Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] if it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | rather than say if it does n't arrive at a set time |
| 2 | Mr Ashdown reaffirmed his willingness to be flexible and to compromise if it came to negotiating with a minority government of either hue . |
| 3 | The endorsee-buyer 's message was also tested and accepted if it contained the portion of the original seller 's test key . |
| 4 | The EC Commissioner , Sir Leon Brittan , warned that the UK would be damaged and isolated if it failed to participate in the treaty . |
| 5 | In most housing a centre light fitting , for example , goes unquestioned , although people would find even daylight very harsh and glaring if it poured from the centre of the sky all day . |
| 6 | At the end of the exercise have a short period of conversation while you concentrate on the fingertips on your larynx and on feeling the right degree of voice volume , your friend keeping check for you on the right amount of voice volume and indicating if it becomes too loud or too quiet . |
| 7 | Reading this poem urges us to ask what ‘ essential history ’ is and wonder if it has some ritual pattern . |
| 8 | He started punching another young feller and we stopped the gig , and said if it continued we just were n't going to play . ’ |
| 9 | You do it once , twice , as a special gesture , to please them , and then before you know it , they expect it , week in , week out and grump if it does n't happen . |
| 10 | The river water crowfoot , Ranunculus fluitans , grows in gravel , and dies if it becomes too covered up by silt . |
| 11 | Dad , try this on and see if it fits . |
| 12 | Well switch it off and bring it up again and see if it changes . |
| 13 | I have been advised to leave it alone and see if it gets better . |
| 14 | Answer yes or no to the statements below and see If it helps you to uncover the reasons for your family relationships — be they bad or good . |
| 15 | One way to detect some impurities is to put the tab on your tongue and see if it fizzes ( it should n't ) . |
| 16 | I would look at it again , and see if it had been totally destroyed . |
| 17 | He really must get back to the library and see if it had any more books on the subject . |
| 18 | unless he was looking around and see if it had been bumped in the night |
| 19 | Give it just cereal and see if it eats it . |
| 20 | and see if it eats it when he 's not starving . |
| 21 | This method may be more suitable for some subjects than for others — try it and see if it meets your needs . |
| 22 | well what I 'd like I think I 'd like people to do is go away and read this and see if it makes any sense when you 've actually sat and studied it . |
| 23 | Mark : I 'll turn it over and see if it works . |
| 24 | You can try this yourself and see if it works . |
| 25 | And Jane , this is Jane to me the other day , throw your kitten off my floor and see if it lands on its feet . |
| 26 | People will look at it and see if it has relevance for them . |
| 27 | Rem it rem it out and put it back in later and see if it crashes . |
| 28 | A BA spokesman said : ‘ We will look into this story and see if it warrants comment . ’ |
| 29 | She said she had seen the programme and wondered if it had spoiled anything for me , but I was able to reassure her that it had improved my life . |
| 30 | Change only one thing at a time and notice if it stops crashing or not . |