Example sentences of "if [pron] [verb] [pron] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I contacted him on the same number that I contacted you |
| 2 | If I take them on the table they wo n't make so much noise then |
| 3 | If I had it on a solid floor , but it 's got ta go , do n't forget it 's on a a wooden floor . |
| 4 | If I kicked him on the shin I bet he 'd limp away and not even glance to see who 'd done it . |
| 5 | But I fancy that if I found myself on the field of Waterloo with a foot missing , or in a dentist 's chair without benefit of anaesthetic — a future form of laudanum — or faced with a work-situation in which my family were slowly being starved and degraded , then my conclusions might reasonably be the same . ) |
| 6 | No but I 'll , if I say it on every tape she might get the hint . |
| 7 | If I see anything on the subject it goes into the file , and eventually I have enough material for a book or an article . ’ |
| 8 | if I see anything on the table I 'll just pop it in a freezer bag |
| 9 | I think these 'd probably be better if I did them on the one you suggested for |
| 10 | If I call you on the phone I 'll ring twice , put down the receiver , do the same thing again . |
| 11 | The vermouth was dark red , and I wondered what my mother would do if I poured it on the mushroom-coloured carpet — very slowly . |
| 12 | No you ca n't throw it you have to like jump on it like that and you go weee and it , and if , and if someone gets you on the hips you have to throw it to everybody . |
| 13 | If somebody bonks you on the |
| 14 | erm There 's a kind of assumption that if something , if somebody does something on a Sunday afternoon , for lack of better , something better to do or because it 's raining and golf is therefore , therefore off , that he therefore does it in a truer , sincerer way than a man who might be doing it as his career , for his income , to keep his family alive and so on . |
| 15 | Er , I sorry , , just clearing my throat , er , I did , I did delegate if somebody put it on the end of somebody 's assignment , then I to it , but I tend to find I underestimate what people can do for me all the time , and do n't identify just how much those people can give me back , and I did , or I do have a tendency at times to give people like before , to hold on too much , try and do too much myself , and er , you ca n't do it that way in case . |
| 16 | I asked Dang if she knew anything on the subject of knitting machines . |
| 17 | He wondered if she hung them on a china hand at night when she went to bed . |
| 18 | What happens if she does it on a weekend , will we just have a key ? |
| 19 | Drew her , as surely as if she had her on a string , unresisting , across the grass . |
| 20 | I suppose she meant if she put me on the Pill she was letting me sleep around . |
| 21 | Billy would n't notice if she put it on the back seat . |
| 22 | At two , your child does n't realise that if she bangs someone on the head with a spade , it hurts . |
| 23 | But if you had me on the table or on the trolley in intensive care — the submarine blip of the oscilloscope ( like a lost code ) , the richly sighing respirator-then I 'd be going , going , tumbling end over end . |
| 24 | These Christmas Day menus sound pretty average , but if you eat everything on the list you will have tucked away 5,472 calories by bedtime — around three times as much as a manual worker needs , and four times as much as an office worker 's requirements . |
| 25 | First , if you spin it on the table , ‘ stalk ’ upward , it almost immediately flips itself over to spin upside-down , balancing on the stalk' . |
| 26 | Your dustbin will be returned near to where you left it , or if possible to a convenient point just inside your gate if you left it on the pavement . |
| 27 | If you put him on a wyvern there is a temptation to spend half the game flitting about behind the enemy lines or stuck up in the air . |
| 28 | Girls are so much easier , if you put them on a blanket at least all they do is wet it . |
| 29 | If you put someone on a second floor balcony , for instance , to deliver an address , it looks as if he is simply haranguing his listeners . |
| 30 | If you put it on the right feet it 's clearly one of the best available . |