Example sentences of "if [pos pn] [noun] do [not/n't] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If my chance does n't come sooner it will definitely come later and I 'm prepared for it . |
| 2 | Not if my clock did n't work either . |
| 3 | I 'd do it if my teeth did n't hurt ! |
| 4 | If my memory does n't deceive me , Admiral Caperton 's Marines should land around then . |
| 5 | 1 ) ‘ I 've given up worrying if my toddler does n't eat breakfast or lunch because I know she 'll eat almost as much as her dad for tea . |
| 6 | Customer 5 : ‘ What happens if my daughter does n't like this jumper when I get it home ? ’ |
| 7 | As I represent 25% of the total population of women presidents to date , if my predecessors did not share my feelings a 25% opinion still deserves to be heard , and I believe that some of my successors may well be of the same mind as I am . |
| 8 | ‘ Very well , ’ she said after a pause , ‘ I 'll marry you six years from now if we 're both alive and if my husband does n't return . ’ |
| 9 | I thought I should go mad if my brother did not come home at the appointed hour , for I longed to thrust it into his hands . |
| 10 | ‘ I had this notion ( on coming to Britain ) that if my family did not get any sunlight they would vanish ! ’ 1 |
| 11 | Soon my knees will bleed , if my hand does not drop off first . ’ |
| 12 | And anyway , I 'll have to go next door to take over from Arthur if my father does n't get back in time . ’ |
| 13 | The trouble is that it will leave mothers feeling terrible if their child does n't keep up . |
| 14 | He reminded the Treasury that in 1856 he had made it a policy that all public buildings in London should be open to competition and not given as a matter of course to one of his officers , and if their Lordships did not want to hold another competition , they could well appoint the winner of the Foreign Office design , as the judges had selected the prize-winning schemes ‘ not only in regard to their external appearance , but more especially on account of the excellence of their internal arrangements ’ . |
| 15 | Young girls will steal make-up if their parents do n't give them the money for it … ‘ |
| 16 | Their two boys of three and five would be eating Jaffa cakes for breakfast , lunch and supper if their parents did n't insist that they eat up most of what is put in front of them . |
| 17 | Luke 's hands , still at her hips , pulled her lower body to his abruptly , and it was as if their clothing did n't exist , the outer heat that flowed between them creating an inner one as liquid flame engulfed her loins . |
| 18 | Even now , many desert towns would be buried if their inhabitants did not transport the encroaching dunes bit by bit to the other side of their settlements . |
| 19 | If their defence does n't catch the opposition offside they can no longer pass back to David Seaman . |
| 20 | Farmers have promised more mayhem if their government does not resist US demands for cuts — and they are backed by public opinion . |
| 21 | An ARATS member , Tang Shubei , obliquely warned Taiwanese businessmen that if their government did not co-operate , they would lose out to Americans , Europeans and other Asians . |
| 22 | Hankin 's acceptance of the post is a measure of football 's odd , continuing ability to attract managers who know the score is that if their teams do n't score they go . |
| 23 | If their giro did n't come , erm the only way of of contacting D H S S , was either to go down , or to walk all round until they could find a telephone to do it . |
| 24 | Even where an undertaking does fall within the exemption , the competition rules will apply if their application does not obstruct the performance of the specific functions of the undertaking concerned . |
| 25 | Damage can be done , particularly to young people in a choir or music group , if their director does not support the clergy and join in the worship , or does not receive Communion , for example . |
| 26 | But biogas programmes will only create new problems if their designers do not take into account local economic and social conditions ( New Scientist , vol 97 , p 377 ) . |
| 27 | In both circumstances the deaf minority have to struggle to participate in community life if their contributions do not sound like English and if their failure to understand the interlanguage interpretation is put down to their poor general knowledge or low mental ability . |
| 28 | German Foreign Minister Hans Dietrich Genscher told the conference on Sept. 10 that Germany favoured the creation of a UN-style CSCE peace-keeping force with the power to intervene in countries suspected of violating human rights " even if their governments do not agree to this " . |
| 29 | PARENTS face a £500 fine if their children do not wear seatbelts in the car . |
| 30 | Whatever she [ mother ] needs , it 's there regardless … if her money did n't amount to whatever she needed , she would get it , even if I had to borrow for it , she would get it from somewhere . |