Example sentences of "[verb] if it [adv] " in BNC.

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1 I do n't know if it ever occurred to me to regret my inability to have a child by Jean-Claude .
2 And this is a Sotino which is a quality brand in those days , I , I , do n't know if it still is , I assume it is , erm , which was not advertised at all , and although the Rolex 's and so on in this world have been heavily advertised as they came on the market , Sotino 's never really was , so my father had a struggle I suspect selling .
3 However , I confess that I do not believe a party , any more than the society which it serves , can fail to suffer if it knowingly allows institutions to fall more and more out of correspondence with contemporary needs .
4 But there are a few who are questioning the state of play , and who agree with Ben Whitaker ( 1979 : 312 ) when he urged ‘ that police thinking would profit if it more often came out of its shell and concerned itself with wider questions about the role of the police and human relations ’ .
5 She says if it just helps keep the research going , every little helps .
6 Then I 'll dump by bag or listen if it even if I were n't here would you have anything to do ?
7 Mr Bob Clay ( Lab Sunderland N ) asked what British Rail would do if it no longer ended in King 's Cross and the terminal was not needed .
8 The partial pressure of a component gas is the pressure the gas would exert if it alone occupied the total volume at the same temperature .
9 Flora sat in the kitchen , laboriously practising chain stitch on a rag torn from an old shirt of Peter 's , and Anna , who was in charge of the cleaning-rota , went off to the church to see if it actually had been cleaned .
10 The first idea is refined into a hypothesis by collecting more evidence to see if it really works , and ultimately it may be elevated into the rather grand status of a Theory , if successful predictions can be based upon it .
11 I 'd began hunting for data on phetam to see if it really was valuable as the Ardakkeans claimed , and if so , why .
12 Early in October , with the exact date of the premiere not vet set , but intended to be some time between 25 November and 10 December , John wrote again to Hanns : ‘ Million sorries for not writing sooner , but I was waiting for ( a ) Thursday , the official scrutinization of my ballet to see if it definitely would go on , and ( b ) Friday , the first night of Miss Howes 's show .
13 I think it 's said it , if there 's anything on pertaining to the County Council , like highway matters , then it could be useful , but I mean if it just , there 's no point in him sitting here to discuss planning applications , because that enquiry 's
14 They say they 'd appreciate knowing what I originally had in mind , so they can see if it still sounds suitable .
15 I 'll see if it still fits in
16 Let's see if it still fits .
17 Many advantages would follow if it too could grow tall , but this would require a new technique for getting the male cell to the female .
18 Umpteen four-bedroomed houses later , we were wondering if it really was the right thing to do : every time we found just the right place , the surveyor 's report showed movement of the north wall , or some other equally expensive-to-repair problem .
19 I asked , wondering if it really was or if his memory had become glamorized .
20 You 're not kidding he certainly ai n't kidding you now now it 's happened to me I know if it ever happened I know never to do it again .
21 long it takes If it well they say , come on , time we 'll have to go .
22 Anyone with experience of computers may wonder if it really is possible to ‘ … produce a stunning presentation product within minutes … ’ — just a little optimistic , perhaps ?
23 I doubt if it ever dawned on him that his patient wife would tell him to get stuffed .
24 I doubt if it ever has as wide a meaning as that .
25 erm I doubt if it really was like that come on !
26 Then it has to decide if it actually wants to shrink-wrap the stuff , and finally whether to go ahead and put together a marketing and distribution effort for the completed product .
27 Assuming that neither the document in question , nor the tests of which its examination formed a part , gave the auditor reason to be put on enquiry , he can hardly be criticised if it subsequently transpires that the document was fraudulently created or used .
28 And now I wonder if it ever really happened .
29 I wonder if it really will involve performing better than I have ever performed in a boat before .
30 They have accepted the idea that matter is formed as the Universe expands , and will possibly be destroyed if it ever happens to contract .
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