Example sentences of "if [pron] [vb -s] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Telesquash rallies are restricted to a maximum of 15 strokes — the server wins the point if no-one hits a winner — and thus the format encourages attacking play . |
| 2 | However , if someone scores a goal and flicks a V-sign in someone 's face , then he should be done . |
| 3 | ‘ If someone puts a weapon to your head , would you ask if it is real or not . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ If someone puts a weapon to your head , would you ask if it is real or not ? ’ |
| 5 | If someone makes a knowledge claim in respect of a proposition , it is meaningful to enquire about the criteria of such knowledge . |
| 6 | Coaching also means insisting at housegroup level that if someone makes a commitment to the group and does n't live up to it that they say Sorry to the group about it . |
| 7 | What it basically means is that if someone makes a gift during his lifetime and-does n't die for a given period , that gift is free of estate duty , or partly free . |
| 8 | The Jot 1.0 specification is designed to enable applications to share handwritten notes , sketches , signatures and other free-form data across the generality of computers from hand-held devices to mainframes , so that if someone scrawls a note and sends it over a modem , it will turn up at the other end as handwriting , regardless of the sending and receiving machines , provided only that they both implement Jot 1.0 . |
| 9 | If someone throws a number of tennis balls at you , it is easier to catch a single coloured one than to catch one that is identical with all the rest . |
| 10 | Naturally , if someone has a characteristic you strongly disapprove of you will rate them as being more favourable and vice-versa . |
| 11 | Yeah I , I er thought about self defence but I keep thinking about things like that 's fine but if someone has a knife or a gun , the one might of self defence that I have been trained on or taught in can possibly help and I ca n't really see it as being very very helpful because |
| 12 | If someone has a judgment summons filed against them , but subsequently pays the debt , they can get a Certificate of satisfaction by applying to the court in which judgment was given originally , and paying 50p . |
| 13 | The easiest thing in the world is to say " Yes " especially if someone has a hand at your throat . |
| 14 | If someone drops a pebble a metre away from a ghost crab , the crab will instantly run to the spot . |
| 15 | If someone inputs a transaction in London , they do that on the local computer in the usual way . |
| 16 | If somebody offers a way of eliminating at least some of the spaghetti which lurks around my PC , they have my undivided attention . |
| 17 | If somebody takes a Covermaster plan out at twenty five , we expect them to be paying it for a long time , if he takes it out at fifty five , we expect him to pay less . |
| 18 | Well I mean what do you end up doing if somebody makes a presentation like that . |
| 19 | How much of a check do they actually go into if somebody makes a claim on that ? |
| 20 | We can often go in on the basis that if somebody has a problem that they want to look at that , just as frequently somebody has an interest that they want to develop , to know more about . |
| 21 | Or if somebody has a premiere it means it 's the first time that they do something . |
| 22 | Two to four years after you left for instance the Pru or one or two other companies they can still claw back commission if somebody cancels a life |
| 23 | I mean I do n't know about you , but if I , if somebody drops a spoon in the restaurant I ca n't help but |
| 24 | If nobody makes a complaint … |
| 25 | If she asks a question or has clearly misunderstood something , it is fine to talk , but the silences matter too . |
| 26 | So , for instance , if she tips a pot of paint over Jamie 's drawing , tell her she must n't do it again , because she has spoiled the picture , Jamie is upset — and how would she like it if someone did that to her picture ? |
| 27 | Er she can go if she gets a babysitter . |
| 28 | ‘ Do n't worry , Bob , I 'll lock her in her office if she becomes a nuisance . ’ |
| 29 | The economic argument is as fallacious as that of denying the need for women to have higher education which will be ‘ wasted ’ if she becomes a homemaker and mother . |
| 30 | I know , but it wo n't take as long for her to get there as it would if she becomes a doctor |