Example sentences of "if he [verb] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You must not be surprised if 'e choose to ignore you , choupette , ’ said Madame when Ellie next visited her . |
| 2 | He added : ‘ If he learns to relax , he will get a mile and a half . ’ |
| 3 | If possible , the patient learns to walk without any support at all : if he learns to lean on a stick , tripod or quadrupod , his body balance is likely to become totally distorted , and he can not learn the necessary body control to walk safely . |
| 4 | A client of enormous potential if he managed to hook him . |
| 5 | And if he managed to do it without her noticing , when they got to the pub his father would be waiting there . |
| 6 | I firmly told him that if he ever came near me again , I would fight back for all I was worth and , even if he managed to beat me every time , sooner or later I would get lucky and hurt him . |
| 7 | If he managed to win through in the first round , there is now a second round of contests to be staged , followed by the final round later in the year . |
| 8 | Perhaps they reasoned that even if he managed to slip clear of the ropes he would have so far to fall it would n't matter . |
| 9 | Even if he managed to get to a horse , he had a nasty suspicion that it would follow him at its own pace . |
| 10 | Their function was to advise the monarch and if he chose to dispense with their advice , so be it . |
| 11 | What was it to her if he chose to conduct himself with duplicity ? |
| 12 | He had meant to point out to John le Grant that they had both engaged in extremely rough play at Trebizond , and if he chose to carry out another war contract , he was not doing it blindfold . |
| 13 | After all , if he chose to see her , despite the existence of Petula , that was surely up to him ? |
| 14 | She did n't touch him but stood so close that she would be able to read every facial expression if he chose to lie to her . |
| 15 | He must be the only person in the village with a view , if he chose to take it , of both vest and surplice . |
| 16 | But important matters had to wait on his attention ; and , if he chose to withhold it , might wait for some time . |
| 17 | If he chose to come to me , then that 's his — ’ |
| 18 | In the days when contraception was still a rarity , every husband knew , if he chose to think of it , that by sleeping with his wife he might imperil her life . |
| 19 | Whitehall insiders confirmed last night that the option to oversee the hand-over of the colony to China in 1997 was open to Mr Patten if he chose to exercise it . |
| 20 | The tribunal ruled that Mr Brennan had no family responsibilities and so could live away from home for two or three years and could return home every eight weeks or more often if he chose to pay his own fare . |
| 21 | In the Psalms of David Smart had his pattern laid out for him , even if he chose to embroider it a little . |
| 22 | That law would permit such an authority to rely upon presumed injury to its reputation because the defendant , who had accomplished a statement reflecting upon the reputation of the local authority , would have to prove the truth if he sought to justify the publication ; and , if he had commented adversely upon the conduct of the council , he would have to prove the substantial truth of the facts upon which the comment was based . |
| 23 | But I doubt if he agreed to talk . ’ |
| 24 | The bank would give him facilities to purchase the business to the extent of seventy five thousand pounds if he agreed to sell his property at and from the proceeds of sale to repay the bridging facility in its entirety and they would provide a sixteen thousand pounds business loan and overdraught facilities to be reduced by five thousand pounds within a few days and if the six thousand pounds rent deposit was not required then the business loan would be reduced to ten thousand pounds . |
| 25 | The Sinn Fein man claimed two plain-clothes men approached Mr Fox in Thomas Street , Dungannon on September 2 and promised him a new house if he agreed to work for them . |
| 26 | ‘ Our friend Kustow … do you know if he likes to gamble ? ’ |
| 27 | If he likes to use large dragons I think the choice of counter-measure if obvious . |
| 28 | If he likes to show off his long slender legs . . |
| 29 | He might be more constructive if he cared to pick which items from that he agrees with , we might even find a measure of agreement on one or two of the issues , because they 're not all rubbish . |
| 30 | I replied to him that if he cared to submit the List to any representative group of Jews , he would hear their ‘ no ’ from Downing Street to Golders Green . |