Example sentences of "if [pron] [modal v] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , if nothing could ever be taken for granted , there would be large deadweight losses arising from bargaining and factionalism . |
| 2 | Many existing systems which do n't already heat the hot water can be adapted to do so , but if yours ca n't ( an early warm air system , say ) or if you 're installing one of the few types of system that does n't also heat the hot water ( such as electric storage radiators ) , you will have to choose the hot water system . |
| 3 | Before returning to the Cape , he had written ‘ I have been idle so long that I doubt if I shall ever do a single grand battement in my life again — I crack when I move . ’ |
| 4 | And that 's about What what what it is is they 've just someone 's asked me if I 'll just do some recordings of some of the lessons . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm not sure if I 'll still be here tomorrow , as air traffic is functioning normally and I have some urgent matters to attend to back in Hong Kong , but I 'll see you on Friday anyway . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ If I 'll never guess , there 's no point in me trying . ’ |
| 7 | Italy 's a really wonderful country , I wonder if I 'll ever get a chance to go back . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's extremely doubtful if I 'll ever find another comet , ’ declares Alcock . |
| 9 | ‘ I do n't feel as if I 'll ever be thirsty again . ’ |
| 10 | I wonder if I 'll ever be able to get that word out ? " |
| 11 | While I 've been out in the fresh air enjoying myself she 's been stuck in this featureless boarding house , wondering if I 'll ever come back . |
| 12 | ‘ Do n't know if I 'll ever get some more . |
| 13 | ‘ Look , Bernie , I have n't been able to bring myself to tell you this , but I 'm not sure if I 'll ever be able to go back on stage . |
| 14 | It 's as if I 'm still under the sea , she thought to herself — as if I 'll always be there , whatever I do ; deep down in the cold . |
| 15 | I feel as if I 'll always have somewhere to come home to . |
| 16 | Once again his arm , brown and corded , swept silencingly towards the sea and the mountains and the south , as if I might not have properly appreciated it . |
| 17 | If I might just wait here till the storm passes , till daylight , perhaps , and then try again to track my things down ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Er , if I might just interject , ’ Mojo 's agent removed the pen from his client 's hand and screwed back the top , ‘ I have certain reservations regarding several of the clauses . ’ |
| 19 | also history if I might just say that when the Post Office er split from the Civil Service , the firm was in deficit for twenty years and of course Post Office management say quite clearly that they were putting in sums of eighteen per cent of the pay bill when it was only supposed to be nine per cent of the pay bill and that 's why they 're entitled to the to the surplus . |
| 20 | has suddenly backfired and allowed a noxious element to it , to creep in because , if I might just carry on . |
| 21 | And if I might just come in on this thing that 's always thrown up against Mrs. Thatcher about her rejoice , she said rejoice when South Georgia had been retaken and the rejoice was because it appeared to have been done without any casualties — that was what she was rejoicing for , not the victory erm |
| 22 | If I might secondly Mr Mayor address some of the concerns that have been expressed and no doubt , will doubt be expressed later on . |
| 23 | ‘ If I might possibly butt in a moment … |
| 24 | ‘ Well , I was wondering , if it would n't be too much of an imposition , if I might possibly buy you lunch . ’ |
| 25 | If I ca n't take him he will have a two-hour wait for an ambulance . |
| 26 | If I ca n't find Mr Clancy , maybe David can coax it to work . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ We 're at pains to stress this is n't a protest , but we were here for rest and recreation , ’ he said , ‘ so if I ca n't send my men ashore ; there 's not much point in staying . ’ |
| 28 | If I ca n't read or understand something in the paper he discusses it with me — about what is happening in the country or the community or about what politics can mean . |
| 29 | Sometimes I get embarrassed if I ca n't do summat on my own . |
| 30 | I do n't want to be ‘ kept ’ by him , so if I ca n't afford to go out we just stay in and read together or just watch television . |