Example sentences of "if i [vb past] [verb] [adv] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ He said if I 'd done exactly what he told me , and there were no tricks , he 'd contact me and hand over his evidence , and he would n't bother me any more . ’
2 I said , I 'm frightened someone 's in the 'ouse , I 'm frightened not waking everybody well , well what do you do , I says , you do n't , unless you have a go , you do n't , I mean , if I 'd turned out you know , you do n't really know .
3 If I 'd known why it mattered so much to you I 'd have tried harder to make you accept the truth , ’ she said , yielding to her own regrets for a moment .
4 If I 'd known then what I learned since I would not have lost the job or my place but I simply had some growing up to do .
5 If I 'd known then what I knew later , the envelope would have gone in with it .
6 We shall see that , said I , and he answered unabashed , with the invisible instruments twanging and humming and jangling all over the room , ‘ You may see it , but you must not speak about this or anything that has passed here , for I have silenced you as surely as if I had cut out your tongue . ’
7 If I had guessed correctly they would be out there somewhere , lodged in a gutter or on the flat roof of the tower .
8 as if I had to ask why it should be that there is n't any fun any more .
9 But if I had called out you would then have heard me across the stones .
10 Dana continually hinted that she would take off for London if I refused to do just what she wanted , or if I said anything to you .
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