Example sentences of "[vb infin] that if [pron] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Everybody who carries a knife should know that if they try to take it into a club , they wo n't just be banned from that club , but all the clubs in town . ’
2 The hon. Member for Thurrock asked whether I did not know that if one took economic resources from one area and instilled them into others that was merely a way of upsetting the ordinary economic mechanism and that it did not result in any advances .
3 although having said that I 'll know that if I do well its mine , its in my own , own work , which I think is probably better because when it comes to it you do n't get any help on the day do ya ?
4 Partnerships , did you know that if I start a partnership with Phil right , mum
5 The question here is whether he need feel compelled to continue treatment , especially since he may know that if he does continue , his actions will , if reasonable ( and it will be hard to prove otherwise ) , qualify as being justified .
6 They did n't know that if you have ecstasy you should drink a lot of water because of the risk of heat exhaustion .
7 Well , I ca n't promise that if you leave I 'll be as generous as he was ; I 'll continue your allowance certainly , but as for a house , no ; for as you are well aware , because you know the books as well as I do , it takes us all our time , even with my salary , to continue living here as we have done of yore .
8 ‘ And do you promise that if you need a shoulder to cry on , you 'll come to me first ? ’
9 You could guarantee that if you waited top of one of those yards that somebody would be fighting or wanted to fight or a window could get broken or , or either men or women .
10 I must stress that if you experience much pain , then individual lessons would be more suitable .
11 Do you think that if we had a pensions regulator , er it might deal with some of the exploitations by Robert Maxwell er and some of the er aspects of where he breached the law and managed to take over pension funds .
12 ‘ Do n't you also think that if one meets someone in such a way — I mean , so weak and defenceless — something makes one surrender completely , so that one can not imagine ever being able to desert such a person ? ’
13 Do you seriously think that if you went to a school and it was like , you know , all cosy , you know , you had dealers and were n't allowed to smoke , you were n't allowed to drink and you were n't allowed to take drugs do you seriously think anyone would go there ?
14 ‘ Do you think that if I said please very nicely like that your mãe might give me a drink , too ? ’
15 ‘ And do you really think that if I had taken something of your aunt 's I would be stupid enough to wear it to work ? ’
16 After a time I said , ‘ You do n't think that if he had an outside person looking after him , who he did n't mind telling him what to do because it was their job … ‘
17 His knowledge of the Anglican religious communities , such as it was , made him think that if he decided to try this out , Mirfield in Yorkshire would be the right place ; for at Mirfield many of the fathers had a vocation to teach , or to hear confessions .
18 Will he confirm that if we had adopted a scatter-gun approach to benefits , as the Labour Government did , the substantial improvements in help for the disabled since 1979 would not have been possible ?
19 You can choose that if you wish .
20 The difference is , of course , that those policies have got to be tested if each individual case appropriateness and er I I do feel that if we have a blanket policy then we wo n't be able to test it .
21 They may feel responsible for adding to the dead person 's problems or may feel that if they had been more alert they would have noticed their friend 's or relative 's distress .
22 He said I ca n't I 'm here on my own , he said get a cab and I 'll give you the money back , so anyway I rung Pauline 's husband up Steve and he said I 'll take you , I said to Steve I 've got ta get there for one o'clock cos I said I really do feel that if I do n't see him before he goes I ai n't gon na bloody see him , he was ever so good , he were here at twenty to one , got straight in the car put his foot down , went to the General and just as I got in the door Steve do n't worry about me parking , go , I 'll find you , just get in there , I ran through the bloody doors , ran up the stairs cos I knew
23 A profoundly deaf therapist said : ‘ I do feel that if I did n't have this type of job where I 'm meeting different people every day I would withdraw very quickly into myself . ’
24 A woman may feel that if she expressed herself honestly , she would not only lose her partner 's affection but her self-respect by being selfish and unfeminine .
25 It may make the less good auditor concentrate his mind because he will feel that if he 's got a duty , he will have to do it , in which case it will be of benefit to the body politic . ’
26 If individual deterrence did work as the theory suggests , we would expect that if we introduced a new kind of harsh punishment designed to deter , the offenders who suffered the new punishment would be measurably less likely to re-offend than similar offenders who underwent a more lenient penalty .
27 And I 'll wager that if you go down there tomorrow there will be no trace of them .
28 Simple arithmetic will show that if you wish the examiner to appreciate your answer you must present it to him so that the minimum time is required for reading , assessing and marking .
29 Pro-lifers will claim that if we allow experiments up to 14 days , then next year it will be a month , then three months .
30 ‘ You may believe that if you wish .
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