Example sentences of "if [pron] [verb] [pron] in [art] " in BNC.

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1 I would n't have known him if I met him in the street .
2 But if I met , but then that 's slightly different because if I met someone in a nightclub or something like that then I would be quite wary .
3 I would n't cos I , I ca n't if I saw you in the street I do n't know you I could n't be , I could n't be attracted to you .
4 Then I 'd er erm a friend come in in the afternoon and er ca n't remember if I had anybody in the evening or not .
5 By the way , I 'm sorry if I dropped you in the soup just now . ’
6 I do n't know if I passed her in the street
7 Thereafter , if I passed him in the corridor or on the staircase , those eyes registered no recognition .
8 If I bring you in a bottle of concentrate ?
9 Personally , I have a basic level of awareness which I raise if I find myself in a place or situation which could prove a problem .
10 Firstly , an emotion may be expressed involuntarily or voluntarily ; if I say something in a ‘ happy ’ way , this may be because I feel happy , or because I want to convey to you the impression that I am happy .
11 Secondly , an attitude that is expressed could be an attitude towards the listener ( e.g. if I say something in a ‘ friendly ’ way ) , towards what is being said ( e.g. if I say something in a ‘ sceptical ’ or ‘ dubious ’ way ? or towards some external event or situation ( e.g. ‘ regretful ’ or ‘ disapproving ’ ) .
12 Secondly , an attitude that is expressed could be an attitude towards the listener ( e.g. if I say something in a ‘ friendly ’ way ) , towards what is being said ( e.g. if I say something in a ‘ sceptical ’ or ‘ dubious ’ way ? or towards some external event or situation ( e.g. ‘ regretful ’ or ‘ disapproving ’ ) .
13 I do n't really get pocket money but if I see something in the shops in , in , this toy or something my mum , mum 'll buy it for me and say that 's your pocket money for this week .
14 If , she said to herself , writing Marjorie Richardson and Lady Mayhew and Miss Dunstable down for Easter lilies , if I do everything in the parish that I should do , and I keep the garden going and the meals and the house ( sort of ) and the translation , then where can be the harm in doing this other undeniably humble little thing that so curiously makes me feel strong and alive ?
15 On the new LP it will say something like ‘ Free samples if someone uses it in a really creative way . ’
16 ‘ I very rarely go out at weekends but if someone sees you in a pub once they assume you must be a real nightclubber .
17 ‘ Like if someone put something in the food , eh ? , sooner or later everyone will be ill . ’
18 Erm tells you a lot it would n't erm if somebody hit you in the back you 'd still move if you had the handbrake on .
19 But she would make him pay for this , she vowed to herself silently , even if she killed herself in the process !
20 She described how she walked around for months ‘ with a pain , almost a physical pain , in my heart ’ ; of how she avoided friends and pulled her hat over her face if she met them in the street ; of how , at last , she knew she must express her thousand emotions about her little grandchild in the way she knew best , in clay .
21 Yeah , yeah and they 're sort of grey , I 'm not sure if she got them in a charity , I 'm certainly sure it was n't bought in a shoe shop , cos she goes round every charity , she wo n't go in , you know I told you about that , oh I do n't know what it is , she said it 's loaded out with stuff and we 'll have to have a walk round there , erm , round by what was Kennedy 's , erm
22 ‘ I suppose Mrs C. thought I 'd be swilling it down like an alcoholic if she left it in the room .
23 ‘ She 'll cast a spell on you if she sees you in the wood , ’ Kay warned .
24 I laugh if she caught it in the
25 The customer always matters and is never a nuisance — even if she interrupts you in the middle of doing something else .
26 Even if you use it in the rough edit stage to see how the music fits the visuals , without the licences it is theoretically illegal .
27 I think anger 's a really positive energy if you use it in the right way .
28 If you use it in the middle , it 's got to have commas both sides of it .
29 As we know , if you shut yourself in a garage with no ventilation and leave the engine running , you will eventually stop breathing .
30 ‘ Nothing , ’ said the little boy , ‘ but it might taste better if you cooked it in the frying pan ! ’
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