Example sentences of "[vb base] if i [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , I apologise if I was a bit hasty … ’ |
| 2 | so I put if I was attracted to my |
| 3 | I mean if I were his dad … |
| 4 | I mean if I was you I 'd just put up with it and stay in bed . |
| 5 | And I suppose , I mean if I was to answer the question was it a good thing I would have to say no . |
| 6 | I mean if I was to s stand here and tell you that self-raising flour is classed as an X one , as a class one explosive dust |
| 7 | could do , I mean if I was setting the exam I probably would , sort of , you know people know roughly about , I mean they 're all going to drive cars one car . |
| 8 | Yeah but she does it like she said though I mean if I was your mum , I said to her if I was , I would just give it to her . |
| 9 | I mean if I was supposed to eat them , then that will be it love |
| 10 | I mean if I was a peasant and someone told me to give up drinking then I 'd , you know |
| 11 | I do n't know , I mean if I was a rich peasant I would be |
| 12 | Erm I think that 's that worked quite well but there is a bit of I I suspect if I was to show a video every week there 's a reluctance th for people to want to pay me in a sense . |
| 13 | The other thing I noticed was my mood and the way it affected the lesson , from the videos , like if I was wound up , or tense or upset , the lessons were a real shambles . |
| 14 | Mind , I suppose if I were the sort of person you obviously think I am I would have known about your predilection for pretty girls — and your low boredom threshold , ’ she said scathingly . |
| 15 | Sometimes skipper Geoff Boycott would come up to me during a long spell and ask if I was feeling OK to continue . |
| 16 | I wonder if I were to kill her , if she were dead , if she were knocked over by a car , would that make the jealousy , that mixture of anxiety , grief and fear of exclusion , simply stop ? |
| 17 | I now wonder if I was right to do this . |
| 18 | Never do if I was ordered to pull over and blow into a bag . ’ |
| 19 | I think if I was left in peace to cook , then I 'd get pleasure from it . |
| 20 | VISITING LADY : [ to PAMELA ] Well , as he now urges you in so gentlemanly a manner for tomorrow , I think if I was in your place I would agree to it . |
| 21 | I think if I was about say Professor Lock that if I twelve was dispensed with you might notice a difference in terms of the application of I five . |
| 22 | I think if I was a rich peasant I would be using that to argue that you could take my rented land , it was |
| 23 | ‘ I think if I was to get up to dance at a party , Kate would say , ‘ Oh , do n't dance , Dad — you 're a parent , you 're not supposed to do that sort of thing . ’ |
| 24 | Never really bothered too much about that , and I 've always been very like erm ooh , la , ha , ha , you think that 's funny , er happy go lucky I do n't think , I think if I was neurotic |
| 25 | I think if I was going to go Sunday I think I 'd buy myself a few cos that |
| 26 | I think if I were a fledgling esoteric , with a nose for history , it would n't be difficult to turn up details of what was attempted — the experiment as Bloxham called it — and maybe get it into my head that the time was right to try again . ’ |
| 27 | Erm and , and very enjoyable days they were , but erm I think if I were to plan a big party , or an anniversary or something like that , and I 'd hope those would be jolly enjoyable days too . |
| 28 | She rushed away before anyone could stop her , rushed too quickly to hear Carlo say , I do n't know , I think if I were the beautiful Katherine 's mother , I might suffer the occasional twinge of jealousy . ’ |
| 29 | I think if I were fourteen or fifteen years old looking towards leaving school , average ability , I 'd be thinking to myself ‘ Well , what 's the point of working at school ? |
| 30 | I would tell Miss if I was you because I do not like to see |