Example sentences of "if [pron] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If no-one admits to having been sick during the day , or ca n't produce a witness that he was , we shall want to know what they all ate for the evening meal . |
| 2 | That 's if no-one steps in meantime and makes an offer that ca n't be refused ( by the way , an offer from Oracle Corp was turned down in 1990 ) . |
| 3 | If everyone thinks like that , the broadcast is not supplied and everyone is worse off . |
| 4 | They reckon if everyone drove round this it up . |
| 5 | You can not cool out if everyone cools with you . |
| 6 | For example , one British study ( Brody and Tarling , 1990 ) concluded that we could have a substantial effect on the crime rate if everyone convicted of an indictable offence received a mandatory 19-month prison sentence . |
| 7 | ‘ If everyone sang in English more people would enjoy the music and want to watch . ’ |
| 8 | If everyone stands on tiptoe , no one sees better . |
| 9 | No one knows what society would be like if everyone acted on the advice of those who openly advocate it . |
| 10 | The language of Gerardo 's pleadings is too forthright as well and more than a little familiar : ‘ Imagine what would happen if everyone acted like you did ’ ; ‘ You 're still a prisoner , locked up with them , in that basement . |
| 11 | A Eurovision spokesman hit back : ‘ If everyone sung in English it would destroy the idea behind the show . ’ |
| 12 | Can I ask if everyone sitting around the table has now or has had access to plan policy guidance note number twelve ? |
| 13 | Even if nothing came of the interviews , he could work for his father . |
| 14 | If nothing happens by such and such a time , then we shall have to do something else . |
| 15 | Film reviewers have a simple rule for sizing up new movies : ‘ If nothing happens in the first ten minutes , ’ they say , ‘ nothing 's going to happen . ’ |
| 16 | If nothing comes of this he 'll keep you here . |
| 17 | A Council of Regency was set up to supervise affairs : the Queen is pregnant and , if nothing comes of it , the Council will ensure that the crown of Scotland passes to Alexander III 's granddaughter , Princess Margaret of Norway . |
| 18 | I think I 'll I 'll not wait for Er if nothing comes in the post tomorrow I wo n't wait for the conference centre to get in touch with me , I 'll write to them tomorrow and drop it in . |
| 19 | Further , it was hoped that if nothing happened during the trial which newspapers could turn into titillating copy for their readers , then there would be less incentive for the papers to give widespread coverage . |
| 20 | ‘ Anyway , she is my duchess — and I shall invite her if I wish to ! |
| 21 | Q What do I do if I wish to be excused attendance at School ? |
| 22 | I placed it in that part of the room where we need the light , with something which , if I believed in it , I would call instinct . |
| 23 | If I believed in anything , I 'd say it was part of a divine plan . ’ |
| 24 | Well then , I thought , if I believed in such a being which I had to confess I once did but no more — He ( She or It ) would certainly have to be on my side now , the game working out as it had . |
| 25 | And why I should thank God , if I believed in God , that I have no German blood . ’ |
| 26 | and if you , if I make in steel and then can drive in and fit your pin |
| 27 | My former wife disliked not only the taste of it herself but refused to come near me if I succumbed to its temptation . ’ |
| 28 | But frankly , if I thought about that at all , I imagined he had some side line , painting people 's houses perhaps or cleaning windows . ’ |
| 29 | Well I suppose if I thought about it I could er put Amy in the hall and go and do some . |
| 30 | Well if , I tell you , if I thought if I thought for one minute that we were gon na come back to England like in the next year , which we wo n't cos Tony 's got another year to do now , it 's a bit longer than we thought it was |