Example sentences of "it if [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As you hint at in your letter , the musical ‘ anoraks ’ are often of the ‘ would n't know it if they heard it ’ variety anyway , and hate the thought of anyone having an intuition , or a touch or a sense of hearing which they themselves could never muster . |
| 2 | If there is a common underlying theme or thread it would seem to be the unstated assumption that ‘ anyone can make it if they try , and if they conform to the rules ’ ; those who fail must suffer from some congenital lack of capacities , or be of an alien disposition . |
| 3 | The poison develops a little time after the leaf has sprouted , so the monkeys can avoid the worst of it if they eat only the youngest leaves . |
| 4 | They might come and see how competent she was to run it if they chose , but short of abducting her , they could do no more than advise . |
| 5 | I think any student going through higher education is getting something from it if they come in as some measure sceptical , in some measure critical , that they 're not prepared to take things at face value . |
| 6 | However Lord Denning was quick to point out that although local authorities had to have regard to the Code , they could depart from it if they thought fit . |
| 7 | The private sector would remain separate and the public would have the right to be covered by it if they wished — having first paid their taxes to support the general service . |
| 8 | Anyway , we 're going to talk about coordinating readers and musicians so they can double do it if they wish . |
| 9 | In later years she would hit the shins of passers-by with it if they got in her way . |
| 10 | Well , we 've got a problem on personnel and I think erm the Conservatives would certainly look at it if they got into control . |
| 11 | Fred understood Sukie 's vengeful ruse , and most people could have guessed it if they had cared to , which they did n't . |
| 12 | Nor have seen the sense to it if they had . |
| 13 | After a while people get tired of hearing the same old thing and they 'll eventually turn their back on it if they hear enough of it , and they 'll turn to something else — like rap . |
| 14 | They make a fucking day out of it if they hear of a prang as nasty as this . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ You 'd have to signal in advance which issues you regarded as a matter of confidence — for instance , the Tories might have a crack at coal privatisation but might not want to go to the country on it if they failed . ’ |
| 16 | It creates a sense of well-being so attractive that few can resist using it if they have been exposed to it too often . |
| 17 | This arrangement is dictated by the fact that the cost of running a very large establishment of higher education like a polytechnic is such that few individual local authorities can contemplate it if they have to rely solely on their normal sources of income , that is the rates and the Rate Support Grant . |
| 18 | However , the SIB is in charge of this and I refer hon. Members to it if they have problems . |
| 19 | Then , when I really insisted that they keep right on the centre line , they found they could do it if they tried hard . |
| 20 | It follows that co-operative R&D is likely to raise total R&D spending if participants produce complementary products , and it may lower it if they produce substitute products . |
| 21 | Oh if you do n't think they look well then they obviously need it if they look better after they 've been watered , that 's what the paper says . |
| 22 | I 've got vital work to do , absolutely vital work to do , and I know it if they do n't . |
| 23 | They wo n't touch it if they do n't like the smell . |
| 24 | " You ca n't force them to like it if they do n't . |
| 25 | I deserve it if they do … |
| 26 | Though whether they 'll be able to do anything about it if they do see him … ’ |
| 27 | Mm , ca n't get it if they do n't |
| 28 | I would n't mind going to hear it if they do have a meeting |
| 29 | They would have had to have done it within three weeks anyway and I think the way they are looking at it if they do that tomorrow then they 're counting from then till the next stage . |
| 30 | How can they change it if they do n't know what you 're feeling ? |