Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] would [vb infin] if [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I imagined what would happen if I should tear the sleeves out , or cut it up , or run to the kitchen for the tomato-ketchup and pour it all over the bodice ; if I should rip out the collar with my teeth . |
| 2 | She was so full , so tight with sad happiness , she felt she would burst if she ate one more drop scone . |
| 3 | He put his hands on her shoulders , towering over her , his powerful body so compelling that she thought she would fall if he let her go . |
| 4 | She knew that the conditions in the camps meant they would die if they were not treated properly , which meant coming to Stoke Mandeville hospital in Buckinghamshire . |
| 5 | Now he felt he would burst if he could n't impart all that was going on in his mind . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's sad that we are closing but our lease is due to expire and I always knew it would end if we could n't find other suitable premises , ’ said Mrs Erica Law , of Reeth , who set up the shop . |
| 7 | ‘ But if we 're going to spend the evening together I thought it would help if we knew more about each other 's backgrounds . ’ |
| 8 | I said that I could n't fault their prices , but asked what would happen if I did n't pay . |
| 9 | This is of course what I did — rather than repeat exactly experiments done on mice or rats that other researchers had already reported , I asked what would happen if I tried a similar procedure with my chicks . |
| 10 | He had a spare ticket for the Leeds end which I said I would take if I could get past the ‘ security ’ outside the Leeds end . |
| 11 | Mrs Singh said she would go if I came too but not otherwise . |
| 12 | He said she would have if I had n't pull her fucking hand brake up . |
| 13 | Becoming a gigolo and selling boats in Fiji were just two of the more inventive careers accountants said they would follow if they could have their professional life all over again . |
| 14 | First he told them to lay off me , and when they sneered and said what would happen if they did n't , he merely replied , ‘ A series of inexplicable misfortunes . ’ |
| 15 | She said what would happen if you were ill ? |
| 16 | Lili frowned , and I wondered what would happen if I should say that the wedding was cancelled . |
| 17 | I wondered what would happen if I should say that I wished she had n't . |
| 18 | I wondered what would happen if I ignored the call or pretended it was n't me , but I had a strong feeling that they knew it was me . |
| 19 | He wondered what would happen if he swam to her underwater and surprised her , and decided he would probably be imprisoned by Naseby for rape . |
| 20 | Idly , in a detached way , he wondered what would happen if he collapsed in the orchestra pit , dropped dead in the middle of his new production . |
| 21 | He had n't indicated where Faye 's room was , and she wondered what would happen if she needed to monitor her patient during the night . |