Example sentences of "if [pron] [modal v] n't [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I ca n't still clamber up a mountain when I 'm 55 , subject to health and having both legs of course , I want to be put down humanely . |
| 2 | If I ca n't then |
| 3 | Sometimes I do n't know if I would n't rather be … |
| 4 | If I could n't then I would not be able to write my sort of books for children . |
| 5 | I mean , if somebody ca n't actually go back to the person they 've harmed in a in a one to one situation , there 's no reason why they should n't be doing some other form of community service . |
| 6 | And then we 'll have to deal with that other one and er and , and resolve that one way or the other and make , make sure we 've done that reasonably reasonably quickly , either g sending her back to new business or er trying to find another position for her if she ca n't actually cope with that . |
| 7 | It was as if she could n't quite believe he was really there . |
| 8 | I might just as well pack up and go if you ca n't even listen to things reasonably ! ’ |
| 9 | There 's something wrong with that , with that if you ca n't even |
| 10 | What 's the point in having secrets , if you ca n't eventually share them ? ’ |
| 11 | If you ca n't easily remember this , just close your eyes for a moment and recall a time when you felt really well . |
| 12 | If you ca n't yet make up your mind about what to do with it , put it into a high interest-bearing account in your bank or building society until you do . |
| 13 | Now , And if you ca n't right now , then come away with me . |
| 14 | the schunner Oh is it ony wunner If you ca n't bloody |
| 15 | I like , before coming to a decision , to get the arguments down on paper and it seems to me if you ca n't then convince yourself or anybody else that what you propose is logically right , it does n't much matter what your gut 's doing . |
| 16 | Right planners , now according to me this is for Thursday , next Thursday week t week one Thursday so homework for Thursday finish writing a list er whoever 's giggling will you calm down of things you believe are important do this in rough and I think we 'd better underline the next bit , bring it to the lesson now , quite seriously if you have only managed to get five or six items at the moment on your list that you think are important , that 's not enough , you really do need to be going for a minimum of ten , and if you ca n't then the next piece of work that we 're going to do in the lesson next week is going to be quite difficult . |
| 17 | Erm and all we ask is that if you if you 've said you 're coming to do a session , that you do actually turn up and if you ca n't then if you can telephone us as early as possible to let us know that you ca n't make it , that 's not a problem . |
| 18 | stop worrying about you know , losing any try and put a couple of pounds on if you ca n't then come to us and we 'll find out what 's wrong |
| 19 | ‘ Well , there 's no point in it being so beautiful if you ca n't ever go out in it because it 's raining , ’ said Betty , revealing a childish streak in her character which Lydia found rather less appealing than her habitual bossiness . |
| 20 | It 's a trick you fall back on if you ca n't really do any original thinking — you devise a new research procedure to ‘ confirm ’ an already established theory . |
| 21 | I know that some British civil servants are making considerable efforts to improve erm in these terms but erm I think we 've still got a long way to go in appreciating the importance of at least being able to understand somebody else 's language , erm even if you ca n't always erm communicate in it as well as you can in your own . |
| 22 | And what kind of relationship can you have , if you dare n't even tell your boyfriend you 're on a period ? |
| 23 | They called it ‘ lying in ’ — and if you could n't actually ‘ lie ’ all the time , people around you made quite sure you took it very easy indeed . |
| 24 | You ate what you were given and tried to look as if you could n't really bear to think about food . |
| 25 | ‘ And if we ca n't fully enjoy the place there 's not much point in keeping it . |
| 26 | It demeans politics if we ca n't occasionally have a laugh . |
| 27 | Well , we certainly ought to try , and if we ca n't then there 'll be a very good case for generous compensation out of the secret funds . ’ |
| 28 | But if we ca n't then we take him out of Saint Christopher 's next year and put him in a state school . |
| 29 | but if they ca n't well |
| 30 | If they ca n't even agree on that , how can they possibly agree on other , more important , things ? ’ |