Example sentences of "if [pron] [verb] [indef pn] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Reeling somewhat from the gin concoction , and making for the captain 's office , I console myself with the thought that if I need anything from an appendectomy to open heart surgery , there is no shortage of equipment or expertise to hand . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 ’ ) . |
| 6 | 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 ’ ) . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | If I see anything on the subject it goes into the file , and eventually I have enough material for a book or an article . ’ |
| 9 | if I see anything on the table I 'll just pop it in a freezer bag |
| 10 | 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 ? |
| 11 | ‘ Like if someone put something in the food , eh ? , sooner or later everyone will be ill . ’ |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | He showed it to Patrizia Valesio and asked if she knew anything about the asterisks which Chiodini had pointed out . |
| 14 | I asked Dang if she knew anything on the subject of knitting machines . |
| 15 | It was a test , really , to see if she said anything about the stockings . |
| 16 | Five years ago she 'd have got the woman sacked on some pretext , rendering her harmless if she alleged anything against a reputable doctor in a famous clinic . |
| 17 | When the passengers are cleaned up see if you can get this young lady , Irene Charial , alone and find out if she knows anything about the layout of the engine-room . |
| 18 | At two , your child does n't realise that if she bangs someone on the head with a spade , it hurts . |
| 19 | Now I do n't know if you remember anything about the nine days of the General Strike , as opposed to the s sort of the whole miners ' strike in that year . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | If you 've none in the house you ca n't smoke them . |
| 22 | If you know something about the deeper inner workings of computers then you can make use of this fact to guess what sort of things might cause a program some difficulties . |
| 23 | ‘ If you know anything about the history of art , you 'll know that the real process of evaluation goes on after things have stopped . |
| 24 | Erm , er , if you , if you know anything about the kind of thing that actually goes on er , it 's nothing like the it 's supposed to be . |
| 25 | And I would like to ask and if you know anything about the the topography of Harrogate , the second er most attractive feature of this town after the Nidd Gorge is in fact . |
| 26 | Erm , the other thing is , if you know anything about the subject , which most amanuensists should do , you actually start filling in the gaps . |
| 27 | If you know anything about the robbery , please help us . ’ |
| 28 | You might just make it — if you know someone with a balloon ! |
| 29 | You stand a better chance if you put something with the Sunday and even then that might not be completely enough to reach down to the crevices , but I think some method , and that 's why I suggested surgeries actually , was that we have to talk regularly to people face to face and once you 're in a room with people then it goes , does n't it ? |
| 30 | But if you put something like a wall with a slit in it in the way of the particle , the particle paths can spread out beyond the slit . |