Example sentences of "[adj] if i [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Do you think I would have waited around for all this if I had ? ’ |
| 2 | I would n't have got to wear this if I 'd been a factory worker . ’ |
| 3 | I can ask you to accept that I should n't have come to you like this if I did not believe that the matter may turn out to be very grave indeed . |
| 4 | I 'd 've been quicker if I 'd gone down into Brentwood , picked up the M twenty five and gone on the A one M |
| 5 | The only reason I came in here was that I was on my way into town when your boys called and they said it would be quicker if I came in to see you . |
| 6 | I had explained this to Aunt Louise , who enjoyed her bath and filled it almost to the top ; but she took no notice , becoming affronted and resentful if I reminded her . |
| 7 | wrong if I said who is heaviest of the two of you ? |
| 8 | It would be wrong if I did not correct the inaccuracies that are contained within the letter . |
| 9 | It would perhaps have been entirely adequate if I had received it in any normal circumstances . |
| 10 | I 'd be bloody embarrassed if I had a husband that looked like that I 'd throw him away . |
| 11 | I 'll be embarrassed if I told Stuart to come ! |
| 12 | Oh no we 've got some really hard numbers french if I had a dictionary I could look it up but I have n't . |
| 13 | ‘ It would be much easier if I went in first and then you could push me up , ’ said Fenella . |
| 14 | Tim said : ‘ It would have been easier if I had stolen the family silver , would n't it ? ’ |
| 15 | It would 've been easier if I got into dealing again , but I ca n't afford any more heavy scenes with the law . |
| 16 | It was almost as if I was intended to see that they were not really supernatural ; and there was Conchis 's cryptic , doubt-sowing advice that it would be easier if I pretended to believe . |
| 17 | And , ’ obscurely , ‘ my behaviour ’ , as you call it , might have been very different if I 'd known Hugh was a thing of the past . ’ |
| 18 | I have to confess that I saved up for a portable television before I saved up for a washing machine , but then my priorities may have been different if I had not had a laundrette opposite the front door . |
| 19 | It could have been different if I had been accepted for the Forces , but this way I mean to make Marion my wife and I hope … well … well ’ — he jerked his head upwards — ‘ I may as well say it , that if I have a son , or for second best , a daughter , to carry on here . |
| 20 | M.J. talked a lot , and Donald said I encouraged her too much , and that I.C.B. was on the point of being more personal and interesting if I had let her — but I was rather shy of it . |
| 21 | ‘ I was afraid if I saw you I would n't be able to keep my hands off you . |
| 22 | ‘ Oh God , that 's just what she 's afraid of — she 's afraid if I got in your car we might go somewhere and park , for God 's sake . ’ |
| 23 | I could have hugged my Mum that day for saving the harmonium but I was afraid if I did she would push me away . |
| 24 | ‘ To be honest if I 'd been on my own I would n't have gone ahead with it , ’ says Avril . |
| 25 | ‘ Would you mind very much if I stretched my legs ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ John , would you mind very much if I took that ? ’ |
| 27 | I did go down to my local Citizens ' Advice Bureau to see if they had any ideas , but all they could do was pass on the news that there was a squeeze on the social fund ( the emergency payments fund ) , so I was well advised not to expect too much if I did decide to try the social security people . |
| 28 | ‘ Would you mind very much if I did n't come ? ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Would you mind too much if I sat … um … over there ? ’ |
| 30 | I 'm considered expendable , naturally , and it would please Artai if I failed to return . ’ |