Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] if [pers pn] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , I 'm terribly sorry if I did n't add another notch to your bedpost , but look on the bright side — at least I saved you the bother of having to come up with a nice little farewell speech at the end of it all . |
| 2 | Lentils coming from Ethiopia , you get wheat from the States , rice from the States , ap apples from France , tea from India , coffee from Brazil and Columbia , sugar from the Windward Islands , bananas from all over the place , you know those are the things that keep us alive , no , you know , whether we one think they are or not , but I mean them things are what keeps the economy alive for one , it 's also what keeps us personally alive if you do n't know why we take an interest in Third World issues , I would say that it 's that , we 're dependent on these countries , we could produce enough foods for our own needs , but we would n't have oranges , coffee , tea , sugar , you know cos we ca n't grow them in this country we , we really depend on those things to stay alive , and for that reason alone we should have some kind of interest , if you went to Kenya for example they would be staggered at how little you know about their country given how much they know about yours they know a lot about this country , a lot of it is a bit loopy , but then what you know about their country is probably a bit off centre as well , and you know I hope that this is something that we 're reversing in this section , our perceptions of the Third World or the south or whatever we choose to call it , colour a lot of the things that we think and do and say and it increases the amount of racism that there is around us all , all those kind of things , erm and I think that it is really important to look at what a perception is , you know , for example what 's your perception of this ? |
| 3 | Sexual desire would be much easier if we did n't have to worry about love . |
| 4 | Mirror tiles are also a good substitute for panels and are very much cheaper if you do n't mind the obvious break in reflection caused by the lines . |
| 5 | Thus it is clear that if the change is a realistic one and the company is justifiably convinced that it must be imposed , you will be extremely vulnerable if you do not fall in line . |
| 6 | A good girl helps her mother around the house and with the younger children , being especially good if she does so without being asked . |
| 7 | Although the main emphasis of the book is , as I have said , on the process of coping , rather than on the content of what needs to be coped with , nonetheless the discussion will look somewhat abstract if we do not place it within the context of the Education Reform Act and the other present or imminent changes that are around . |
| 8 | This three-layer cake of Hardware/DOS/Windows is a complicated mix of compromises , which is fine when they all pay-off , but less impressive if they do n't ! |
| 9 | It was so small if you did n't pay the rent they did n't evict you — they used to flush you out with ferrets . |
| 10 | Sue 'll be ever so hurt if I do n't go . |
| 11 | I 'll be so disappointed if you do n't . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Penelope will be so disappointed if he does n't . |
| 13 | ‘ It would be so nice if you did come and live near us when you 're married , ’ said Jannie wistfully . |
| 14 | ‘ God , you 're a lot of trouble , I could get along so easy and so nice if I did n't have you on my tail ’ , ‘ You crazy fool … blubbering like a baby ? |
| 15 | I will be extremely disappointed if we do n't go on winning . |
| 16 | He dare n't refuse , I think he thinks ‘ ladies ’ fall down dead if they do n't have a bath when they want one . |
| 17 | Gordon says it 's not natural if you do n't erm if you do n't look . |
| 18 | er I 'm not sure if I did n't |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm not happy if I do n't see him every day — he 's necessary to my life . ’ |
| 20 | It is what they expect from Robyn Penrose , and even the rugby-playing boys in the back row would be mildly disappointed if she did n't produce this kind of observation from time to time . |
| 21 | ‘ Nice and central , and the food 's not bad if you do n't think too closely about it . ’ |
| 22 | Er I 'll have one a little later if you do n't mind . |
| 23 | ‘ You ought to have been more careful if you did n't want to marry him ! ’ |
| 24 | I think you , Mr Chairman , it would be totally improper if we did not raise the issue within the within the budget if we did not raise the issue of election members and the expenses of election members . |
| 25 | A further small point : we may have been taught at school to avoid ending written sentences with a preposition , but the above sentence , apart from replacing ‘ commence ’ by ‘ begin ’ , sounds more natural if we do in fact end it with the preposition . |
| 26 | They 're also supremely naive if they do n't think at some point in the future that MCA will hike out a similar compilation to the one Phonogram just have … that 's always assuming that they sort themselves out enough to have the required amount of hits . |
| 27 | The idea that one can adopt an orphan baby elephant in Kenya and supply it with food and medicine for under £15 would be even more droll if I did not remember adopting a number of black babies in Africa as a schoolboy , and giving them foolish names like Chrysostom or Donaldina or Ambrose , at five shillings ( 25p ) a time . |
| 28 | Well that 's hardly fair if you did n't do it ! |
| 29 | Probably under the circumstances , probably better if she does ! |
| 30 | Somebody once said to me they think it 's really rude if they did n't bring wine to a , to a dinner party and then they do n't have to have to drink it . |