Example sentences of "[adv] if you [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Perhaps if you tell me just where you stand ? ’ she suggested shortly . |
| 2 | Perhaps if you remember them you will forget your maladies . ’ |
| 3 | Perhaps if you heard it in different circumstances , su , you know , surrounded by Chinese people , then maybe you would begin to recognise it . |
| 4 | Erm ha having gone through that you moved on er and gave out your business card fi first and then the buyer 's guide erm do n't know whether you 're happy doing it that way or whether it 's better round the other way , I I , you , you tend to think if you give somebody the buyer 's guide first when they start to look at it you give them your business card and take it away , perhaps if you do it the other way round they might s start reading the buyer 's guide |
| 5 | Well perhaps if you bought it direct yourself , you 'd perhaps get fourpence on it . |
| 6 | Perhaps if you see anyone not using their sense you could do them , and all other windsurfers , a favour by telling them . |
| 7 | ‘ Be a damn sight better if you dropped your drawers and got it over with ! ’ |
| 8 | It is , therefore , better if you prepare your own lunches initially , rather than rely on canteens . |
| 9 | You 'd better if you know what 's good for you ! |
| 10 | Some tinies will find the pace busy , and will enjoy their evenings better if you pick them up early one or two days a week . |
| 11 | There is a marked reluctance to arguing why people should be accorded such rights — " It just is so and things work better if you accept it — racism for example causes instability and prejudice and violence , so it must go " . |
| 12 | I think it better if you leave us now . ’ |
| 13 | Thank you very much if you wait there there 'll be some more questions . |
| 14 | It probably did n't matter much if you did it in front of your friends . |
| 15 | But , says Libby Purves , children do n't like to be pushed and their skills will grow naturally if you give them gentle encouragement and lots of opportunities |
| 16 | Even these should fit nicely if you did your planning carefully . |
| 17 | Obviously if you pack your furniture in like that if you pack your furniture in in that way what you 'd end up with when the van stopped all the f all the furniture would move down to one end and be squashed . |
| 18 | Only if you make me an isosceles triangle , first . |
| 19 | Now hear this : I will take provisions only if you take me to Elaine and provide both of us with the things I ask for . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Only if you let me make it . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Only if you let me in , ’ he slurred . |
| 22 | But only if you let me pay , dear . ’ |
| 23 | The fear of death can stunt your life — but only if you let it . |
| 24 | It 's only if you let it take over your life that it 's wrong . ’ |
| 25 | But only if you tell me everything . ’ |
| 26 | We can accept your booking only if you tell us about your condition , and your doctor does not advise against the activity . |
| 27 | Your reading will be useful only if you remember it and can do something with it . |
| 28 | These can actually be a very good source of low cost resistors , capacitors , diodes , etc. , but only if you know what you are doing , and you have the necessary test equipment to sort out the good components from the ‘ duds ’ . |
| 29 | Only if you understand what the clause is supposed to do , can you assess whether or not it is terribly important to your side and negotiate accordingly . |
| 30 | . Erm if and only if you find there 's been some real benefits you . |