Example sentences of "if they [verb] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | If they recovered and were friends she was delighted , and would flirt with them , and assume an easy physicality with them , and sleep with them again maybe , and break their hearts again if given half a chance . |
| 2 | Most tenants of local authorities , new towns and housing associations can now take in lodgers if they wish and they do not need their landlords ' consent to do so . |
| 3 | What would you do if they came and built a hotel on this stretch of coast ? |
| 4 | Yeah , well I 'd feel sorry for them again , but you know , if they went and did it willingly , it 's their , that 's their problem . |
| 5 | If they wait and see , they would risk joining a rush of borrowing when the bonds have to be repaid , forcing interest rates higher . |
| 6 | There 's an undeniable fact that that is so and that will obviously benefit the economy if they come and they will feel a draught if they do n't come . |
| 7 | On the other hand , I 've got nothing at all against backing the scum.That way , if they lose and the bet does n't come up , you 're still happy anyway because they 've been beaten , and if they are going to win , you might as well make some money out of it . |
| 8 | ‘ Some people expect a movie to be more than entertaining if they go and just laugh all the way through , they think there 's something wrong . |
| 9 | I mean , they should n't want more than seven per cent because the cost of living , you know , the inflation 's gone down , but then when a bloke gets forty five thousand quid , you know eh , on a firm where they 've a , they 've made a profit , but he got an increase of forty five thousand pound which was of , no , no about forty per cent rather , forty per cent increase in his salary , I mean it 's bloody , I mean , how can , how can they expect , you know , the ordinary working man to put up with bloody awful increase , if , if they go and give bosses increases like that , I mean it does n't make sense . |
| 10 | If they go and charge that we |
| 11 | They learned that if they blew and sucked a little at all baits before they accepted them , the safe ones moved easily and the dangerous ones did not . |
| 12 | He played right into my hands and I then said , ‘ There is no such thing as political theory in Ireland , just different gangs that compete with each other and reward their followers if they win and punish those who did n't vote for them , if they lose . ’ |
| 13 | Leicester , of course , will claim an automatic place in the Premier League if they win and Middlesbrough lose or draw at Molineux the same dramatic last day scenario from which Brian Little , their manager , emerged with promotion honours at Darlington the previous two seasons . |
| 14 | Leicester , of course , will claim an automatic place in the Premier League if they win and Middlesbrough lose or draw at Molineux the same dramatic last day scenario from which Brian Little , their manager , emerged with promotion honours at Darlington the previous two seasons . |
| 15 | Who , if they recognised and understood the consequences of their actions , would choose such a course ? |
| 16 | I want to ensure that the system works properly and effectively , but I assure Opposition Members that , if they persuade and encourage welfare rights organisations to make speculative claims , they are not helping those who are in real need . |
| 17 | So powerful did the Association feel itself to be that it declined to amalgamate into a nationally representative Shipping Federation which came into being in September 1890 , though it allowed its individual members to join if they wished and developed a working arrangement with it.Indeed the separatism of the Mersey shipowners lasted until 1967 when they eventually merged into a British Shipping Federation , though not under the title " Employers ' Labour Association " . |
| 18 | If they stop and pause they may well urinate or even defecate at that spot , which is likely to be not only illegal , but also . |
| 19 | And it becomes inheritance tax then if they die and leave it to you in their will ? |
| 20 | She would feel so much happier if they had and it was over . |
| 21 | The company will make a profit of £56,400 if they manufacture and sell Abrasive Toothpaste . |
| 22 | They were told by the police that there was reason to fear a breach of the peace if they proceeded and , when they attempted to push through , they were arrested for obstructing the police . |
| 23 | ‘ If they try and fake a letter from the kidnappers , you mean ? ’ |
| 24 | Wrote to Lloyds Bank telling them , that if they try and keep |
| 25 | Domestic service or the mills were the main openings for single women of the working-class ; if they married and outlived their husbands , there were no old age pensions available . |
| 26 | So if they do n't act , they 've had it , but , if they wrote and asked quick then |
| 27 | Remember this when you write an argument : that they depend , to a large extent , on the antagonists not hearing one another — for if they heard and understood one another , then a measure of sympathy would be extended and the continuance of the row would be threatened . |
| 28 | The idea of what they ought to do is more subtle and will come to them only if they love and trust their parents enough to want to be like them . |
| 29 | If they huffed and they puffed would they blow it all down ? |
| 30 | If they stammer and say they have not had time , the Chairman smiles icily and says that the committee fully understands and is sure that the reports will be available at the next meeting . |