Example sentences of "and [verb] if it [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Elsie joined me on the river bank and asked if it was hot enough for me . |
| 2 | I cheekily went across to a detached cottage and asked if it was possible to get a bite to eat . |
| 3 | Eventually , thunder rumbled in the distance , and he looked up and asked if it was gun-fire ; when I said I thought not , he moved to the door saying , ‘ If Mr Colin recommends them , I 'll take all three ’ . |
| 4 | I filed that away and asked if it was all right for the girls to stay until the doctors had done their rounds . |
| 5 | As always when drawing , I stand back from the piece at regular intervals to get an overall feel as to how the drawing is developing , and to see if it is uniform in shade and texture . |
| 6 | As always when drawing , I stand back from the piece at regular intervals to get an overall feel as to how the drawing is developing , and to see if it is uniform in shade and texture . |
| 7 | I just want to know those three things — the extent of the damage , the location of this ticking noise and to see if it 's possible to remove this atom bomb or whatever , which I 'm convinced in advance is impossible . |
| 8 | Any visual task is rendered more difficult and fatiguing if it is undertaken in poor lighting . |
| 9 | Instead , we 're willing to take the risk and give Birmingham the retail centre it deserves and needs if it is not to be completely undermined by rival out-of-town attractions . ’ |
| 10 | One is forced to ask what OSF had to gain and wonders if it was n't some kind of supralegal manoeuvre to put pressure on Addamax and Sun because they 've got something on the OSF contingent . |
| 11 | Whereas before I used to say let's do this or that and worry if it was n't done , now I 've decided that I 'm really not going to worry about the garden any more . |
| 12 | I for one will be happy to be stopped and searched if it is going to help protect us from terrorist bombs . |
| 13 | In effect , they wanted to vary the experimental conditions enough to clarify the source of the heat and confirm if it was fusion . |
| 14 | I should go and see if it is all right . ’ |
| 15 | I give my leg a nasty bash , but I do n't stop and see if it 's bleeding — I just want to get out . |
| 16 | you could phone up and see if it 's there , yeah . |
| 17 | Micro Focus Plc makes a very good living out of a programming language that many believed would be long dead by now yet still shows no signs of fading away — but if object-oriented programming fulfils its promise and sweeps away the paraphernalia of the first 35 years of the computer industry , Micro Focus is going to have to be ready and waiting if it is not going to be swept away too . |
| 18 | Note that a volume can only be copied from the hard copy directory and transcribed if it is in the VOLCLOSING state . |
| 19 | Is n't this better for tra would n't you take more would n't you take more notice of the traffic and travel if it was like this every time ? |
| 20 | Oak is not really an ideal timber for external joinery since it can suffer from surface checking and splitting if it is exposed to the sun and the rain . |
| 21 | You must evaluate your evidence , check it against other sources and decide if it is reliable . |
| 22 | Despite such successes in imaginative shoestring operations , the UN is desperately in need of reform and strengthening if it is to meet the critical tests of the post-Cold War era . |
| 23 | We saw a lady wading towards it and inquired if it was hers . |
| 24 | Even prominent members of the Labour Party — traditionally timid on this front — have started to argue openly that the Royal Family 's role must be streamlined and modernised if it is to survive for very much longer . |
| 25 | He 'll never have to see himself day after day in a mirror and wonder if it was worth it because he 's blind , you see . |
| 26 | If the task is completed successfully there is joy and satisfaction ; and there is disappointment , sadness and anger if it is not . |
| 27 | Dance movement in every form and style must be correctly parsed and expressed if it is to be clearly understood whether its message is simple , subtle , bold , comic or tragic . |
| 28 | I 'll go and check if it 's okay . " |
| 29 | The NCVO was supported by submissions from the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales and the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants which warned that compliance with the existing non-mandatory SORP ‘ has not been terribly high ’ and questioned if it was reasonable to ‘ subject these entities straight away to a very demanding set of new accounting rules ’ . |
| 30 | ‘ Could you zip through this and see if it 's OK ? |