Example sentences of "[vb base] [conj] if it [verb] " in BNC.

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1 They say that if it keeps up we shall sail on time . ’
2 ‘ People forget that if it had n't been for John , we might not have got this far .
3 I mean if if it had n't got a , there 's noise in the problem there 's
4 And we only know that if it goes on for Monday afternoons for an hour , instead of
5 You know and if it did n't be paid you at the quarter it meant you di you would n't get anything the following quarter .
6 The Stop Hinkley Expansion group complained to the Inspector , arguing that this was jumping the gun and a waste of public money , despite the CEGB claim that if it did n't order these parts in advance , at its own risk , it would never keep to its construction timetable .
7 But I think that if it had been , the horses should have been showing distress by last night , which they were n't .
8 Ghandi , I think , in the early eighties epitomised , to a large degree , and attitude of concern about erm violence , and I think that in some large measure the sort of recognition that it gained , particularly in the awards and so on , had a lot to do with its subject matter as against it 's actual execution , and I think that if it had been at another time , or if the subject matter had n't been erm quite as powerful as that old genius 's life was , I do n't think it would have won the awards .
9 Kevin would either lock into it or he 'd miss , but you 've got to let these people do what they do and if it does n't work , it does n't work . ’
10 We can only do what we do and if it rubs off , then fine .
11 You could use this technique at the start and at the end of every massage if you wish and if it feels right for you .
12 She wished more than anything that she could say yes , or at least explain that if it had been left to her she would have come with all the will in the world , but there was her mother .
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