come down on a Sunday you 'll discover street entertainment too … jugglers , fire eaters and musicians , adding colour and a festive air .
29 There are regular canal pubs and boatyards and if you moor up near a town you will usually find yourself half a mile to a mile from the town centre .
30 I , standing on my tiptoes I could n't see out the window to , to look out to the stage erm , and there was a huge step up , it was about that , which was great for people 's bad backs and if you got up on that , erm then you sat on top of a very high cocktail chair , in fact one of our people had to kneel on top of the high cocktail chair , to look , to see down , over the window , down to the stage and they did n't give us a sound feed which would sound familiar
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