Example sentences of "[noun] if [pron] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rainey believes he could n't make a corner at GP speed if he merely sat on the bike without pushing down — hard . |
| 2 | I 'll remember her wise words if someone ever has a heart attack while I 'm around — there 's no particular hurry . ’ |
| 3 | A deed planned in cold blood may appear very different to the perpetrator if he ever gets round to carrying it out . |
| 4 | Furthermore , he could leave the manor if he so wished , and could therefore negotiate for better terms from the lord by threatening to go if the latter refused concessions ( 79 , p.31 ) . |
| 5 | The next question was why had he gone to so much trouble and expense if he never intended to use this place as his base ? |
| 6 | For example , one of the galleries might want the Picasso if it also gets the Cezanne but not the Turner ; but it would not insist on the Picasso if it got the Turner ; but would want both if it did not get the Cezanne . |
| 7 | You will find he will go to immense trouble to avoid Night Goblin units if he even thinks they might contain Fanatics . |
| 8 | The Department of Transport 's reply to my letter ( 12 March ) seems to have missed the general point I am making from this specific case , namely that travellers normally choose their mode of transport on the basis of perceived marginal costs ( ie the cost of petrol ) and conclude that it is a lot cheaper to use a car if you already have one . |
| 9 | The reader would have a much fuller impression of your state of mind if you lovingly evoked , say , the feel of a rug under your feet , the texture of the curtains , the smell of a shawl . |
| 10 | The store manager said he would motivate subordinates in the following ways : offering praise , incentives , providing re-training , and finally a quiet talk if nothing else succeeded ; in other words threatening them with dismissal . |
| 11 | As far as I was concerned he could have my every piece of silver if he just allowed me to gaze at his daughter . |
| 12 | This is really a matter of personal preference and the sort of facilities available in your building ( or area because , of course , nearby gas can be piped in at some cost , or use gas from cylinders if you really prefer gas ) . |
| 13 | Painting a scene of cherubs holding scrolls takes a lot of patience and practice , but you can get an equally effective result if you just paint on the scrolls with some suitable motto . |
| 14 | And we are coming dangerously near to admitting total defeat if we lamely accept the solution to street violence is for women to forego their liberty and put themselves under virtual night-time house arrest . |
| 15 | It could prove a very sound investment if he ever decides to sell it again . |
| 16 | That 's the worst for them ; they 're cutting off my pittance if I ever see you again . |
| 17 | Oh sure , it can be a tonic , and it 's useful as glucose if you just want to kick things over , but , come the advent of a newer and more just social order , the one for which we all cry out , there would be no place for the scandal and achievement of pop , for Prince and any foul Beasties . |
| 18 | That confusion if she ever brings her in work and she can take . |
| 19 | Put put three down from Halam if anybody else wants to go I 'll |
| 20 | ‘ 1(1) A person is guilty of theft if he dishonestly appropriates property belonging to another with the intention of permanently depriving the other of it ; and ‘ thief ’ and ‘ steal ’ shall be construed accordingly . ’ |
| 21 | Section 1(1) reads as follows : ‘ A person is guilty of theft if he dishonestly appropriates property belonging to another with the intention of permanently depriving the other of it ; and ‘ thief ’ and ‘ steal ’ shall be construed accordingly . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ A person is guilty of theft if he dishonestly appropriates property belonging to another with the intention of permanently depriving the other of it ; and ‘ thief ’ and ‘ steal ’ shall be construed accordingly . |
| 23 | ‘ 1(1) A person is guilty of theft if he dishonestly appropriates property belonging to another with the intention of permanently depriving the other of it ; and ‘ thief ’ and ‘ steal ’ shall be construed accordingly . |
| 24 | Accordingly clause 1(1) of the draft Bill provides that : ‘ A person is guilty of theft if he dishonestly appropriates property belonging to another with the intention of permanently depriving the other of it ; and ‘ thief , ’ ‘ steals ’ and ‘ stolen ’ shall be construed accordingly . ’ |
| 25 | I comforted myself with a few thoughts of what I would do to the culprit if I ever caught him ; realised that was highly unlikely , and headed for the golf course . |
| 26 | The intensional level structures which we are describing here are not rules of logical combination , constrained by what may or must be possible , given the type meaning of the words which are combined ; there is any amount of evidence to this effect if we simply allow our attention to rest on it . |
| 27 | I 'd only really think about taking action if someone completely ripped off one of our songs and made heaps of money from it |
| 28 | It would n't have been on the books if I ever seen blatant sectarianism at its worst it 's in that bloody motion . |
| 29 | Judging by the picture on the LP cover , Social Distortion look like they would cut off your extremities and stuff them in your mouth if you even thought about calling them ‘ easy listening ’ . |
| 30 | By section 12 , the senior police officer is empowered to impose conditions on the proposed march if he reasonably believes that it may result in serious public disorder , serious damage to property or serious disruption to the life of the community , or alternatively that the purpose of persons organising the march is to intimidate others ‘ with a view to compelling them not to do an act they have a right to do , or to do an act they have a right not to do . ’ |