Example sentences of "if [pron] [verb] a " 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 | Many ailments which are blamed on old age could be avoided if everyone ate a healthy diet . |
| 3 | Those radicals ( among whom Gaitskell was , oddly , not numbered ) who wanted to abolish the public schools , or amalgamate them somehow into the maintained system , persuaded themselves for a time that if this were done , and if everyone had a chance to take the 11 + and compete for a place at a grammar school , then justice would have been done and educational standards would be secure . |
| 4 | In if everyone had a meter , |
| 5 | If dey burn a meal |
| 6 | What if I make a mistake ? |
| 7 | What if I make a mistake ? |
| 8 | I thought to myself , ‘ Jimmy Dickinson does n't go abroad and certainly not to the States , so if I make a good job of it at Walton Heath I might be caddying for Sandy full-time in the future . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ If I make a mistake , I would much rather I was the guy who got the shrapnel . |
| 10 | If I make a large number of such measurements the theory enables me to calculate the proportion of times the electron will be found " here " and the proportion of times it will be found " there " . |
| 11 | If I make a mess of it that woman is going to be so glad . |
| 12 | If I make a black man sweep up my trash , empty my dustbins , wash the vomit from my floor and kill for me in my imperialist wars … well , what do you think ? |
| 13 | ‘ So I shall , Bob , ’ said Dyson irritably , ‘ if I make a success of this and begin to make a name for myself . |
| 14 | Erm I think it might be helpful if I make a comment on this business of er tenders from the other side of the fence actually , Bob . |
| 15 | If I make a promise to you in return for your supplying me with three , quite useless , chocolate wrappers , which I will instantly throw away , there is a perfectly good contract provided that the promise was seriously intended ( below , p. 205 ) . |
| 16 | She hesitated , then said with the utmost sweetness , ‘ Do you mind if I make a suggestion ? |
| 17 | ‘ I was going to ask : if I make a retum trip in one day , no hotel , I could buy an airline ticket for cash and give any name I like-could n't I ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I think it is better for the club if I make a clean break . |
| 19 | If I make a few constructive points , it will be looked on as a Liverpudlian poking his nose in . |
| 20 | Is it alright if I make a comment ? |
| 21 | But I did n't have a large pack , I did n't and if I make a cup of tea . |
| 22 | Yes , well I did n't call , but I did said Jane , well you leave , well I 'll leave you to it said Mr Sandy , if you would come upstairs , the policeman and Jane entered her room , please look in the cupboard , I think we 've got a case Sarge , do you mind if I make a quick phone call ? |
| 23 | I think if I make a cake today I I 'd rather put sultanas in . |
| 24 | Would you mind if I made a few housing enquiries for you ? |
| 25 | Seeing there are three of you , it would make sense if I made a fourth and helped to leg . ’ |
| 26 | I used to get worked up if I made a mistake , I mean , I weave and a nervous breakdown spooling |
| 27 | But if I made a scene I 'm pretty sure it would be me who 'd come out looking like a fool . |
| 28 | By now my courage had failed and I had to be helped up the steep , wooden steps , the executioner 's assistants whispering that if I made a good show they would make sure I would choke for no more than ten minutes . |
| 29 | I could s I I even though it might make me a lot of money because I know that if I got if I made a dozen phone calls and did n't get any deals I 'd be out there wanting play the er I would n't trust myself . |
| 30 | It 's going to cost you under thirty eight pounds , so I 've got a little bit of wei , leeway if I made a few mistakes . |