Example sentences of "then it [modal v] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Then it 'll presumably go to his heirs . ’
2 If Claris finishes off the program properly , then it 'll certainly give WindowWorks a run for its money .
3 Mm , see one of the dangers of just reading the bible is that you have to be careful you do n't fall into the pitfall of just reading it when if you do then it 'll all look as if it 's pointing towards the only way out is heaven
4 It might get to be a bit of a bastard , the next few days , and then it might just get to be amusing .
5 But even then it might simply have pre-empted things .
6 And then it might never have happened .
7 If the regulatory agency relied on victim-complaints for corporate crime , then it might never find itself in business .
8 in so far as this order purports to have any extraterritorial effect , no person shall be affected thereby or concerned with the terms thereof until it shall be declared enforceable or be enforced by a foreign court and then it shall only affect them to the extent of such declaration or enforcement unless they are :
9 Bang it with the paper on it then it wo n't go all over the place .
10 And then it wo n't go on to this side .
11 And then it wo n't come off .
12 And I think if you start analysing it and trying to think back to how or why , or questioning why it happened , you start worrying about whether it 's going to happen again , and then it wo n't happen .
13 then it wo n't happen .
14 It means that the world is a slightly is a slightly safer place because if you do n't do this , if you do n't flirt , then it wo n't happen .
15 If it wo n't work , then it wo n't work .
16 It only works if you realise that your own extension number is going to be vacant at the time , if somebody 's using it then it wo n't work , alright , so if you try and transfer a call , then you must make sure that the extension number you 're accessing is free .
17 Just make it twist round at the side and then it wo n't touch it .
18 Then it wo n't object .
19 Well , the answer is pretty simple , you save the file , and you re-retrieve it , and when you re-retrieve the file , erm , it erases the memory to start with , and then erm , fills up the memory from scratch and if there 's nothing there any more , then it wo n't use any memory for it .
20 Then it wo n't worry you if I read it out to you , will it ? ’
21 If a black hole has entropy , then it ought also to have a temperature .
22 If this situation persisted then it would clearly undermine the cohesion of the EMS .
23 Yeah , but would n't that make it possible to take that out , and then it would n't make sense , 'cos it would say , as I missed the train which went in an hour 's time if you put another comma , 'cos if you , if you put two commas you could n't take it out .
24 ‘ I can remember when that did n't seem so unlikely , and I thought , well , if anything like that does ever happen , and they 're right and the establishment is wrong , then it would n't do any harm for there to be people like me in the Army who were basically in sympathy with the … movement , whatever . ’
25 I mean , if somebody was petrified of setting eyes on the youth again , then it would n't do them much good , for him to be sent to make good what damage he 's done to their house , or ,
26 er , first of all I would put it to my divisional board to my colleagues to ask for their thoughts and their advice erm , if they rejected it then it would n't go any further , if they approved it then it , because it was a budgetary item rather than just we can go out and spend it tomorrow , it was going into the following years budget , it would then go to the P L C board and they would have final say in whether that element should go into the , into next years budget
27 Belinda Hazel , 31 , said : ‘ Police should n't chase them at such speeds — then it would n't happen . ’
28 And then it would n't occur to her that after what had happened , he would have the nerve to go under his own steam .
29 Then it would n't have mattered . ’
30 ‘ Ah , but then it would n't have been a surprise , would it ? ’
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