Example sentences of "if [pron] said " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It would be ignoring the reality of the current trading position if I said I did n't believe there were more closures to come . |
| 2 | If I said I saw sex organs when I looked at your rotten ink blots that would really get you going , would n't it ? |
| 3 | ‘ What if I said ‘ yes ’ ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I 'd be a liar if I said this sort of thing has not crossed my mind , ’ says Knight . |
| 5 | If I said to you , ‘ I saw a chair going down the road yesterday and … ’ you would interrupt and say , ‘ That belongs to Mr So-and-So , 316 Carphalute Quadrant North , Lesmahagow , AND his dog has the croup , and last year he lost his … ‘ ’ |
| 6 | If I said to my mother , ‘ I 'm longing for when he or she can do so-and-so , ’ she would say , ‘ Do n't wish the time away ! ’ |
| 7 | The girls in the office would say in surprise , ‘ You ought to be shopping ! ’ if I said I had been bird-watching or merely reading in the sunshine . |
| 8 | If I said ‘ No ’ as a sergeant , the constable would n't get a drink ; but if I said ‘ No ’ as a constable , the sergeant would have it . |
| 9 | If I said ‘ No ’ as a sergeant , the constable would n't get a drink ; but if I said ‘ No ’ as a constable , the sergeant would have it . |
| 10 | Perhaps I would be a bit churlish if I said that they could have scored even more in the second half , but that 's a minor complaint . |
| 11 | ‘ I would be a liar if I said the thought of being shot at did n't cross my mind . |
| 12 | If I gave an interview I was the greatest guy in the world but if I said ‘ no , I want some time to myself ’ , they would n't give me the time of day . |
| 13 | ‘ Coopers would be very surprised if I said anything else . ’ |
| 14 | What if I said they were just playing at being drop-outs ? |
| 15 | ‘ I intended her to fall , and if I said that , where would it leave me ? |
| 16 | Downs said : ‘ If I said what I really thought about the ref , they would lock me up and throw away the key . ’ |
| 17 | Says Rick , who lost the limb eight years ago : ‘ If I said to somebody : ‘ Put your hand where you think mine is ’ , they could actually feel it . ’ |
| 18 | If I said , ‘ It looks blue ’ but otherwise seemed incapable of colour discrimination , of being able to respond differently , verbally and in other ways , to differently coloured things , and , particularly , of being able to tell when other blue things were present and when absent , then people would rightly suspect that I did not know what I was talking about , that my experience could not really be of its looking blue . |
| 19 | I mean , personally I do n't think Terry 's very good at interviews , I think I 'd be flying in the face of public opinion if I said he was . |
| 20 | I would be lying to you if I said it was the same now . |
| 21 | I mean , you know , if I said I was going to an orgy he 'd say , ‘ Oh , all right , as long as I know where you are ’ . |
| 22 | I know if I said I was n't keen on someone , I could be 90% sure that Clare would agree . |
| 23 | ‘ I knew I could stop him if I said I was hungry , ’ he said when it was all over . |
| 24 | If I said right you 've got a second chance this morning , how could you improve that piece of work in front of you now . |
| 25 | But if I said |
| 26 | if I said his upper lip trembled like the lip |
| 27 | A woman will say something like , ‘ Oh look , he 's got a cute butt ’ and some geek standing next to her , sensing that his chance has come to make serious waves in the world of sexual politics , will whine , ‘ You would n't like that if I said that about a girl . ’ |
| 28 | I mean now if i said , Make me a a figure that 's got ten equal sides , you could do it could n't you ? |
| 29 | If I said twenty seven add thirty five add forty nine add seventeen , would you add them up like that ? |
| 30 | If I said erm , Ten pears plus six apples costs two pound forty , |