Example sentences of "but if [pron] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We 've been slowed down by the lack of a new engine but we 've found a good engine in the second pack they sent us — it needs a couple of hours of work on minor jobs , but if everything goes well we should have something ready for out-inspection later this afternoon . |
| 2 | Yeah I know but if everyone went out if you 're allowed |
| 3 | And so with the help of these , they just managed to do a bit of slate , but if them had not gone back , I thinks this this strike would have turned the other way . |
| 4 | But if one takes only one kilometre , again there is insufficient room for a settlement which would not be close up against the greenbelt boundary proposed by the County Council , and close up against the A sixty four . |
| 5 | But if one does not believe them to be symbolically ‘ true ’ but false to one 's belief in human equality , there is no point in having made this sideways move . |
| 6 | But if one walks inland across the salt marsh or sabkha and digs a hole , one can find the same algal mat buried beneath wind-blown sand with layers of anhydrite and gypsum . |
| 7 | He is generic because it is unmarked , but if we ask why it is unmarked we are told , because it is generic . |
| 8 | Well we could , but if we get too many we can go into business selling them or something . |
| 9 | Erm , yeah we , we did take direct action and so eventually the ad was dropped , but if we 'd just complained and not taken any action the ad would n't have been dropped . |
| 10 | Yeah but if we 'd then gone in to re-present |
| 11 | But if we had not been advancing properly — being there just ahead of the main party to iron out any difficulties — the result could have been a very serious error in terms of local coverage , with potentially unhappy consequences . |
| 12 | But if we had not had this event we would n't have had those problems.Its the issue of New Age Travellers and illegal parties that produce what you saw last night . ’ |
| 13 | You bozos do n't seem to realise it but if we had n't been there at that Florence Conference , would not be in the leading position it currently holds with the commission to guarantee further funds and to create a positive role for Britain in Europe with the commission to wuk look at the issues that are gon na come up in 1993 . |
| 14 | I 'd like 87 punters in our band , but if we had that many , we would n't be able to carry on our caviar and cocaine lifestyle . |
| 15 | But if we went out of the cup it could cost us more in lost revenue . |
| 16 | But if we know how many we 're seeing in a , in an age |
| 17 | But if we react too strongly to fear , the brake is applied so hard that we come to a standstill , and fail to grow — which means a wasted lifetime . |
| 18 | But if we abandon UP as it stands , we have no means of deriving MP . |
| 19 | But if we go round there , and they get the china cups out . |
| 20 | But if we go on refusing to accept our true age and try instead to remain at a stage of life to which we no longer properly belong , then looking younger than our years is a false statement . |
| 21 | But if we go ahead as planned , then Miranda will own forty-five per cent — a minority holding — and after acquiring her shares , and taking up your rights issue , you will own thirty per cent . ’ |
| 22 | But if we go out in twos and look inconspicuous we can get away with it easily . |
| 23 | But if we go back to square one ( and so back to the roots , back to the foundations , back to the beginning ) , we will find a faith which is solid and secure . |
| 24 | But if we turn now to look at dramatic playing we see that that particular mode does indeed reflect the private/public tension in all respects . |
| 25 | But if we pass well no one will be able to stop us . |
| 26 | ‘ We do n't want to start crowing because we 're not up there yet , but if we keep on like this I believe this side can make a challenge . ’ |
| 27 | But if we lived there , we would n't have it to look forward to , would we ? |
| 28 | But if we wait patiently for a few picoseconds until the charges rearrange themselves there will be no further motion and the problem belongs to the realm of electrostatics . |
| 29 | But if we wait long enough , perhaps thousands of years , Tit for Tat will eventually muster the numbers required to tip it over the knife-edge , and the population will flip . |
| 30 | But if we behave normally like saying a few words to each other , the supervisors start shouting and harassing us . |