Example sentences of "if all [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My God , if all they had were Haggisburgers , I 'd eat those . |
| 2 | as if all they had ever been was lovers . |
| 3 | No one could blame them if all they felt was rage and all they wanted was revenge . |
| 4 | It 's no good preaching sermons to young people about the value of labour if all they do is to guide a piece of metal into a press and tread on a pedal a hundred times a day … |
| 5 | What I do n't understand if all they need to do is revert back to what they used to be and come straight through on the on the ordinary route . |
| 6 | If all they have to dread is the passing of a law , why behave as if such a law already exists ? |
| 7 | I do n't want readers getting the wrong idea about this letter , but the compulsion to write came on seeing people like Jeff Young , who thinks I Should Be So Lucky is a good song ( well , it probably is , if you 're 10 years old ) ; Norman Jay , who does n't want bands to get in touch if all they want is a record deal ; Mick Clarke , who ‘ wants people to tell him what he 's listening to is good ’ , then only signs people he likes , etc . |
| 8 | If all we had to do was to legislate against social evils Mr Dalgliesh for one would be out of work . ’ |
| 9 | Why not , then , take the hint and cut through the sceptical problems the arguments invite , boldly saying that if all we know are ideas , then ideas are all there are ? |
| 10 | If all we need is a TOP Time-Out to find a solution to a problem , we should n't set up an Improvement Team . |
| 11 | In the second part , the poem moves away from this incident to consider the point of life if all we do is destroy one another . |
| 12 | The two things are very different , and yet if all we want is to produce consent , it can be got in either way . |
| 13 | Surely if all we want is prints off existing things all you need do is a request with a DOPACS number ? |
| 14 | I would nt be at all suprised if all we see now is how they were provoked/mistreated etc etc . |
| 15 | read out and if you exclude it , I think if all us do that |
| 16 | as if all he saw was his . |
| 17 | But it had been years , even then , since Elvis was top of the Hit Parade , and if all he had to offer the world was slicked-back hair and a sulky pout , the Dead Loss was set to slip a lot further down the charts , and Mary was n't going to be there to see it . |
| 18 | That reminds me that it was Margaret Thatcher who said , Nobody would remember the Good Samaritan , if all he had was good intentions . |
| 19 | If all he wants is to hitchhikers does n't he ? |
| 20 | She sighed , and wondered if all she had done to help the young couple could possibly have been worth it . |
| 21 | If all she wants to speak of is a message and a vision then there is no reason to call this position Christian . |
| 22 | If all she needs is time to say yes , I 'll be your lover , then she has all the time in the world . |
| 23 | And I think that a lot of shoppers tend to forget that every time you buy anything from a shop , even if all you spent is ten pence , it does n't matter how little money you 've spent , but every time you buy anything from a shop you have a contract with the shop and the shop has a contract with you . |
| 24 | It must be strange to be the object of my affection , she thought idly , especially if all you 've had is hard-chested men doing their best but never sure . |
| 25 | If all you 've got is a personal pension , then you simply increase your payments if you want to top up your pension . |
| 26 | You could get to quite like these characters if all you got was half an hour a week . |
| 27 | BELVILLE : You talk to me , my dearest life , as if all you had heard against me was true . |
| 28 | We , we 'll meet about once a fortnight er we can actually let people know if er if all you leave names and phone numbers or whatever . |
| 29 | But if all you want to do is sit in the gardens or laze by the pool , they will allow it ! |
| 30 | The great thing about this holiday club is if all you want to do is laze about in the sun , they 'll let you . |