Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] if they [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The huge padlock seemed oddly out of place for anyone could have broken in if they had wished . |
| 2 | Although judges were appointed by the authorities at the remaining levels ( circuit courts , judicial tribunals , and the Senate , which acted as a court of appeal ) , they could be dismissed only if they broke the law themselves . |
| 3 | Throughout the spawning the Scats paid no attention to the eggs , being gently nudged away if they came too close . |
| 4 | For most of the century they earned from 10 to 12s a week ( 50-60p ) , and could , it was often argued , have earned more if they had chosen to work more hours . |
| 5 | Students would sit around chatting , leave if they felt like it , and not come back if they found something better to do . |
| 6 | Sadly , so many dogs seem to end up in classes run by loud , aggressive people , where they are yanked cruelly on choke chains and punished physically if they do n't do as they 're told . |
| 7 | Perhaps the Indians would have done so if they had been conscious of any pressure of numbers on the land , but North America was not crowded and the Indians assisted the new settlers and showed them how to grow the local crops . |
| 8 | They would not have done so if they had been loose on their mountings . |
| 9 | Women at risk of becoming pregnant were accepted only if they undertook to use effective contraceptive measures . |
| 10 | The Reverend Foster 's beady eyes fixed on the children fumbling for their donations as if they were a parcel of juicy worms to be swooped on if they tried to wriggle away . |
| 11 | ‘ The patients may have died even if they had been admitted . ’ |
| 12 | It should also be recognised that their progress with reading and writing is likely to be handicapped initially if they come to school with a restricted knowledge and experience of language . |
| 13 | In these schools , he implied , people would be falling over themselves to get jobs , and , in certain cases , they might be employed even if they had no formal teaching qualifications , though that was not expected to be the norm . |
| 14 | This last observation may mean that additions , repairs and restorations could be recognised even if they had been carried out with lacquer from the lacquer tree instead of imitations of it . |
| 15 | Servants often run off if they do n't like their mistress , or fall out with the rest of the staff . |
| 16 | In these cases , letter string combinations are only ruled out if they do not occur in the sample source . |
| 17 | On the other hand , outsiders could be welcomed in if they acknowledged the basic rules : a Viking recruit could " swear fidelity in his own fashion " or , better still , accept Christian baptism . |
| 18 | ‘ And Christine told me , ’ continued Ginnie , ‘ that Mr Barnes threatened to have their dog put down if they did n't work hard enuff . ’ |
| 19 | " Each sale is worth several others as companies start to feel left out if they do n't have one . " |
| 20 | A grim Panorama programme on BBC television on May 17th highlighted the problems of Britain 's increasingly insecure workforce : milkmen working longer hours for the same money , CD stackers sacked just before the two years after which their jobs would be legally protected , betting-shop workers thrown out if they refuse to work evenings . |
| 21 | When peers are becoming absorbed by the new life-style that a baby brings , a couple may feel left behind if they do not embark on this too . |
| 22 | Since it is usual in training to make circuit patterns from 800 feet or so , inexperienced pilots are often seriously put out if they find themselves unable to do this on a field landing . |
| 23 | Some visitors have been surprised but none have criticised even if they do n't think kinetic sculptures are real art . ’ |
| 24 | Even though we may say , ‘ Make yourself at home ’ , we might be a little taken aback if they took us at our word and kicked off their shoes , lounged around on the settee , helped themselves to our coffee , tea , larder and even our wine ! |
| 25 | In many countries , prisoners were killed quickly if they refused to give information , or had no information to give … the screams of victims was unimaginable — a howl which sounded inhuman . |
| 26 | In many countries , prisoners were killed quickly if they refused to give information , or had no information , or had already revealed all . |
| 27 | No wonder people get screwed up if they have to think like that . ’ |
| 28 | She made a deliberate effort to relax : they would both have blown up if they had had to sit like that all evening , she thought . |
| 29 | Egoistic traits may be expected to survive if they benefit also the descendants which inherit them , to be weeded out if they benefit the individual at the expense of its offspring ( for example , cannibalizing its brood , or long outlasting its reproductive powers ) ; altruistic traits will tend to survive if they benefit kin which are also transmitting them ( in particular , the mother 's protection of her young ) , to die out if they give the advantage to strangers which are not . |
| 30 | If the bizarre characters were favoured by female choice , or in male competition , they could be maintained even if they decreased the viability of their bearers : the advantage in sexual success could compensate the disadvantage in viability . |