Example sentences of "[noun] if i [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I think it is better for the club if I make a clean break . |
| 2 | ‘ I could n't live in this mess if I had a woman , ’ he said . |
| 3 | so I 've put that away , I , it ai n't even in my account , Alan 's got that and I said to Alan if I pass this test I shall buy a banger , five hundred quid with this tax money and then put the odd to insurance , if I do n't I 'll leave it where it is , because I , I mean little one will want a holiday and that anyway so I 've kept it for that , but that 's what I intend to do , so I said to Alan if I get a little banger just enough to get me to Tettering and back I was gon na go tech , to do some courses |
| 4 | I was discussing business contracts with my husband and waiting for a call from my own children who would rock with laughter if I prescribed a dose of warm camels ' milk and clove for a poor stomach and headache . |
| 5 | When they rise to an equal level , like for instance if I have a choice between going to a woman doctor and a man doctor and they 're both on the GP list , I will choose the woman , because the woman has had to fight tooth and nail , probably , and work much harder , to get at an equal level with the man , so I would suspect that I 'm getting value for and quality there by going for the woman . |
| 6 | My own professional credibility would be lost in an instant if I proposed a boring twit . |
| 7 | But I ‘ d be dropped faster than a hot brick if I betrayed a confidence . |
| 8 | Giles offered brandies ; Julia said , ‘ Giles , you are a wicked man , you know I ca n't resist — be it upon your head if I have a hangover tomorrow . ’ |
| 9 | It 's going to cost you under thirty eight pounds , so I 've got a little bit of wei , leeway if I made a few mistakes . |
| 10 | Of course I must add that the concept of ethnicity is available to them , as it would not be available to my neighbours if I bought a cottage in Suffolk , unless they were anti-Semitic . |
| 11 | back to people if I have a problem with it . |
| 12 | I thought I could offer a lift if I had a woman with me , someone they know . ’ |
| 13 | Seeing there are three of you , it would make sense if I made a fourth and helped to leg . ’ |
| 14 | She 's an ancient lass , I call her Nellie , but she can take me all the way to Sanderstown if I want a night out with bright lights . |
| 15 | I think I could survive on my own in New York if I had a credit card and I found a nice hotel like Kevin . |
| 16 | This year they said she was too ‘ far gone ’ and she 'd have to go into hospital if I wanted a holiday ; getting a definite date for that was impossible so I could n't book anything . |
| 17 | Boycs asked me at Headingley if I had a big car . |
| 18 | I have promised to stick the ball in the net if I get a chance . |
| 19 | I 've always grown up with the idea if I do a job , I 'll , I 'll do it properly or else I wo n't bother , I wo n't tackle it all . |
| 20 | ‘ But I wo n't know how bad the damage is until I see the physio tomorrow , and then I may have an idea if I have a chance of playing in the first league game . ’ |
| 21 | Also , it might save time if I have a note of what was successful and what was not . |
| 22 | The last time , Dawn if I grew a beard the ginger comes through it , I grew a moustache , it was ginger |
| 23 | ‘ I 'm not sure I 'd light a fire if I had a match , ’ he continued . |
| 24 | As it happens , there 'd be a certain rough justice if I got a wage from it . |
| 25 | Because if I 'm not reasonably careful , if I do have another drink , in fact if I stay a further minute even without another drink-then I shall probably suggest to you that we proceed — do n't forget that we do n't ‘ progress ’ in the police force , we always ‘ proceed ’ — to , er … ’ |