Example sentences of "if [pron] [was/were] [prep] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 If one wants to be accepted as a mainstream , serious film-maker it does n't strike me , if I were in that position , as a shrewd career move .
2 One of my boyfriends said that it 's as if I was from another planet .
3 I actually feel , there was a time I used to think it would n't happen to me because if I was in that situation I would do this , I would do the next thing and when it did actually happen to me it took me ages to get over
4 So I said well I 've never been in the situation but I said if it , if it was , if I was in that situation I , asked to see the manager or person in charge , make an offer to pay for any damage that was done and if that did n't suffice then I would say well I am the care officer for a Mencap home and the only thing I can do is say will you er get in touch with my boss and it 'll have to be sorted out from Head Office and she said perfect , you could n't do anything better , then she give me all different things that we 've gone into the next day and the patient 's done everything down the bed , what would you do ?
5 You did n't care if I was in any danger , just so long as I was suitably humbled ! ’
6 And even if I was in some way trying to do this , I certainly did n't succeed .
7 Abruptly she felt as if she were on some kind of mental treadmill , returning to the same overworked grievance .
8 On balance , she felt enough loyalty to Gilbert and enough concern about Amy to feel that , if she were alive and if she were by any chance a party to her husband 's death , the Church rather than the police should be her first sanctuary .
9 It was as if she was under some sort of hypnotic spell .
10 She examined her conscience to discover if she was in any way to blame for her companion 's curious behaviour .
11 If you desire a loving , intimate relationship , ask yourself how you would think , feel and behave if you were in that relationship — and do it now .
12 ‘ I was wondering , ’ Finnan went on , ‘ seeing your company so finely decked out for travelling , if you were by any chance headed the same way ? ’
13 If we was into that shit , you would n't be able to stand on this corner with us like this , you 'd get killed , ’ points out one former member , who declines to identify himself .
14 Er I 'd just like to come back on three fairly brief points that er one of which was mentioned by Michael Courcier , two of which er relate to that , and were helpfully stimulated in discussion during the tea break , erm Michael Courcier , I think if I got him right , said , he did say we ca n't produce demographic forecasts for post two thousand and six but I think he was fairly guarded in saying it it would n't be wise or or whatever , erm I would suggest in this context , and in the context of , and I use the word emerging and I look for advice as to when emerging regional planning guidance , and when will be the end date of that regional planning guidance , I say we should be looking beyond two thousand and six , I say we can look beyond two thousand and six , and I would suggest we do it in the way of arrange , which would be highly appropriate way of doing it , not too dissimilar to road traffic forecasts , low medium and high growth , and if , to put the point simplistically , if we have arrived at a requirement figure of nine seven for Greater York for a specific period , if we were to either project that forward by five or ten years , obviously we could n't just simply go rata , but if you took a low figure and you halved it on the basis of the make up , the demographic make up , of how the nine seven had been arrived at it would be possible to produce a range , that then relates to the question of a new settlement , and the alternatives during the period to two thousand and six , and beyond , of that new settlement , and I go back again to the greenbelt , it is vitally important to do that in the terms of a long term defined greenbelt , therefore again in that context , I would say it is highly desirable , if not necessary , to revisit the periphery of York , it has not been examined in a local plan , it has not been examined in terms of environmental impact , with all due respect to the Greater York working party their , the level of analysis of those peripheral blocks of land was fairly cursory , on a limited number of planning criteria , if a new settlement is to be assessed alongside expansion of Greater York we have to revisit it in much much greater detail .
15 erm strike out , interim payment , order fourteen er itself , there 's always still available to them , erm that the other side of the coin is if they get their money and of course they 're going to be threatening bankruptcy for some four thousand odd Names , I mean that 's , that 's equally devastating to individuals , erm my Lord , one would be into a type of argument on balance of convenience if we were at this stage , one would be considering the bankruptcy of the names , whether they have the funds to pay , even if judgment is given against them because vast majority do n't and what would be the point of giving judgment , this order fourteen cases saying one should n't do it in those circumstances , what if the names are right , will they get the money back , will they get a cross undertaking damages and pre er , er and to what extent do now have the funds , to what extent will it actually effect their business in the light of of
16 Evidence was relevant if it was in some way logically connected with the matters in dispute or if it was consistent with , or inconsistent with , or gave rise to a logical inference from , the facts in issue .
17 ‘ I ask that you will accommodate Anne Duchess of York , my daughter-in-law in your household , ’ Elizabeth Woodville had written — after enquiring as to her friend 's health , reminiscing about former days and passing on to the matter of her daughter-in-law as if it were of little consequence .
18 If there is indeed any foundation for these fears — which I do not at all suppose , for why should he not have contacted me if he was in such trouble ? — I shall settle the matter at once .
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