Example sentences of "if [indef pn] [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 | ‘ I strongly believe that if someone says to me , ‘ I 've had my house interior designed ’ , it 's just meaningless rubbish . |
| 21 | On the other hand , a Frenchman may have feelings of complete indifference to camels , but react violently if someone says to him chameau . |
| 22 | Or , if someone came to me with arthritis of the fingers , I might ask him to ‘ think of your fingers lengthening ’ . |
| 23 | , if someone came to me and |
| 24 | It is true that if someone talks to intelligent people regularly and is well informed and advised , then much is absorbed . |
| 25 | If someone punches in the wrong code more than three times , the alarm sounds automatically . |
| 26 | Enforcement : If someone builds without planning permission , the council may take enforcement action against the owner or occupier of the property . |
| 27 | The situation is the same if someone walked in front of the car and the driver had no chance of stopping . |
| 28 | How would you like it if someone stamped on your head ? |
| 29 | The best thing to get richer is like , going round car boot sales , like my mum , she 's so funny , dad said she 's a different woman , she 's just like , cos when Phil and I erm , were engaged , we were trying to save up money , so we , oh and like we 'd sell off all our old stuff , so just give me of money , and then , we got these and my mum was pricing everything up , and she 's going , if someone asks for a discount , do n't , just do n't give it to them , she said , everyone 's going round pricing everything up and erm , when they come to you , they just , they just want things for nothing . |
| 30 | If someone speaks to us , another ability is revealed for we are better at discriminating subtle changes in frequency and loudness than many other species , allowing us to use sound for complex communications . |