Example sentences of "but if i [verb] [vb pp] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if I had expected anything , I should have expected something a little more … |
| 2 | Mick added : ‘ I was pretty proud , but if I 'd cooked it , I 'd have been eating pumpkin pie all year . ’ |
| 3 | But if I 'd defected I 'd have got even more — $500 . |
| 4 | He 'd say , " Leave it , it does n't matter , " but if I 'd left it the place would be a pigsty . |
| 5 | Admittedly I 'd have suffered the penalty for mutual defection , but if I 'd cooperated I 'd have got the Sucker 's payoff which is even worse . |
| 6 | Er , Mr Deputy Speaker I do n't have time to deal with the other points but if I 've missed anything in particular I will write to honourable members concerned . |
| 7 | All my life , he wrote , I have been preparing myself for this moment , but if I have prepared myself correctly then it is so that when the moment came I should not be encumbered with the sensation of having waited for it all my life , for such a sensation , wrote Harsnet , is too heavy a burden for anyone to carry . |