Example sentences of "if [pron] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There are many things which can go wrong , the obvious ones being if no-one was interested in buying tickets for the gigs , or if equipment could n't reach the destination or if the band missed their flights and gigs had to be cancelled . |
| 2 | Now do you understand what it would be like if everyone was like that ? |
| 3 | If everyone was now to be buried in flannel then what profit could be gained in having ready-made shrouds in stock in a multitude of patterns and sizes and available on demand ! |
| 4 | It seemed as if everyone was going to conform to this funeral except him . |
| 5 | Then he makes a joke out of it and says , you know , if everyone was forty something and looks fifty five . |
| 6 | Yeah er attractive , anyway what was I saying , I was talking to her and she said that she 'd had a talk with Foxy and Foxy had said excuse me , and I just felt I just felt so paranoid because she was saying , talking about all the , how he 'd never been faithful to anyone and how , and I really did feel , would n't you feel awful if everyone was saying oh Sal , yeah , Sal , Sal 's making a real effort but but no she said |
| 7 | Its smartly dressed citizens go about their business as if nothing was happening . |
| 8 | He 'd carry on as if nothing was the matter , though some days his face was grey with pain . |
| 9 | In the eighteenth century the French naturalist Buffon remarked : ‘ Young cats are gay , vivacious , frolicksome , and , if nothing was to be apprehended from their claws , would afford excellent amusement to children . |
| 10 | I said he 'd probably have the curtains drawn and the place would smell of joss-sticks , but if she behaved as if nothing was out of the ordinary , all would be fine . |
| 11 | Well , she did behave as if nothing was out of the ordinary , and I began to suspect that Oliver was a little displeased . |
| 12 | Well , with this mental disease I have , I think of the many other artists suffering mentally and I tell myself that this does not prevent one from exercising the painter 's profession as if nothing was amiss . |
| 13 | I filled it up and I was walking out the door as if nothing was happening and got arrested . |
| 14 | Sandy , leaning with her head on his shoulder , carried on as if nothing was untoward . |
| 15 | I saw only that , in this magical new view of the world to which I had been introduced , scepticism and gullibility must be harnessed in tandem if nothing was to be missed . |
| 16 | He was down and sometimes it seemed as if nothing was going to shake him out of it , apart from a laugh at someone else 's expense or a shared moment of despair . |
| 17 | He smiles as he recalls a TD asking in the Dail if nothing was being done ‘ to suppress this Republican paper ’ . |
| 18 | Well , I was one of the people who could n't do it even if I was n't lifting a heavy weight . |
| 19 | as if I was holding the thought in my hands , looking at it , turning it about . |
| 20 | ‘ I would n't wear muddy hunting boots if I was going to climb in through a bedroom window and murder a lady , ’ said Ethel . |
| 21 | In his speech , Charles praised my ‘ sterling contribution ’ to the school and shortly after it Paul came up to me and made the touching suggestion that I should give some classes in the summer term — if I was still free . |
| 22 | What it came down to was this : if I was going to do anything I was going to have to take on another part-time catering or cleaning job . |
| 23 | Like Powdermaker ( 1967 ) , who recorded fieldnotes in Mississippi only when she was away from her field data , I found I only took notes at the time if I was willing to risk begin interrogated about what I was going to do with the information I was recording . |
| 24 | Tell you if I was I would n't see you . |
| 25 | ‘ If I was a man , I believe you 'd be having an affair with me . |
| 26 | ‘ I still think you 'd be having an affair with me if I was a man , ’ she said . |
| 27 | She asked me if I was happy here and I sighed . |
| 28 | I insisted and he put out his hand , asking me if I was sure . |
| 29 | Tony Willis said : ‘ If I was going to leave a message it would be ‘ people management ’ . |
| 30 | It would be a criticism if I was doing it to impoverish myself ’ . |