Example sentences of "if they do n't " in BNC.
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| 1 | The company 's response was to issue notice to the original 40 that if they did n't return to work they 'd all be sacked . |
| 2 | If they did n't , it would be dropped . |
| 3 | ( If they did n't , Mr Edward Heath would be a much happier man . ) |
| 4 | ( If they did n't , Mr Edward Heath would be a much happier man . ) |
| 5 | If they did n't interfere in politics , they would be thought craven . |
| 6 | One print worker who was daubed and paraded on a trolley around Croydon in Surrey as an apprentice 25 years ago said : ‘ The worst thing was if they did n't do anything to you at all — it showed you were n't wanted . ’ |
| 7 | But , really , if they did n't understand what was meant by ‘ depose ’ , they deserve all the trouble they got . |
| 8 | If they did n't leave the shed door properly shut , Mrs Wright would know someone had been in . |
| 9 | From now on the locals would do what they were told to do by Detroit , and if they did n't like it they could take the option of either getting out of their own free will , or being booted out . |
| 10 | ( He was n't really lying — they did often think of it even if they did n't get down to it . ) |
| 11 | This man would kill them if they did n't answer , and still find Zambia afterwards , she was sure . |
| 12 | If they did n't , it would mean she 'd have to get Ari out of Arcady and fast . |
| 13 | Many of the teachers began acting the same way , believing the Headmaster might punish them too if they did n't follow his example . |
| 14 | He ended up running around in circles , shouting through a loud hailer and threatening everyone with all kinds of unimaginable punishments if they did n't listen . |
| 15 | The children all looked as if they did n't have a care in the world , that this was just another ordinary day , and what was taking place within the hall some sort of social occasion . |
| 16 | Sometimes , if they did n't know the one I was after , they sent me off in search of one or two they had of their own . |
| 17 | However , once you have safely navigated the Full Moon on the 14th — and managed to reassure someone that you 'd love them even if they did n't have a bean — then the remainder of this month should be magic time . |
| 18 | The plan was that everyone would meet at the cottage on Boxing Day , making their own way there and hopefully bringing enormous amounts of expensive food and drink if they did n't want to be turned back at the gate . |
| 19 | They are willing to do so because they expect to be paid back , and because they expect to profit from the transaction through the interest they charge on the loan — it would be a strange world if they did n't ! |
| 20 | Then I would help to cheer them up , but I would n't cheer them up if they did n't want to , I think that 's wrong . |
| 21 | Raymond : Because they would die if they did n't have water . |
| 22 | If they did n't make the offering — if they plundered the god 's territory without his permission — he 'd punish their families with sickness or even death . |
| 23 | Some of the men had brought ropes and small axes with them so that , while they were in the forest , they could carry back a load of firewood rather than returning empty-handed if they did n't get the boar . |
| 24 | ‘ Or if they did n't , they could always burn the ship , could n't they ? |
| 25 | If they did n't run fast enough , or were n't tough enough , then there were always others . |
| 26 | In contrast to the outside , the area was softly carpeted , softly lit , as if illness and death had to be cushioned away , made to look as if they did n't exist . |
| 27 | Then it would be Bridewell at least , if they did n't stretch her neck on the gallows . |
| 28 | And when he was found they 'd both be in such a heap of dung , they 'd be lucky if they did n't find themselves nicked as thieves . |
| 29 | If they did n't know now , Jed thought , they 'd know soon enough . |
| 30 | Verily , your axe strikes true when you suggest that some ca n't spend more on software , even if they did n't pirate — but is this any excuse for stealing ? |