Example sentences of "not if [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before she could comment he made the point that people did not switch off anger once they had extricated themselves from the risk of further suffering , especially not if they had leisure to reflect on injustice . |
| 2 | ‘ Not if they panic about it . ’ |
| 3 | Not not if they stick by th what they 've said |
| 4 | Answer — not if they end up with no males . |
| 5 | Not if they keep his licence . |
| 6 | Perhaps , but not if they do not know about you , if they have no money , or if they all happen to be cat lovers ! |
| 7 | ‘ Not if they do n't know about it . ’ |
| 8 | Not if they do n't work or something , do they ? |
| 9 | He would not speak , not if they started every joint in his body , not if they beat or burned the flesh off him . |
| 10 | I remember when I was out on the road , I had a particular connection with , we had a motor bike policy , and it was an appalling risk , and it came up for renewal , and er , nobody had take it round the market , and I mean , that that was an idol threat , because nobody in their right mind would want this particular motor and we said , well not if they want to jack up the premium on it , they wanted to jack it up by about thirty or forty per cent , and and the broker was not very happy about this . |
| 11 | He would not speak , not if they started every joint in his body , not if they beat or burned the flesh off him . |
| 12 | Choreographers should therefore note that it is possible to design movements which may contradict the music that is being played , but not if they contradict the mood and rhythmic qualities of the whole context . |
| 13 | ‘ Ah , but not if they think I 'm still in Berlin , ’ Devlin reminded him . |
| 14 | " Not if we keep gossiping like this . " |
| 15 | It is certainly not if we keep to rigid serial usages , but with only a little modification we may produce harmonic results which suit well enough . |
| 16 | And , to try and give options for members , at different expenditure levels of how we may move forward , because it is n't a cheap process , or not if we follow the Lancashire model it is n't a cheap process , but of course we can scale our proposals down . |
| 17 | ‘ Not if we challenge them in their own sphere . ’ |
| 18 | The other aspect I was gon na suggest is I mean , I 've said of stuff of the environment , Terry 's not if we take topics and we say right there 's a I mean , I 've got these boxes I will donate you know , like letter , you know lo lo boxes which can be labelled and all the information on environment goes in there so that perhaps , we made up , you know plastic , hard plastic . |
| 19 | I could n't leave , not if we drove past my gate . |
| 20 | ‘ Nobody ai n't coming in here , Sam — not if we leave that notice there on the door-narb . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Not if we accept our conclusion , ’ Athelstan replied . |
| 22 | Not if we operate . |
| 23 | ‘ Not if you shut up , ’ whispered Philip . |
| 24 | Do n't you dawdle over your breakfast then , not if you intend to make yourself useful . |
| 25 | ‘ Not if you keep taking them , ’ said McCray . |
| 26 | Not if you keep the top on . |
| 27 | Yeah , yeah , well not if you ask , I mean if you ask somebody to come and help you |
| 28 | Not if you try hard . |
| 29 | My life is here , and I have no intention of sharing it with you , not if you offered me an Empire , let alone a castle in Scotland and the fortune of a man whom I despised and who I warned you would treat you badly . |
| 30 | It was just not anything you might encounter in Texas , not if you went back or forward a million years . |