Example sentences of "[verb] and if it [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Until more interesting work was available he felt he had no option but to keep the men in his charge fully occupied and if it meant using eight men to undertake a task which could be accomplished in a fraction of the time by a machine , well — the men were n't going anywhere .
2 and we were gon na get the police to ge w well i it just said the , the short name and we thought it was a boy that had written and if it had 've been we were gon na get the police because she 's under age you see .
3 That certainly is a very hopeful suggestion which we 're most interested in because it does look as if the P L C will succeed and if it does then we shall have our full seven million pounds .
4 Some days though , it will matter and if it coincides with a very big match …
5 That is the situation where the relief is most likely to be needed and if it excluded not much is left .
6 You may have a rough idea of where you are going and if it fits in with the cosmic blueprint , doors open easily .
7 The court will assess a fair level of award recognising that if the risk materialises the plaintiff will be under-compensated and if it doesn " t , he will be over-compensated .
8 You know and if it did n't be paid you at the quarter it meant you di you would n't get anything the following quarter .
9 At first it will be surrounded and sniffed and if it appears friendly then a good licking follows and if this is accepted by the stranger then it 's usually used for a good old scratch .
10 It 's enlarged and if it ruptures his life is at risk .
11 This method of deciding the right time to sow was recommended by Fitzherbert , the sixteenth-century writer on agriculture : ‘ go upon the land that is plowed and if it synge or crye or make any noise under they fete , then it is to wet to sowe .
12 Otherwise the War Wagon is moved as indicated and if it collides with troops it comes to a halt and a round of hand-to-hand combat follows just as if the War Wagon had charged .
13 The situation would be reviewed and if it worsened the council would be informed and asked to reconsider the position .
14 ‘ I saw exactly what he did and if it had n't been for Stuart those thieves would have got away .
15 Without them it is questionable whether the Uprising would have happened and if it had , whether it could either have embraced the total population or sustained itself for so long .
16 Kevin would either lock into it or he 'd miss , but you 've got to let these people do what they do and if it does n't work , it does n't work . ’
17 We can only do what we do and if it rubs off , then fine .
18 You could use this technique at the start and at the end of every massage if you wish and if it feels right for you .
19 There is no way that any party , there is no way that the Liberal party can say to the Labour party or to anyone else , well we 'll support you , we think you 're getting in a mess but it 's your problem , you can carry it because that roughly is what they actually said and if it does go wrong , as it is sure that it will I am quite sure that it will be quite wrong to blame the Labour party entirely for that process , because it wo n't be entirely their fault .
20 But I 've ordered a navy blue skirt and I 'm praying it comes and if it comes it fits .
21 well he says he 'll tell me what he suggests and if it agrees with what I 've got I 'm a happy man are n't I .
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