Example sentences of "then if " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , why not leave the keys with us and then if you ca n't get away , you can perhaps come back here — or if everything goes OK we 'll use it as a playroom or something . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Try some , and then if you do n't like it , well it 's too bad you know . ’ |
| 3 | The dinosaurs can have Scafell until they die out , then if anyone can still be bothered to walk ( ! ) up there , I 'm sure a line or two of bolts would n't go amiss . |
| 4 | However , ‘ I invite nobody into my soul ’ he declares , as if to banish the exhibitionist thought.44 And then if the search for suffering is allowed to eclipse the rest , we are back with Marmeladov squinnying into the bottom of his vodka jug ; whereas Stavrogin saying he wants to forgive himself might be Raskolnikov pondering retrospectively , selfcritically , on his admission of guilt at the police station . |
| 5 | Then if membership doubled , the balance would move to 60/40 in the unions ' favour . |
| 6 | But then if the foreman sees , he starts complaining about us in front of all the other workers , and even the supervisor , saying we always waste time and talk too much . |
| 7 | Levy and Calvet , both long-time advocates of a five-year acclimatisation period for Europe after 1992 , are thought to have agreed to press the European Commission to deny the Japanese unhindered access to Europe until 2002 , and only then if it 's reciprocated . |
| 8 | It 'd be real easy — I 'd just say to myself ‘ Well , I think I 'll just pop over and see Marie today ’ , and five minutes later I 'd be there and we could have tea together , then if I did n't want to stay the night I 'd just fly into the sky again and stay there . |
| 9 | Whizz round the sights and then if you 've got any sense get back inside the Palast . ’ |
| 10 | Of these , only the Commodore 64C is now worth buying , and only then if you never plan to add a disc drive . |
| 11 | He would go through the pain of divorce then if she really required it of him . |
| 12 | ‘ Then if there 's time she wants a ‘ Guess the Weight ’ cake making as well — I 've got to make it look as if it weighs five pounds when it really weighs ten . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Then if there is nothing else … ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Then if it is all right … . ’ |
| 15 | But then if I really did n't enjoy it , I would n't do it , would I ? ’ |
| 16 | Then if I think she 's trustworthy , I 'll ask her to help me . ’ |
| 17 | In the way that if you had to choose a player to score a century to save your life it would have been Boycott , then if you were pinned to a wall and forced to choose someone to win the Masters it would be Faldo . |
| 18 | I did n't care then if the art was all that good or not . ’ |
| 19 | Then if Mr Major takes a cool look at why Mrs Thatcher was overthrown , why he became Prime Minister in 1990 , and why he came so near to defeat in 1992 , he will see a cycle of excessive boom , high inflation and then prolonged recession . |
| 20 | Then if he still has not come out of the tent I will go down there while it is still light , very quietly , and see if I can see , without getting too close , how he is . |
| 21 | Then if you ever need to make small repairs , the patch will blend in with the rest . |
| 22 | Were the consent to be valid then if the rights or duties consented to and their creation have good consequences , which outweigh the bad consequences to which their creation or existence lead , the validity of the consent is instrumentally justified . |
| 23 | If I owe a client a duty to increase the value of his investment portfolio then if I fail to take action which could enhance its value I am positively harming my client 's interests . |
| 24 | See all the houses on your shortlist first , consider them all carefully , go through the checklist again , and then if one of them seems suitable and you feel in your bones that you would like it , then make a further appointment to view it again . |
| 25 | And then if he 's serious in marrying you , my advice to you would be to skip off and do it . |
| 26 | If it is secured by assets — usually a house — then if your other resources are insufficient for repayment , the lender is entitled to seize your home . |
| 27 | But then if a thing is so patently right … you have to take the decision and risk it . |
| 28 | Then if we are taxed with what we said about someone , we shall be calm for we shall know that everything we said was benevolent . |
| 29 | Assume after the first transaction the dollar depreciates ( DM appreciates ) and was worth only DM 3.88–3.92 , then if the second customer once again approached the bank with DM40,200 and requested dollars he would receive $10,255 ( DM40,200 ÷ DM3.92 ) . |
| 30 | Then if anything did happen , it would simply be an added bonus . |