Example sentences of "[noun sg] if [pron] [verb] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's some mints in the glove compartment if you want them , love . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Alex picked up a pair of her earrings and asked : Will Mummy mind if I wear them … |
| 3 | ‘ Alex picked up a pair of earrings Monica had given Rachel for her 21st birthday the other day and said : ‘ Will mummy mind if I wear them ? ’ |
| 4 | There surely are some people in A&R who would n't recognise talent if it hit them squarely between the eyes and others inebriated on their own power . |
| 5 | He hardly knew the people in his own house , only to exchange a casual greeting if he met them going out or coming in . |
| 6 | Bulbs are a good long-term investment if you choose them wisely . |
| 7 | How many of the popular novels of the past evoke derision rather than appreciation if we read them in too literal a spirit ! |
| 8 | If the track is a public right of way , Dave should report the incident to the local highway authority , although some districts and parishes have powers to maintain footpaths and bridleways and to take action if anyone obstructs them . |
| 9 | Until the seventeenth century the courts would declare Acts of Parliament void if they considered them contrary to natural law , repugnant to the law or impossible to be performed . |
| 10 | George Watson , responding to this proposal , asserted that such topics were inappropriate for a course leading to a degree called " English " , and in any case dismissed both marxism and structuralism as outmoded " intellectual dinosaurs " : " No doubt a university is the place to study discredited intellectual systems ; but we risk derision if we propose them to the exclusion of others . " |
| 11 | ‘ Lots of people will consider returning to work if they think they have good quality childcare . ’ |
| 12 | Some social services departments will also offer help if you contact them . |
| 13 | Add black olives ( Nyons variety if you like them ) , just in time to warm through and sprinkle with chopped parsley . |
| 14 | For some reason they 're mounted on angled surrounds , which I quite like the look of , but the coils are screened by black plastic covers which look pretty cheap and make a nasty scratching noise if you hit them with a pick . |
| 15 | People can ‘ change their luck ’ , and can in a way say ‘ No ’ to divine Providence , though of course if they do they have to stand by the consequences of their decision . |
| 16 | Yes please I 'll ask Mum if she wants them actually . |
| 17 | The adventurers can defend themselves or they can flee , but in this case if they flee they get a second Fire Ball on the way out . |
| 18 | This seems particularly the case if we draw them closer together in their positions on determinism , along the lines suggested earlier . |
| 19 | to look across at a group wh who would know a cynical opportunity if it hit them in the face . |
| 20 | In a society in which achievement is highly valued , and where people compete for jobs in an apparently open market , people may feel a sense of failure if they admit they have ended up in a job with which they are dissatisfied . |
| 21 | I bet she 'd no , see a difference if we cut them down would n't she ? |
| 22 | The distress caused by a horse being stolen , I 'd have it all over the its body if it stopped them being stolen . |
| 23 | These exercises will reshape your body if you do them . |
| 24 | ‘ Do you think the speakers would give a better quality of sound if I moved them further apart ? ’ |
| 25 | Take with you to court all the authorities that you may possibly require : leave them in the robing room if you think they will probably not be needed , but have them ready to back you up in case they are . |
| 26 | Trusting relationships between children are a crucial determining factor if we want them to collaborate spontaneously . |
| 27 | Whenever we work with data values that have been generated by a growth process , we will have a better chance of revealing regularities in their behaviour if we convert them first to logs . |
| 28 | It is n't an appropriate behaviour if you want them to shut up . |
| 29 | All the advertising in the world will not draw people to your event if they believe they 're going to be there alone . |
| 30 | This is unnecessary as in my experience most of these species will quickly adept to dead fish or meat if you allow them . |