Example sentences of "but if [pron] do " in BNC.

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1 And the sailor said , ’ Have it your own way but if we do n't we 'll never have kids . ’
2 But if we do go down , it 's important that we build in it .
3 ‘ We have two more home games this week , but if we do n't improve on Monday night we can forget the top six , never mind the top two . ’
4 ‘ You may see science as the great God we 've all got to worship , but if we do n't see it that way , and not many do , take it from me , you 'll have nothing to do your worshiping with .
5 Like all analogies , this one can mislead as well as help , but if we do feel that a reasonable case is being presented to us , and that the internal evidence of the research fits together coherently and comes to a result which is ‘ beyond reasonable doubt ’ then we may be prepared to accept this piece of research , based though it is on informal interviews .
6 But if we do that at the expense of other vital interests … we will have made a mistake . ’
7 We might even wish to speak of animal intention , but if we do so it will be in terms of its ‘ natural ’ expression : ‘ What is the natural expression of an intention ? — Look at a cat when it stalks a bird ; or a beast when it wants to escape ’ ( PI 647 ) .
8 It 's not my job to decide but if we do well hopefully it ( his captaincy ) might continue . ’
9 ‘ It is one of the fastest growing sports in Europe , but if we do not act now we will see the same kind of draconian measures becoming necessary in Britain as are already being undertaken in Europe .
10 In specifying a circumstance for the working of the wipers , we may include the switch 's being flipped , but if we do , we can not also include the muscle movements which gave rise to the switch 's being flipped .
11 But if we do clear-mindedly and explicitly take decisions riot to have necessitating circumstances , do we call them effects at all ?
12 It 's a last resort but then again we might not need it but if we do
13 But if we do , we should also discern in them the origins of the teamwork and collaboration that we have brought to an unparalleled peak of complexity and that has brought us some of our greatest achievements .
14 But if we do n't — well , some might think it your fault , Wallace .
15 But if we do n't leave something in the till , it will be spotted as a cheeky scam , and bribery or not , I wo n't get away with it . ’
16 But if we do that , all we do is we we delude ourselves .
17 But if we do n't
18 So you 're okay with that , ten take away A minus , ten take away A add B will be ten take away A and then take away B. But if we do ten take away like we 've been doing here , A minus B and it comes out the same as this , it 'll be ten take away plus A , just take away A , and then take away minus B. Well taking away a minus B is the same as adding B. Erm do you remember the table ?
19 But if we do n't get moving now we 'll mess up the schedule . ’
20 But if we do n't cover the full list the whole thing could fall flat .
21 But if we do n't find each other , do n't worry , come home straight after the fireworks .
22 I know that there are no easy answers , but if we do not at least attempt to act decisively , Zagreb , Dubrovnik , Vukovar and Osijek could be just the first names on a ghastly roll call resembling those unending , poignant first world war memorials that are such a feature of life all over the continent of Europe .
23 But if we do not take their most far-reaching claims too seriously , and if we attempt to combine their insights with those stemming from more conventional social science , we can develop a form of sociology which once more has the extensive scope of the early pioneering studies .
24 But if we do n't go soon we will go nowhere but into ice . ’
25 I want England to win , but if we do nt then at least we have got rid of that arsehole the way he deserves .
26 We need to move more into that area of work , that sort of prevention , and we need if possible to move more in partnerships with voluntary organizations , but if we do that , er , then we will have to pay them .
27 We do n't need all that much from each club to keep us afloat but if we do n't get your help , I am very concerned that in the present recession we shall not be able to keep up our work and in conclusion Your Royal Highness perhaps I could just say that the Seamanship Foundation is very grateful to the R Y A , to the Treasurer , Chris and particularly to the Senior Managers who have done everything they can to help the foundation , thank you .
28 But if we do n't get into that position in the first place we 'll be out .
29 ‘ Let's make a pact , Fred , if we keep on getting mail in any quantity then we shall re-schedule another programme , but if we do n't … ’ she shrugged , feigning indifference ‘ we 'll let the whole thing drop . ’
30 It was gon na take quite a while so erm we got the base five as quickly as possible so that we had as many hands on the job at once and er we had some formwork getting spare so we decided to make them useful and it 's a case of we 'd got six tanks to do and if we had a breakage we ca n't afford to stop the programme so as a er , a standby , just in case , we may never use these we might three or four uses out of but if we do have a breakage we want to be able to replace that straight away so have a spare set and you 've got nothing more to do and er get the walls , get the er , the back build operation right at the very end , ongoing , till you 've got the waterproofers in er get the waterproofing up to the five meter level and er get the back build in as quickly as possible .
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