Example sentences of "if [pron] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If no-one will write your letters for you , and you do n't want to do them yourself , Correct Letters could be the answer . |
| 2 | Her father was unwell , she explained ; it would be helpful if everyone would leave the theatre as quickly as possible . |
| 3 | If everyone could look after their own , there would be far fewer people like social workers running around looking after other people 's own . |
| 4 | If everyone can manage this we will all be able to go on quietly shaving our heads , lighting our candles , starving ourselves on particular days of the year — and no-one will mind or probably even notice . |
| 5 | If everyone can learn to understand , however , how wars can be started so easily , there is a hope that more people might work to prevent them . |
| 6 | He says he says that it 's gon na stop crime so much cos if everyone can have a gun . |
| 7 | On the Master of the Roll 's reasoning it would appear to me as if nothing can preserve the true character and origin and parentage of the income paid to the beneficiaries through their bankers unless that be done by lodging with those bankers the dividends , share warrants and the like received by the trustees but not cashed . |
| 8 | Cradled within his arms , Laura drifted into a deep sleep , but , even as she dreamed , their bodies seemed to stir against one another , as if they could n't help but touch and make love again ; as if nothing could satisfy the desire that each had awakened in the other 's flesh . |
| 9 | Now it looks as if nothing could stop West Germany taking the lead with her unbeatable combination of credentials : guilt , enthusiasm , material interest and money . |
| 10 | as if nothing could beat you once you 'd made up your mind . ’ |
| 11 | Smooth-haired , bright-eyed , immaculate , with the merest hint of a woody , masculine fragrance about him , he looked as if nothing could faze him . |
| 12 | I doubt if I shall meet anyone else in 1982 who will so powerfully impress me as she did . " |
| 13 | I do n't know if I shall join the company yet , I may do , I may go to Paris , I may die , my face may even turn blue . |
| 14 | And while her heart plodded to a dull beat , ‘ It looks as if I shall have to work the entire weekend , ’ he stated . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'll be damned if I 'll set up in Northallerton because of the ride they have given me , ’ Mr Davies said . |
| 16 | It would n't be so bad if he 'd gone off with a beauty , but I 'm damned if I 'll form part of a collection which includes someone bandy . ’ |
| 17 | Devastated I may be , but I 'm damned if I 'll give her the satisfaction of hearing me beg for mercy . |
| 18 | I do n't want to touch it if I 'll leave and leave it if I can . |
| 19 | Thank you , I do n't know if I can be bothered for twenty five pounds , no I would if she asked me , but I do n't know if I 'll bother ringing up as well |
| 20 | ‘ It looks as if I 'll make that damned dancing class after all . |
| 21 | I doubt if I 'll sleep anyway . |
| 22 | I 've become very fond of Ellis and I 'm prepared on occasion to be tempted into his latest hare-brained scheme , but I 'm buggered if I 'll carry on like Richard Hannay and his chums in a John Buchan novel . |
| 23 | Jones yelled , ‘ I 'm damned if I 'll bowl a full-toss ! ’ |
| 24 | I have just done it for the only time in the 23,400,000 minutes of my life so far , and I doubt if I 'll do it again , so call these odds one in 25 million . |
| 25 | Yeah I doubt if I 'll do any to be |
| 26 | I 'm not gon na go , I doubt if I 'll go back tomorrow . |
| 27 | No right if I 'll go and get me clothes then erm er well I 'm gon na have a cup of tea |
| 28 | She made it specially for him , and I 'm damned if I 'll send it back . ’ |
| 29 | I wonder if I 'll try |
| 30 | ‘ And , consequent to your failure , I doubt if I 'll have any more intruders in my cloud . ’ |