Example sentences of "would be [verb] if [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He 'd be irradiated if he 'd turned the bribe down and gone to the freight car . ’ |
| 2 | Said that in future he 'd be obliged if I kept careful note of when Mr Meredith took out a horse . |
| 3 | I sha n't come criticising your healing methods , though I gather that some of them leave much to be desired , so I 'd be obliged if you left well alone in my field . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ We 'd be obliged if you did n't touch it , ’ said Montgomery hastily . |
| 5 | " I 'd be obliged if you did n't shout , " Sara said coldly . |
| 6 | Thinking of his earlier remark , Cassie said bluntly : ‘ Well , I 've only just about got one foot in the middle class bracket , myself , so perhaps you 'd be slumming if you made love to me , which is so obviously what you have in mind . ’ |
| 7 | If you pumped hard enough you could probably find some jackass willing to say he 'd be damned if he 'd ‘ let the niggers hold a barbecue on the White House lawn ’ . |
| 8 | We 'd be lying if we did n't say that . |
| 9 | I 'd be speculating if I said yes , I ca n't recall |
| 10 | ’ Yes Del , ’ she said , sounding as if she 'd be putting if she had lips . |
| 11 | After each game you would be forgiven if you thought they had always won , because , win or lose , their only concern was ‘ who are we playing next ’ ? |
| 12 | I would be honoured if you sat a while with us and shared the ch ‘ a . ‘ |
| 13 | But you do realize you would be lynched if you did n't do Poor Man , |
| 14 | Dana would be destroyed if anything went wrong with her plan , and to Claudia the whole thing spelt disaster . |
| 15 | She could imagine what would be said if she arrived with one at the house in Newcastle Place . |
| 16 | Although Richard claimed that he took this initiative in the hope of bringing about peace so that the crusade could get under way , his father objected strongly , presumably on the grounds that the general position of the Angevins would be weakened if they admitted the principle that their disputes could be settled in their overlord 's court . |
| 17 | Brandishing a knife taken from the kitchen , the gang took all three to separate bedrooms and told them they would be stabbed if they did not reveal where their valuables were . |
| 18 | This will never happen if the law of reflection happens to be true , but no logical contradiction would be involved if it did . |
| 19 | They did , however , provide a good deal of entertainment for the rest of the group and would be missed if they did not turn up for a game . |
| 20 | ‘ Modest good may be done by signing on ; much damage would be done if we do not , ’ he argues . |
| 21 | ‘ Male carers were more likely than female carers to think that something would be done if they complained ’ . |
| 22 | In thanking my right hon. Friend for that answer , may I ask him to have regard to the stresses and strains that already exist in a predominantly Christian European Community and to consider whether they would be increased if we admitted to the Community nations with a predominantly Islamic culture ? |
| 23 | In February 1989 the proposed new terms and conditions were outlined by letter to staff and , after subsequent fruitless negotiations with the unions , in April 1989 a notice was sent informing the employees that the changes would be discussed with them , that they would be given a reasonable time to consider the new contracts and that they would be dismissed if they did not accept them . |
| 24 | She knew Oliver would say what was the use of a vase whose line would be ruined if you stuck flowers in it . |
| 25 | The battery in your readers equipment could be a NiCad and it would be ruined if he had left it on , just as surely as if it had been a lead acid battery . |
| 26 | Doubtless Hirondelle had already been blown up , just as my own boat would be butchered if I insisted on challenging this man . |
| 27 | I wish to say a few words about what measures we would be considering if we had the misfortune to have a Labour Government . |
| 28 | A hand began feeling at him in the places he might carry a gun , so Maxim said to Fraulein Winkelmann : ‘ It would be compli-cated if he shoots me . |
| 29 | My ship might just be able to outrun theirs , but it could n't outrun the fusitron blasts that would be fired if I tried it . |
| 30 | Mrs Thatcher later parried more questions when the Liberal Democrat Mr Charles Kennedy ( Ross , Cromarty and Skye ) asked her whether she felt her ‘ diminishing credibility ’ would be salvaged if she followed the advice of the former chairman of the Tory backbench 1922 Committee , Sir Edward du Cann , that a leadership challenge would clear the air . |