Example sentences of "if [pron] [adv] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had told her the one thing of importance , even if nothing else made any sense . |
| 2 | With me it would if I if I even had one drink going on stage , I 'd be terrified . |
| 3 | ‘ Even if I just get one of my feet in the wrong position it really messes me about and it 's easy for that foot to just flick off the peg . ’ |
| 4 | I now quote her too kind words because they show some of the things she valued in writing , even if I imperfectly deserve such praise . |
| 5 | O. M. Honoré pointed out that even if an ( informal ) arbitration concluded in my favour , if I later become convinced that my original claim was mistaken I should acknowledge the claim of the other litigant rather than rely on the arbitrator 's decision . |
| 6 | If I sometimes recognized this , I blamed my Aunt Lilian who had brought me up to give too much importance to careers and causes and things of the mind , simply because she had never known , herself , any of the pleasures of the body , and had , as a result , made me feel guilty now . |
| 7 | Finally , he showed me off the premises with the injunction , accompanied by a theatrical wink , that I should get straight on to him if I ever had any bother . |
| 8 | ‘ There was a time when I intended to fight — perhaps I still would if I thought I had a chance and if I ever saw either of them , but it 's hard to fight for a man as elusive as Roman has become . ’ |
| 9 | Although I could n't wait to leave school once and for all so I could join Granpa permanently , if I ever played truant for as much as an hour he would n't take me to watch West Ham on Saturday afternoon or , worse , he 'd stop me selling on the barrow in the morning . |
| 10 | ( If I ever get any on special offer I have to remove the price tags before he sees them . ) |
| 11 | Look I put my finger in your mouth erm if I ever get stuck . |
| 12 | Struggling to control his temper ( he could probably have flattened his co-star ) , Wayne replied ‘ If I ever take another ad , I 'll remember that , Richard . ’ |
| 13 | It would n't have been on the books if I ever seen blatant sectarianism at its worst it 's in that bloody motion . |
| 14 | It was true that the happy-go-lucky dockers , working for a few pennies every time a ship came in , were being watched carefully by Captain Robins on the bridge , but it all seemed rather haphazard , as though I would be lucky if I ever found all my trunks . |
| 15 | Probably it may be easier if I actually do those letters if they want letters . |
| 16 | It was a compulsion I 'd starved for , and even if I never went hungry again I would feel that compulsion for ever . |
| 17 | It was when he attempted to argue , ‘ I would n't be bothered if I never had another ride in the National , ’ that he began to give himself away . |
| 18 | She 's just an old woman living in the past , and if I never have another one this evening is going to be a good one . ’ |
| 19 | IF I never see another picture of Cindy Crawford or Jeffrey Bernard , that will be too soon . |
| 20 | You see if I now pack those clubs like that you 've got an ace of clubs , yeah , so sometimes when there 's a deal coming off you might draw |
| 21 | ‘ What we have to do , ’ said Samuel , taking advantage of her exit from the ring , ‘ and I take it no one objects if I now chair this committee , ’ he added off-handedly , ‘ is to decide whether the Week of the Lion should continue or be cancelled . ’ |
| 22 | If I now have 2 dollars left , how much did 1 have to begin with ? |
| 23 | ‘ I knew you 'd tracked me down , so I thought if I only took some of it you would n't put the cops on me . |
| 24 | ‘ Bathsheba , ’ he said , coming closer , ‘ If I only knew one thing — whether you 'd allow me to love you , and marry you after all — if I only knew ! ’ |
| 25 | McCallen agreed that there is some pressure on him in view of the fact that he had five wins last year at the meeting but he added : ‘ If I only get two this time I 'll be happy . |
| 26 | because if someone else says that and then all of a sudden I did n't know this and now I know it . |
| 27 | now if someone therefore becomes interested in one of the developments , would they be any doubt buying the houses without having a solicitors assistance ? |
| 28 | So if somebody just writes those two words they get two marks . |
| 29 | ‘ Or what if she just gets wounded . |
| 30 | It was n't as if she even liked this man enough to care a damn for his opinion of her ! |