Example sentences of "if there was [verb] to [be] " in BNC.

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1 The red stripe on the file was attached only if there was believed to be a risk of escape .
2 If there was going to be a bid , I wanted to make sure we would have a place at the negotiating table , ’ he says .
3 If there was going to be trouble — serious trouble — then , they 'd know about it .
4 Well , that night everyone went to sleep because if there was going to be a wedding everybody in the village would surely have to go .
5 I had every right to be if there was going to be this sort of hostility between the two of them all the way down into the ice .
6 If there was going to be trouble , she might as well make herself as comfortable as possible .
7 At either stage , if there was considered to be a problem , then it was noted for later discussion .
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