Example sentences of "[noun sg] if you [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Department of Transport 's reply to my letter ( 12 March ) seems to have missed the general point I am making from this specific case , namely that travellers normally choose their mode of transport on the basis of perceived marginal costs ( ie the cost of petrol ) and conclude that it is a lot cheaper to use a car if you already have one . |
| 2 | The reader would have a much fuller impression of your state of mind if you lovingly evoked , say , the feel of a rug under your feet , the texture of the curtains , the smell of a shawl . |
| 3 | Painting a scene of cherubs holding scrolls takes a lot of patience and practice , but you can get an equally effective result if you just paint on the scrolls with some suitable motto . |
| 4 | Oh sure , it can be a tonic , and it 's useful as glucose if you just want to kick things over , but , come the advent of a newer and more just social order , the one for which we all cry out , there would be no place for the scandal and achievement of pop , for Prince and any foul Beasties . |
| 5 | Judging by the picture on the LP cover , Social Distortion look like they would cut off your extremities and stuff them in your mouth if you even thought about calling them ‘ easy listening ’ . |
| 6 | It does n't give them any incentive to work if you just have everything nationalized and well cos they know they 're not gon na get sacked . |
| 7 | I would have thought the mo Without knowing anything about it I would have thought the most likely explanation for that is that that the property company who own the precinct have suggested to the Council that they would like to buy the Market Hall and the Council have been sitting on it and pondering it and some bright spark has come up with the idea , Yes you can buy the Market Hall if you also buy Pembroke Hall . |
| 8 | he 'll treat you like a queen if you just put your |
| 9 | You can have your contract if you still want it . ’ |
| 10 | After taking the Bar examination you may obtain employment in the legal department of a commercial firm under the aegis of an employed barrister as a ‘ commercial pupil , ’ and this will give you three months ' exemption from pupillage if you afterwards decide to take up practice at the Bar . |
| 11 | There was no point in being a skin if you simply got nicked by the police wherever you went . |
| 12 | Clearly at a basic level if you just gave someone a board and lake to practise on , apart from being dangerous it would take many months of frustration for them to work out what to do . |
| 13 | They 've got sort of mind you they have their own training sort of regime as well , which in some ways is , means it 's quite good experience because it is structured in , in a , in a way to give you some training , whereas of course if you just go in to do a job then erm how much sort of training you get varies a bit . |
| 14 | Of course if you really want to take the hassle out of membership payment and renewal , the most convenient method is by DIRECT DEBIT — your membership is guaranteed never to lapse — ask at Information for details . |
| 15 | You can apply to my father for money if you still want to punish him for not backing you . |
| 16 | We either ignore it , but if it 's done in public you feel threatened , or you feel that you are showing weakness if you just ignore it . |
| 17 | An added advantage is that you have a mortgage already in place if you later need to take out a loan for house repairs . |
| 18 | Honing your skills like this is very enjoyable and will give you confidence if you ever have to land along a very narrow line such as a pathway . |
| 19 | Ideally , your contract will provide that you will be guaranteed receipt of the same sum net of UK tax if you unexpectedly have to pay that tax . |
| 20 | Please contact them to arrange a meeting if you so require . |
| 21 | we 'll show you now how to put on a pressure bandage for severe bleeding and then we 'll put the film on and you can see the whole lot again , okay , so just be in the room if you just push and push and push on the window and er the hand has gone through the window , right , and there 's no glass imbedded but it 's cut right across the palm and the reason that we show you this one is because the artery that feeds all these fingers comes and the thumb comes up in an arch like that okay , so the artery comes down , up in an arch across the palm of the hand , so the fingers and thumb all get a blood supply , so when you cut the palm of your hand there is a lot of blood pumping out , okay , so what 's the first thing I 'd tell her to do ? |
| 22 | You should go for a cruise if you ever get the chance . |
| 23 | I , I , I notice from the schedule that , I mean a tremendous difference in cost per person if you just add , divided the people into , which suggest the way you 're being work out on a basis of individual needs , and what the carer provides . |
| 24 | Check it out on TV or video if you ever get the chance . |
| 25 | If you are using a lot of abbreviations in a document keep a note of them beside the keyboard as you can easily produce a lot of nonsense if you accidentally use the wrong abbreviation . |
| 26 | What 's the point of having a phone if you never answer ? he said . |
| 27 | What 's the point of having a phone if you never answer it ? he asked me . |
| 28 | Bad news if you only want the end of paragraph markers and not the space dots . |
| 29 | using last year 's bills as a guide if you still have a record of them ( try looking at old cheque book stubs ) , or trusting to memory , estimate how much you think you will have to pay in the coming year . |
| 30 | If you wish to start on another day , by all means do so ; simply change the order within the week if you so wish . |