Example sentences of "if [pron] [verb] your [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ You remember you said it was easy to get a book published if everyone knew your name ? ’
2 If you twitched a horses lip or ear that happens , I would really like to see if I twitched your ear .
3 But for the hon. Member to make such a statement , particularly today when , if I catch your eye , I shall make a statement about equipment procurement for our forces , leaves me breathless .
4 If I took your silver , I would only be a thief .
5 I mean if I took your line , your , your logic and maybe I 'm misinterpreting it , er we would not have changed anything when B E S came into , to our organization .
6 ‘ How would it be if I returned your gift so that you can give it at the door ? ’
7 ‘ Perhaps I 'd surprise myself , ’ he said at last , ‘ if I met your friend . ’
8 If I take your boot off you 'll never get it on again .
9 ‘ I would never forgive myself if I spoilt your gown . ’
10 ‘ Do you mind if I use your phone ? ’
11 If I had your friend 's Aston Martin , now , instead of this old thing ! ’
12 If I touched your arm , if we smiled at one another , if we talked about that day and the rainstorm and the shock of the butts recoiling against our cheeks and Halliday dead on the moor .
13 Your expression goes … it closes , especially if I mention your father and his dying … oh , God , did something terrible happen to him , Luke ? ’
14 Even if I break your cage , I ca n't reach you , beautiful creature !
15 ‘ And , if I asked your father for your hand , you would support me ?
16 ‘ And how will you repair your boat , Breakspear , or even take her away , if I put your name on the Stop List ?
17 If I respect your opinion in the arts , it will be because you are especially intelligent , more than usually perceptive of colour contrasts and harmonies , rhythms and vowel sequences , the shades of meaning of a word , the motives of a character , the ring of authentic or false feeling ; we shall not argue over tastes .
18 One needs tact : to say , ‘ I hear you better if I see your face ’ is more promising than telling the boss he mumbles , even if he does !
19 ‘ — because if I see your face , I swear — ‘
20 If I leave your key there .
21 ‘ Well , if I accept your hypothesis that all my subsequent experiences were hysterical embellishments , I suppose he was just a mild eccentric , an ordinary seaside retiree . ’
22 If I accept your hospitality , ’ he said , ‘ it will not mean that I forfeit my right to kanly . ’
23 By checking , over the course of time , on the assumptions about , and perceptions of , each other 's signals — it is confusing if I interpret your expression as annoyance when you are concentrating hard .
24 If I snatch your hat from your head with intent to steal it , that is conversion as well as trespass , but if I throw it at another person , that is trespass only , for I am not questioning your title to it .
25 I do n't have any view erm er on that , if I understand your question , because I think it realistic to assume that post two thousand and six one of the options that we could be reasonably expected to consider , together with the District Council , is the possibility of a further , shall we say , how addition to , a a further phase er onto the new settlement , erm so that the new settlement erm would evolve , if that was the chosen option , and as it evolved it may well be that more of Mr David Curtis 's higher level facilities er would be added .
26 The longing for home embodies the feeling of loss not of a place , but of time , and , if I understand your teaching aright , we must not cling to it , but turn outward to the real world .
27 ‘ As head of your team , I have every right if I think your behaviour is going to put our working relationship at risk . ’
28 ‘ Garry panicked at the thought of responsibility and , if I read your character rightly , you did n't know anything about Berenice except for her existence .
29 ‘ That 's always been the Liverpool way — if someone takes your place and does well , you accept it .
30 The sealed letter is dated proof of your copyright to be opened in court if someone claims your idea .
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