Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [verb] if [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | Oh , what pleasure would it be to me were there a good understanding between my mother and myself , when I am assured if I know my own heart , that I am so far from having any ill against her that I have almost undone myself to serve her … |
2 | I am asked if I can be on standby if transport is needed ? |
3 | But I am wondering if they are tasks that have no appeal to you because they 're completely lacking in glamour . ’ |
4 | I am also planning to fit a new galvanised bulkhead and I am wondering if it would be best to fit this before or after the new engine is installed ? |
5 | I am wondering if you have any idea of what it could be ? ’ |
6 | I am wondering if I should |
7 | I am not stating that Lord Armstrong was obeying government instructions over this much ridiculed staff restructuring : I am asking if he was . |
8 | My heart aches for him sometimes , but I 'm blessed if I know if he 's happy ; if he ever wants to marry , have a family , he keeps his thoughts , feelings very much to himself . |
9 | ‘ I 'm wonderin' if 'er an' Fred are all right tergevver , ’ William went on . |
10 | Cos we could have somebody in to help that 's all I 'm thinking if she says yeah I 'm sure you could get something from |
11 | But can you think of anyone who stands out as being somebody who really does their bit and yet does it possibly with humility or erm I 'm thinking of rather than saying sort of a general terminology of sort of Prime Ministers or what have you , erm I 'm thinking if you can think of a a particular person ? |
12 | I 'm thinking if you 've got one of these built in things you could |
13 | I do n't , I 'm thinking if I had some scrapers always managed eventually get through like we did . |
14 | I do n't , I 'm thinking if I had some scrapers always managed eventually get through like we did . |
15 | I was n't there at the time and I 'm damned if they 're going to top me for your brothers . |
16 | If I ca n't have her , he thought , I 'm damned if he shall , either . |
17 | We 're both very bad at it and I 'm damned if I 'm losing my best friend . ’ |
18 | She made it specially for him , and I 'm damned if I 'll send it back . ’ |
19 | I 'm damned if I will . |
20 | I 'm damned if I 'm going to have one lung ! ’ |
21 | ‘ I remember seeing pictures of a fish like that at school , but I 'm damned if I can remember what it was , ’ said Yanto , thoughtfully . |
22 | But it would simply look like an admission of guilt and I 'm damned If I 'm going to do that when I 've nothing to hide . ’ |
23 | But I 'm damned if I 'll bow to anyone . |
24 | I 'M DAMNED IF I 'M GOING TO HANG AROUND IN BRITAIN AND BE SHAFTED BY NEIL KINNOCK — WE HAVE TO GET OFFSHORE , A.S.A.P. … |
25 | So the subtext of my behaviour could be interpreted as , ‘ I feel weak and tired , but I 'm damned if I 'm going to admit it , because that would only prove you right . ’ |
26 | Heard about you being sick and put two and two together — though what the other two was , I 'm damned if I know . |
27 | ‘ I 'm damned if I 'm going to let him bully me with money ! ’ |
28 | Jones yelled , ‘ I 'm damned if I 'll bowl a full-toss ! ’ |
29 | It would n't be so bad if he 'd gone off with a beauty , but I 'm damned if I 'll form part of a collection which includes someone bandy . ’ |
30 | But I 'm damned if I 'm going to fart around like a pansy floor-walker watching that no poor sod nicks the Y-fronts , even if I am dignified with the name security officer . |