Example sentences of "if [pron] [verb] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know my father would raise a terrific stink if I told him the Headmistress had grabbed me by the hair and slung me over the playground fence . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Tell me , ’ he complained , ‘ what would be your reaction if I told you the moon just fell out of the sky ? ’ |
| 3 | As I believe that you both did , when you were my age — if you can remember so far back — but I knew you would prevent me from doing so if I told you the truth . ’ |
| 4 | Well if I knew who the hell Dawn 's brother was ! |
| 5 | If I show you the general norms it makes a lot more sense . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm buggered if I know what the point is , ’ said Wilcox sourly . |
| 7 | ‘ She 's round , ma'am , ’ Salt said in her angry voice , and under her breath : ‘ Blessed if I know what the world 's coming to … serving wenches falling about and being propped in chairs as if they were gentry . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ You would n't come out here if I sent you the money for the air ticket , would you ? ’ |
| 9 | " Hell buy ten grand 's worth of … ( an electronics company ) , if I tell him the latest profit figures . |
| 10 | But if I tell her the truth and insist upon it , I shall be disobeying my husband and causing his mother unnecessary worry , she reflected , and was forced to accept that having made a cross for her back , she would have to bear it . |
| 11 | ‘ What if I tell you the whole truth ? |
| 12 | Well I suppose I 'm sure Adrian wo n't mind if I paid him the day after or a week after or something . |
| 13 | If I was outside , she said she could telephone me every day for nothing , if I gave her the number of a phone box and arranged to be there for a certain time … |
| 14 | All he wants to do is to get his hand inside my blouse or up my skirt , but if I gave him the chance to do anything more he 'd be so scared he 'd wet his pants . ’ |
| 15 | He said of course he 'd do it if I gave him the phone number of the hospital . |
| 16 | So the gradient gives you a mea If I gave you the gradient , if I said the gradient is one , what would the angle be ? |
| 17 | What would you do if I gave you the jade ? |
| 18 | ‘ My main thought was if I offer him my car how will I get to work tomorrow , and also if I give him the car will I be able to collect the insurance ? |
| 19 | Okay , if I give him the turtle do you think he 'd |
| 20 | if I give him the turtle |
| 21 | " And if I give you the job , " Fairfax went on , " how soon will you begin ? " |
| 22 | But er no , we were talking and she said if I give you the money you wo n't go and spend it on the |
| 23 | ‘ If I approached it the way I usually work , I 'd agree . |
| 24 | If I give him money he goes and spends it If I lend him the bike he loses it He 's completely unreliable |
| 25 | Earlier this year the mother of three , who counts Warren Beatty and George Hamilton among her former beaus , was quoted as saying : ‘ If someone gave me the cash I 'd have a facelift this minute . ’ |
| 26 | Yes , that 's right , I mean it 's that most of you , most of you can , most of you can arrive at work in the morning and if somebody says what the traffic 's like you would n't know , because you do n't know how you got there . |
| 27 | Now if we were looking at these the other way up right if somebody gave you the triangle |
| 28 | Ginny wondered how he would react if she told him the simple truth . |
| 29 | Imagine his face if she told him the truth : that , far from not liking him , she was labouring under this absurd fantasy that she loved him — for how else could she explain the turmoil that heaved inside her mind and body ? |
| 30 | She longed , oh , she burned to be able to tell him the truth , but Ace 's threats held ; also by the way Mike was looking at her at the moment he probably would n't believe her if she told him the truth about their relationship . |