Example sentences of "if [pron] [modal v] [adv] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I feel as if I 'll always have somewhere to come home to . |
| 2 | Once again his arm , brown and corded , swept silencingly towards the sea and the mountains and the south , as if I might not have properly appreciated it . |
| 3 | If I might just wait here till the storm passes , till daylight , perhaps , and then try again to track my things down ? ’ |
| 4 | And I am pleased , though unsurprised , that my programming remains effective , even if I ca n't get right in there to nurse it along . |
| 5 | ‘ If I ca n't find anywhere else I 'll come back |
| 6 | ‘ Well , if I ca n't come here , Linton can come to visit me at the Grange , ’ suggested Cathy happily . |
| 7 | I mean I like dancing and music but I like to have a chat with , I ca n't , I ca n't be bothered if I ca n't chat properly because you ca n't hear yourself |
| 8 | My Lords , erm I would like to take the opportunity if I may just to refer very briefly to one amendment of mine on page two , line eighteen after the second of insert not less than . |
| 9 | But if I 'd not run away , and made good … . |
| 10 | ‘ Keep the old place in the family , I thought — best thing that could happen if I could n't stay there myself . |
| 11 | And if I could n't make away with myself , how could the malais make away with a whole nation ? |
| 12 | But this time I knew I could use it , even if I could n't think exactly how . |
| 13 | Erm if I could just stop there for a couple of minutes to er make a point about er independent taxation . |
| 14 | Riding 's fun , certainly — or it would be , if I could sometimes go alone . |
| 15 | If someone ca n't read aloud competently , this does not mean he ca n't read at all : consider the number of us who could read French silently and understand it , but who would find it very difficult to " sound it out " and read it aloud . |
| 16 | and he said and , and , and Pam said when Elaine asked Keith he said if she ca n't come here and pick one up , she do n't get one , I said and that is as much as Keith thought about any of you |
| 17 | " The doctor says she needs a good beating if she wo n't eat properly . " |
| 18 | ‘ Good , ’ said Polly , with satisfaction , as if she need n't worry now about pulling any punches . |
| 19 | Ronni wished an entire treeload of acacia blossom would fall on her if she could just experience again the thrilling touch of that hand . |
| 20 | Not that she intended accepting any favours from him , but she knew he was booked in for two nights , which gave her time to return his hospitality if she could not manipulate tonight into a Dutch treat . |
| 21 | Even if she could not have so persuaded herself it would have made no difference . |
| 22 | If you ca n't move straight into your new home , or you find yourself with too many belongings , you may want to put some things into storage . |
| 23 | If you ca n't expect much , why bother ? |
| 24 | I mean it is if they look funny I feel that they 're sadder , if you ca n't tell then that 's you know jolly good luck I suppose except that somebody knows . |
| 25 | If you ca n't exercise then you will lose all your ability to be a healthy person . |
| 26 | If you ca n't go abroad yet , just go into your local JobCentre and ask for a computer search of overseas vacancies . |
| 27 | In fact deliberately if you ca n't go there , you 're going to let people down , so that they give you stick . |
| 28 | So now you 're saying , if you ca n't make so we 've , we 've changed from the full unbiased overall story |
| 29 | But even if you ca n't predict exactly what your baby is going to be like as a toddler or pre-schooler , let alone as an adolescent , sorting out her needs and wants in the here and now can be fascinating . |
| 30 | Now , right you 're gon na stay if you ca n't work quietly . |