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

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1 As for his invitation — if I catch you at 1997 with him or any other man , I 'll revoke my decision about the wedding night , and take you to bed immediately ! ’
2 Wing Commander the Duke of Hamilton replied : ‘ My instructions are to let it run its course as if I know nothing at all about it .
3 If I snatch your hat from your head with intent to steal it , that is conversion as well as trespass , but if I throw it at another person , that is trespass only , for I am not questioning your title to it .
4 I make my living out of explaining things to a lot of dum-dums , and if I do it at all I expect to get paid . ’
5 If I do it at half the speed , just do it at thirty miles an hour , how long will that take ?
6 If I do it at half the speed .
7 Now if I do it at half that speed , if I do if I drive at thirty miles an hour , how long will it take me to do the sixty miles ?
8 Jenna began awkwardly , and he suddenly gave a shout of laughter , vaulting the fence and then reaching to lift her over as if she weighed nothing at all .
9 You 're lucky if you survive them at all . ’
10 So even now if you wake me at three o'clock in the morning and sing me one bar of Der Rosenkavalier I will be able to carry on from where you start !
11 There 's no more dangerous animal in the jungle if you surprise him at close quarters . "
12 Ah 's goin' on patrol now , jus ’ call fer Clyde if you needin' anythin' at all . ’
13 See which one you like the best or if you like them at all .
14 If you see one at all .
15 because if you force them at all , it does n't work .
16 You will have realized , for example , that if you crunch your car into your neighbour 's gatepost at 20 miles an hour you will do much more damage than if you nudge it at 10 .
17 Do n't stray from the line and shout if you find anything at all .
18 Beforehand they were tense and quiet , and no doubt very frightened if the truth were known , but on their return , if we saw them at all , they would be relaxed and only looking forward to bacon and eggs in the Mess — and then bed .
19 We fail so utterly to reward responsible married women that if we give anything at all to single mothers we appear to be placing a premium — ‘
20 In ordinary politics , however , we must treat integrity as an independent ideal if we accept it at all , because it can conflict with these other ideals .
21 We do n't see as much of you as we 'd like to ( if we see you at all ) .
22 I therefore decided to abandon what I had planned , because I felt that Faber 's too , despite their initial keenness , would now want another sort of book , if they wanted one at all .
23 To hell with it , I 'll go down fighting , it will break me on my terms if it breaks me at all .
24 By far the most intriguing announcement in Wales also carried a competitive element , even if it had nothing at all to do with slow bowlers .
25 If it meant anything at all it probably meant other people thought you were a bit like them .
26 If it meant anything at all , thought Henry , it was something along the lines of We have n't got a clue .
27 Still smiling from her thoughts , she placed her hands on his broad , muscular shoulders , feeling the strength of his hands lifting down her body as if it weighed nothing at all .
28 So , from the dominant parliamentary perspective the Left takes the British constitution for granted as a good thing , and from the insurrectionary perspective the Left sees the British constitution ( if it sees it at all ) as beyond the pale of reasoned consideration and change .
29 He said , ‘ If it reassures you at all , I 'm not Drugs Squad and I 'm not Special Branch .
30 But her gaze was beyond words ; even if he said nothing at all , she could read him with ease .
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