Example sentences of "[conj] if you [vb past] you " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a chemist , is there anything that you would really like to know , something you 'd really like to discover , something that if you knew you could feel you could do a whole lot more chemistry ? |
| 2 | Twenty years ago it was expected that if you trained you would surely be accepted into the membership of your trade union and be given the chance to compete for the roles that were suitable . |
| 3 | Can I , you the example you did before to other people was that if you worked you know your normal scheme forty years and if you worked for ten of those forty years you become deferred . |
| 4 | And if you thought you had a fight last year over bi-annual congresses , you wait until you try and do anything that will affect our structure in the future . |
| 5 | ‘ And if you thought you could pin it on me , you 'd have had me cautioned and the bracelets on by now , ’ I said bravely . |
| 6 | And if you said you wanted to be off the route slightly , no problem he 'd go around . |
| 7 | Usually it is n't too bad , but on Sunday the water was lapping at our ankles , and if you slipped you could feel the current tugging at you . |
| 8 | Imagine your response if , when you were depositing funds in a building society account , your attention was drawn to the fact that if you died only the original investment would be returned , but if you lived you would keep all of the interest . |
| 9 | But if you hammered you had to careful to miss the joints : the felloes were dowelled together and if you hit one of the joints the wrong way , the dowel was certain to break . |
| 10 | But if you wanted you could ? |
| 11 | ‘ But if you did you 'd have someone to help with your problems ! |
| 12 | In fact there 's been some discussion of this lately , John Elston has argued that if jurors knew that that 's why they were chosen to go on the jury , it would destabilize the princi the practice of it because if you knew you were going on jury just for self-education rather than to get the right results out the other end , then this would n't give you any way of motivating yourself properly for the jury . |
| 13 | ‘ Because if you did you 'd never have betrayed his trust and taken the jade . ’ |