Example sentences of "[noun pl] if they [verb] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 But being annual they would be open to reprisals if they threw their weight around too much .
2 He said police had powers to remove cars if they felt there was something wrong with the vehicle .
3 ‘ Yes , but what they do n't say probably would n't frizzle your ears if they said it , ’ explained Lydia , not at her most lucid .
4 Frascati if they have it . ’
5 Louisiana has a ‘ shoot the burglar ’ law , which allows householders to kill intruders if they think they are a threat to themselves or their families .
6 Moreover I firmly believe that children can not satisfactorily be taught to read in two languages at the same time and that they will be better English readers if they learn it after they have mastered the skill in their mother tongue .
7 But this may also attract criticism from parents if they make their own comparisons about trends and innovations .
8 They might stop me having visitors if they think I reduce them to tears .
9 Then other dhāmis , immersed in the crowd , stand up shaking , jostling their neighbours and struggling to take off their jackets and their opis or turbans , and shoes if they have them .
10 Why does n't this place provide models if they want us to get these things right ? ’
11 Second-placed Cambridge have played one more game , but Ipswich , who drew at the Abbey Stadium , have a game in hand and can pull level on points with Rovers if they win it .
12 ‘ The few who decide to stay on board can still attend normal surgeries if they feel it to be necessary , and the likelihood of a real emergency developing in the meantime is pretty remote .
13 family she says quite an eye opener an they had write lines if they did anything wrong one boy just I reckon she could carried him but
14 I would n't be able to break the story , and neither would the cops if they dug him out .
15 I ca n't do it all in this wool , with that many different colours to do , if they did it in , if they made ounce balls if they made it , did ounce balls it wo n't be so bad , but that 's a hundred gramme that , so
16 people should not be compelled to pay for fuel in arrears — that is , they should be allowed prepayment meters if they want them ; and easy-payment schemes should be boosted .
17 The coast guard impound boats if they find anything .
18 A new generation of canny investors who have inherited family fortunes will quickly switch banks if they think they are getting a raw deal .
19 Writing in the Labour Sunday newspaper , environmental journalist Tran Trong Thuc , suggests : " Officials fear they 'll get a bad reputation among foreign investors if they reverse their decision " .
20 Respect for Animals also calls for an immediate ban on fur farming , an end to fur sales within five years and for people to show their feelings if they see somebody wearing a pelt in the street .
21 Looking for a house or flat means taking lots of details from estate agents and viewing properties if they take your fancy .
22 The broadcast began with an upbeat picture of life in Britain — asking the viewers if they recognised which country it was .
23 Half the time we carry on as if we did n't have a body : and we only think about our bodies if they trouble us — if we 're hungry or in pain .
24 Pilots who are frightened or apprehensive about stalling have not been properly trained and could be a risk to themselves and their passengers if they obtain their licence without overcoming their problem .
25 ‘ I 'd rear up on players if they said anything and footballers are n't the bravest people in the world , so they used to think twice before they said anything to me and that helped me . ’
26 They were very surprised , because usually they advertised for them , but they went up and asked the tailors if they wanted anyone , and then a dear old man , a er named Mr said he like a trouser finisher .
27 Ask the children if they think they can walk through a postcard .
28 Living proof of this point are tonight 's audience , who have come here hoping for some of the screaming industrial hardcore MBM used to play , but nevertheless 90 per cent of them would do their unintentionally amusing Maori rugby player dance to a series of sampled farts if they thought they should .
29 Next day a newspaper reporter asked the young men if they thought it would have been fair for the crowd to kill them .
30 Some patients are more suggestible than others in this respect , but a fair proportion of food-sensitive people will react with symptoms if they think they have eaten one of their culprit foods .
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