Example sentences of "if something [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In spite of his powerful torch , the darkness seemed to close in on him and he felt a weird , evil presence as if something would spring out from between the silent waggons and overpower him . |
| 2 | If something would make your life easier , ask for it . |
| 3 | Such people , in Clarke 's view , exhibit either a failure of nerve or of imagination , History is littered with examples of eminences who said such items as the aeroplane or the telephone were impossible , Yet Clarke himself demonstrates , unwittingly perhaps another well-known human maxim : if something can go wrong , it probably will , Thus in his 1962 edition , he predicts that nuclear rockets , translating machines and efficient energy storage devices would be around by 1970 . |
| 4 | And I 've been wondering if something could go wrong with the telephone system of Foulness . " |
| 5 | The tube I was in on Wednesday had to go slowly through a deserted and evacuated Victoria Station and one 's heart beats a little fast wondering if something will go off . |
| 6 | St Catherine 's Dock was busy as a Hogarth etching and smelt as if something should have been quietly buried a long time ago . |
| 7 | If something should happen to him , there might be no institution prepared to take over . |