Example sentences of "but if [pron] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if everybody suddenly started turning up with their girl-friends … ’ |
| 2 | That is , the student may improve his or her performance by 100 per cent , but if everyone else improves similarly this grade will be no higher than before . |
| 3 | ‘ But if one really believes in participatory democracy , and all that kind of thing , one has to be a bit constitutional about it . ’ |
| 4 | What I was gon na suggest is that , we actually put something in the bulletin , not in the sense of , well , you know please report your illnesses kind of thing , but if we just make people aware of actually this sort of environmental control thing would be a good idea . |
| 5 | It is rooted in his own quite complex philosophy but if we really wish to understand his argument we must start at a rather abstract level . |
| 6 | ‘ We 've never closed a store , but if we ever did close that one , we would be happy to restore the land for industrial use . ’ |
| 7 | But if we ever leave the room at all , always pull the chair back . |
| 8 | but if we actually said blow by blow what you 're supposed |
| 9 | But if we then turn to the ego — and , still more , the superego — and try to understand the sequence of development there we may find ourselves in the predicament of a person who tried to investigate the musical education of a child who had started learning the piano with grade 2 , then gone on to grade 3 , and finally ended with grade 1 ! |
| 10 | For example , ( 10 ) certainly seems to mean ( 11 ) ; but if we then build the " uncertainty " interpretation in ( 11 ) into the meaning of possible , ( 12 ) should be an outright contradiction . |
| 11 | But if we now recall the alternative definition of democracy as popular power , or popular sovereignty , then it becomes clear that it can not be a democratic act for the people to vote away their own power and their own rights ; any more than if I freely renounce my freedom I can remain free because the renunciation was a free act . |
| 12 | But if we only know the bell according to those systems we call logic or science , then we can only talk about bells . |
| 13 | But if they nevertheless persist in making that perambulation in the manner aforesaid , we must endure it for the present , and await an opportune time to amend it . |
| 14 | I know but if they just start |
| 15 | If people want to be misled , then follow Sinead-ism , but if they just want the simple truth without any religious crud , then accept Christ 's teaching . |
| 16 | but if they really catch them cos they 're down here a lot now because of er what 's going on underneath those arches |
| 17 | But if they really wanted a Rolling Stone with Youth Appeal , they asked the wrong one . |
| 18 | But if they once opened the door , the plague mob would most certainly overwhelm them in searching out their angel , paid-for Miracle-Worker . |
| 19 | But if they once acknowledge |
| 20 | Every reasonable effort is made to provide it but if they merely demand ‘ everything you 've got ’ on a particular accident they are told firmly but politely that such a request is not acceptable . |
| 21 | ‘ But if they still show the same thing we are all going to have to respond to it . |
| 22 | ‘ But if they only looked at me coldly , and whispered behind their hands about me , and then left me one by one ? ’ |
| 23 | When these same hands gave up playing under the onslaught of feline affection , the cat would wander off , but if they then began to play again , the cat immediately dashed back and resumed its licking . |
| 24 | Yes , Jackie has the whereabouts , now if she keeps , she also keeps a list of the erm support staff , but if they actually go out at lunch time that we do n't know . |
| 25 | But if they actually put that , the ca they do |
| 26 | But if they ever cut the money or knock something off , we 'd be in deep . |
| 27 | But if they suddenly have the urge to express their senior status in relation to a new pet in the home they may revert to the age-old manner of doing this , much to the distress of their well-meaning owners , who probably bought the new kitten as a special companion for the older cat . |
| 28 | ‘ Well , I 'd still like to get married , but if someone actually proposed to me I 'd probably run a mile from that as well . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ If it 's of any interest to you , I scarcely even remember what I said , but if I somehow managed to upset you … ’ |
| 30 | That 's , that 's just like me that is , if I get into a rhythm and someone gives er , I can do it then , but if I just sit on a page , I think oh how do you do that ? |