Example sentences of "if someone " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , I 'd still like to get married , but if someone actually proposed to me I 'd probably run a mile from that as well . ’ |
| 2 | There is no way of telling if someone is infected by looking at them , but a special blood test declares a person negative or positive . |
| 3 | Indeed , a full point score is likely to be awarded if someone is floored by a strong mid-section attack . |
| 4 | The abbreviation as it travelled around the dot board , sounded as if someone were reading a map accordion-folded between Africa and India . |
| 5 | If someone dies in hospital the health authority may give the certificate to the registrar who attends the hospital but , again , someone must attend the registration office . |
| 6 | If someone dies in hospital , they may rest in the hospital mortuary , or the funeral director will arrange for the body to be taken to the chapel of rest . |
| 7 | If someone else was paying rates on your behalf then you may still be counted as a ratepayer so check with your council if you are unsure whether you qualify . |
| 8 | The X-ray showed clean breaks on both sides of my ankle , as if someone had miraculously scythed the pieces of bone off with a knife . |
| 9 | ‘ Cod ’ is a word we use if someone is a bit off or fishy , ’ Sinitta explained . |
| 10 | The closest he came to exercise was to open one eye every so often , if someone entered the room , or to open both eyes , smile , and wag his tail as he 'd done on one occasion when confronted by a housebreaker ! |
| 11 | When Scholes writes that ‘ no text is so trivial as to be outside the bounds of humanistic study ’ , I am reminded of C. S. Lewis 's argument that any piece of writing has a claim to being literary if someone can read it in a ‘ literary ’ — i.e. an absorbed , attentive , loving — fashion . |
| 12 | So if someone is mugged , raped , or injured , it is because he or she believed it would happen . |
| 13 | Enforcement : If someone builds without planning permission , the council may take enforcement action against the owner or occupier of the property . |
| 14 | For example , if someone usually works Monday through to Friday , these are the qualifying days . |
| 15 | I can not stand it any longer , if someone does not come to me I will give up and be miserable for ever and perhaps go home of my own accord , write or wire to Uncle C. and say you are coming at once pleas darling , and come on Saturday or I will give up altogether and always wretched . |
| 16 | The union will fight your case through the courts if someone tries to rip you off , it will check over contracts for you and offer cheap instrument insurance ( see the Musicians ' Union article for details ) . |
| 17 | If someone really works hard to get something to my attention , it will be heard that much quicker . |
| 18 | After a while , though , she pulled herself together and , leaving one copy on her desk , took the other down to the secretarial room and asked if someone could run her off two more copies , ideally before the board meeting . |
| 19 | On Norwegian ships , if someone was a bad killer they would be locked in the holds , they said . |
| 20 | In Muslim families , for example , it is the women in the family who are the chief mourners if someone dies . |
| 21 | A. ( touching her face ) Because if someone 's black , if you touch them in the face you might think your face might get black . |
| 22 | I have a Jamaican friend , she says there should be no difference if someone is West Indian , Indian or African , we are all black . |
| 23 | If someone had never read Lewis before , and wished to get a taste of him , there would be no better book with which to start . |
| 24 | ‘ If someone has been living on the streets for a number of years he ca n't switch over to an organized life in a couple of days … it is too sudden . |
| 25 | If someone wants to make a move on Morgan , the would-be predator will have to move before the Willis Faber meeting . |
| 26 | ‘ But I find it totally incomprehensible if someone has held the office of Chancellor with high standing for six years to want to resign over a personality — with such suddenness and haste . ’ |
| 27 | The group 's chairman , Sir Simon Hornby , promised not to break the agreement first , but pledged a strong response if someone else did so . |
| 28 | However , it will end sooner if someone else claims income support or family credit in respect of a child who was included in your family credit award . |
| 29 | However , it will end sooner if someone else claims income support or family credit in respect of a child who was included in your family credit award . |
| 30 | However , it will end sooner if someone else claims income support or family credit in respect of a child who was included in your family credit award . |