Example sentences of "[conj] if [pron] [modal v] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or if it should even be near that radiator . |
| 2 | If I can wave to that group of kids and they go home and talk about it , fantastic , or if I can just sign a measly bit of paper for a kid and he 's so stunned he ca n't talk , that really brings home to me what I am doing it for : because it really makes me feel good . ’ |
| 3 | If you would like to know what is involved in being a helper , or if you would just like to know what SPRED is all about , come along to the information evening in the sacristy on Monday Evening at 7.30 p.m . |
| 4 | rather , or if you 'd rather after that . |
| 5 | at half past three or you can say if you 'd like to , if you 'd like to wait for half an hour , we 'll get a giro cheque to , issued to you or if you 'd rather you can come back at half past three and collect it . |
| 6 | Nevertheless : If a teacher has , himself , to go down into the library with the whole class , or if you can only afford a third of a teacher to be in the library at certain times , then you are quite simply restricting the amount of work that can go on . |
| 7 | their , their supply routes are n't as well defined as ours , but they 've got shear weight of numbers , see , I 'm af , I 'm afraid , I could be a fucking karate black belt or something right , so one on one against you I would n't have a problem , but if you went and got fucking thirty of your mates I would have a problem , I maybe able to hold you off for a fucking few minutes or something or if you could either contact , maybe a few months or years or something , but they will win |
| 8 | The matter could conceivably be overlooked : either if ( instead of from your last employer ) , you are due to get a pension from an earlier employer ; or if you will only be receiving a State pension — and not a company pension in addition . |
| 9 | The world is littered with communities which believe that if they could only separate themselves from the world , they would escape the consequences of original sin . |
| 10 | Many people believe that if they can just get through the days , time will heal the wounds . |
| 11 | It tells us that if we could just advance the intimacy of our relationship to the next step we would be satisfied to hold at that level until the wedding . |
| 12 | Er I think that , that my recollection of the last meeting was that if we could just knock together a Northumberland newsletter a unison newsletter that 's quite clearly coming from the three organizations that represent the membership in Northumberland it would be better than th this national stuff has one union on it , as I see it at the moment . |
| 13 | Bill and Kath , along with their loyal staff have put virtually a lifetime 's effort into acquiring the immense amount of stock contained at PAS , and the one thing that really concerns them is that if anything should ever happen to either of them , what would be the future for all the stock ? |
| 14 | ‘ Do you mean that if you can just explain what the alternatives are you will have answered the question ? |
| 15 | It is my firm belief that if you can successfully run a group with elderly dementing people — you can run it with any client group . |
| 16 | ’ Gustave complains in this letter to Bouilhet about the dangers of planning a project too thoroughly : ‘ It seems to me , alas , that if you can so thoroughly dissect your children who are still to be born , you do n't get horny enough actually to father them . ’ |
| 17 | He was n't put off and said that if I would please stay he would dance every dance with me . |
| 18 | I figured that if I can just get involved in whatever 's going on , in some sort of work that helps people … ’ |
| 19 | Because this is what he always felt after his father died — that if he could just speak to him now , he could really open his heart and say everything , without feeling that strange mute on his vocal chords . |
| 20 | He was still convinced that if he could somehow get rid of the tension in the neck then the other problems would automatically be resolved . |
| 21 | Cunningham had strengthened his belief that if he could only follow the clues for which Heather 's photographs were somehow emblems he would find the truth — and Heather with it . |
| 22 | He felt that if he could only solve the button problem something else would be explained . |
| 23 | Nigel says that if he could only win one more race then it would be the British Grand Prix at Silverstone |
| 24 | The Italian thinks that if he can ever sing Puccini the climax of his life has been reached ; but even so , with all the omissions that can be charged against Italy — such that as a musical country she ceased to exist after the seventeenth century and has certainly reached deliquescence with Messrs Malpiero , Pratella and Co — she even now does produce from time to time singers who are not merely singers but great artists , as Battistini who , at over 60 , is an example for those who can take it of the extent to which a voice can be preserved in all its beauty when it is used as a musical instrument and not as a fog siren or a pair of nutcrackers . ’ |
| 25 | He thought for a moment that if she would only accept his feelings for Carrie he would go to her this minute and put his arms about her and comfort her , but he knew she would never accept Carrie . |
| 26 | I 've had them born in the car on the way the the mother have come to see me the father has brought her to see me thinking that if she could just see me she 'd be alright . |
| 27 | She had the feeling that if she could only get him to turn and look at her she 'd recognise him . |
| 28 | She had a sudden feeling that if she could only work out how the ecology of Moloch ticked , she would have a vital clue , if not to discovering Ace 's whereabouts , then at least to getting a handle on the vanished aliens . |
| 29 | If a number of employees insist on cash payment , an employer can not simply scrap his old cash-payment system , and so gains far less from instituting bank payment than if he can simply switch to bank payment as the general rule . |
| 30 | And if one could even name it , its name would only ever be understood by very few persons . |