Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] if i [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps because I said that even if I returned I should now be shot for desertion . |
| 2 | But as we made our way down through the trees , I realized that even if I 'd been better at baling I could never have carried that load : my forehead hurt , my neck felt stiff and strained , and the pine-needles on the path , compressed and polished by thousands of feet , were as slippery as glass . |
| 3 | I could not remember what she was saying , nor even if I had understood her , but I knew that what she was saying must be , in some sense , significant . |
| 4 | so that gives us this and so if I said erm and that 's a all right we 'll leave that as twelve X squared minus one . |
| 5 | If only if I had that ability ! |
| 6 | Someone from a hostel in London came to see me and said they would have me , so when I went to court in Sheffield the judge decided to put me on bail for four weeks , on condition that I stayed at the hostel and that I did n't drink , and also if I attended the Jules Thorn psychiatric unit , which is part of St Pancras Hospital , for a ten-day assessment . |
| 7 | The hostess rang and asked tactfully and hesitantly if I felt like it . |
| 8 | And even if I 'd made a mistake I 'd be honest enough to admit it . |
| 9 | And even if I had , I would not have begun copying them . |
| 10 | ‘ I tell thee I ai n't got a bleedin' farthing and even if I had I 'm expected to be working . |
| 11 | And even if I had , I do n't think I 'd 've paid it much attention . |
| 12 | And even if I had known , as a DIA agent the only person I would have told was Control . |
| 13 | And even if I had , and wanted it , I 'd hardly keep insisting it was n't him , would I ? ’ she exclaimed . |
| 14 | However , I have n't got a copy to hand and even if I had I ca n't be arsed looking through it . |
| 15 | Now , he does n't say anything about penis envy in , in putting that forward and I do n't know whether penis envy was in his mind at the time he wrote those words and even if I asked him today , he probably would n't admit it . |
| 16 | He put the gun sideways in his mouth to give him two free hands and I thought about trying to grab it off him but I thought I 'd probably kill one of us and even if I did n't I was no match for him and he 'd just take it off me again . |
| 17 | I ca n't rebuild without paying through the nose for the privilege , and even if I did build , getting rent is like getting blood from a stone ! ’ |
| 18 | And even if I did have and had a mustard seed here , you still would n't be able to see it for a mustard seed is no bigger than a pin head . |
| 19 | ‘ That 's not what I want , Maria , and even if I did , what do you think I am ? |
| 20 | ‘ I do n't know , and even if I did I would n't tell you . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ For a start I would n't believe you , and even if I did , to use your own word , tough ! ’ |
| 22 | It would be good to see old England again and even if I did n't find her I could tell myself I 'd just tried that little bit . |
| 23 | ‘ I will not change my mind , and even if I did — ’ |
| 24 | And surely if I loved Nigel I would n't hesitate either . |
| 25 | So er to get to your question erm I 've sort of not been doing anything erm I was hoping that I would be sort of fully fit round about now and then if I saw something on teletext er that was good I 'd just buzz off for a week or so . |
| 26 | I 'd bum round the world looking for a lost cause and then if I found one I 'd settle down and try to save it . |
| 27 | And I 'm sure I would have left the club readily and earlier if I 'd known what he was going to say later . |
| 28 | ‘ It 's hard to believe she had this other life and yet if I met her now it would be difficult to dislike her . |
| 29 | And certainly if I did become treasurer I would want to , to know something about it cos I do n't really . |
| 30 | But perhaps if I had … ’ |