Example sentences of "if [pron] were [vb pp] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was as if I were surrounded by snarling dogs held back by chains . |
| 2 | The last time I saw her she looked yellow and thin — as if she were made of some dry , friable material and would crumple into sand if you touched her . |
| 3 | There were times when Rose felt as if she were split in half — an interesting rather than a painful experience . |
| 4 | ‘ Noble sentiments indeed , but you could find yourself changing your mind if you were pushed into that position . |
| 5 | If you were born before 6 April 1919 and were a married woman when you reached age 60 , having paid full NI contributions while working , you should contact your local Social Security office . |
| 6 | as a project engineer or team member or one of the troops doing the job , if you were presented with that , you could have done what you 'd been asked to do ? |
| 7 | But what I still do n't understand is , if you were schooled on this stuff , how do you know it 's wrong ? |
| 8 | If you were promoted from general secretarial duties to organizing the flow of work through the typing pool you can assume you ‘ have qualities of leadership and organizational skills ’ . |
| 9 | To pursue the point , although it is normal for regulated companies and publicly owned companies to face little competition , if they were replaced by some other structure it is not clear that competition would develop . |
| 10 | The location of the airfields was not logical if they were intended for defensive purposes . |
| 11 | Communism had been his religion , the romantic , revolutionary communism of 1917 and Petrograd and the streets full of soldiers and sailors and workers and red flags and armoured cars that looked as if they were made of galvanised steel buckets , and the cruiser Aurora out on the river with its searchlight blazing — now there was a fairground panel he could have painted if only he could have got away with it — but it was n't the same any more . |
| 12 | She wore enormous shapeless skirts which looked as if they were made from old curtains or bedspreads , and baggy sweatshirts which she had dyed herself in dingy shades of rust , snot-green and pale mouldy purple . |
| 13 | I know that local playgroups find them useful , certainly for skittles and as cone and ball games , but I though maybe if they were filled with some sort of plaster and decorated , they would make good door stops . |
| 14 | Well if they were built in sixty six , and I think they were , they are now , how old are they now ? |
| 15 | In a simple case , we might have the following key set : These thirty-four records need only 34 storage positions , but if they were stored in self-indexing form they would take up 359 storage positions , and there would be five gaps of 91 , 1 , 1 , 94 and 138 positions respectively . |
| 16 | ‘ The result is : ( 1 ) That this Act does not necessarily require anything to be done under it which might not be done without causing a nuisance ; ( 2 ) That as to those things which may or may not be under it , there is no evidence on the face of the Act that the legislature supposed it to be impossible for any of them to be done ( if they were done at all ) somewhere and under some circumstances , without creating a nuisance ; and ( 3 ) That the legislature has manifested no intention that any of these optional powers , as to asylums , should be exercised at the expense of , or so as to interfere with , any man 's private rights . |
| 17 | The provision , which went into effect in 1986 , removed the right of British citizens to escape extradition if they were charged with political crimes . |
| 18 | sole practitioners would not object to the proposed extra accounting measures if they were aimed at all firms ; |
| 19 | If they were restricted to those matters for which the county was responsible in their areas then this could lead to differing party majorities for different services . |
| 20 | They sparkled less fierily than they do in England ; tranquilly , as if they were immersed in limpid oil . |
| 21 | These bills of exchange almost invariably sank to a discount in terms of sterling , which meant that British merchants exporting to America lost money if they were compelled by colonial legislation to accept them as payment . |
| 22 | And they 've got , I think the odds are that people are giving more perhaps er and that er , if they were paid at fifty four P per mile and and got how that would affect the churches er contributions they make ? |
| 23 | As a result , the coupe 's front and rear look rather as if they were designed by different committees . |
| 24 | Er one , in regard to how they would operate it and secondly in regard to what would be expected of them , perhaps if they were attached to one of the older type machines and not the new machines you see . |
| 25 | Chairman having detected the arsons , I wonder if the Chief Officer knew whether a study had ever been done on the background of those people generally , nationally who er , caused that scene and whether any steps would be f if they were confined to certain people with certain backgrounds , or certain part of histories , whether anything could be brought to bear ? |
| 26 | This is recognised in the Law Commission Working Paper No 85 ( 1983 ) in relation to self-assembly furniture where it was said : The goods would , of course , have to be in a condition in which they could be assembled , and if they were sold without adequate instructions it is unlikely that they would meet the required standard of quality . |
| 27 | This would put applicants in a very false position , perhaps drive away very talented applicants who might think that there were fewer places available for them , but also to encourage people who might in fact be struggling to go to any university in the country , it might encourage them to apply and to have a reasonable expectation of success because their sporting abilities were outstanding , they would then be disappointed because they would not be admitted and if they were admitted at that level , they would probably have a very unfortunate time at Oxford . |
| 28 | Her fingers felt as if they were encased in cool wax . |
| 29 | A preliminary exploration of the issues involved revealed a number of complex legal and practical difficulties which could threaten the effectiveness of future disciplinary procedures if they were held in public , according to Institute secretary and chief executive Andrew Colquhoun . |
| 30 | Hospital authorities ca n't say if they were hurt on active duty . |