Example sentences of "[noun sg] if i [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | PAMELA : This weights less with me than anything else you have said , for there is an end of all merit and all good behaviour on my side if I consent to your proposals , and what , sir , would the world say were you to marry your harlot ? |
| 2 | I can realise my stock and pay twenty bob in the pound if I go into voluntary liquidation now , before Masters of Notts gets deeper into trouble . |
| 3 | ' I can change my mind if I want to . ’ |
| 4 | If you can see a result If I talk to John Smith and tell him that I know he keeps riding on the pavement at you know , with no lights , it sounds minor , but the old age pensioner who keeps nearly getting missed , it 's very you know upsetting . |
| 5 | On the other side of the equation if I look at Mr er sorry er Mr Mr scoring of four , I would find some of the crosses rather surprising . |
| 6 | . And I could join a new image club if I wanted to . |
| 7 | But if you asked me how a motor car worked you would think me somewhat pompous if I answered in terms of Newton 's laws and the laws of thermodynamics , and downright obscurantist if I answered in terms of fundamental particles . |
| 8 | I 'm a fool if I believe for one minute that he 'll give me a fair chance … |
| 9 | Well no I could take a return if I wanted to . |
| 10 | Always used to draw my truncheon if I went into a place where I thought there was a burglar but never actually used it to hit them . |
| 11 | Every time I looked in the mirror — and I can be a very careful driver if I want to be — I saw the languid bride with shuttered eyes and hair adrift . |
| 12 | He subjects every item of expenditure within his control to the question : " What is the investment opportunity if I approve of this expenditure ? " |
| 13 | I could al , soon ask mum to stop you from going in my room if I wanted to . |
| 14 | The crucial test question to ask is : Could I measure the extent of this undesired behaviour if I wanted to ? |
| 15 | Only too , god if I lived with him first , I would never of married him , no , no , no way |
| 16 | Yeah , so I said well you know because I was thinking oh god if I go to college and she 's off bloody sick all the time , but I think it 's just that she 's tired and you know |
| 17 | " I feel like shit all day if I drink at lunchtime . " |
| 18 | " I could n't have a worse offer if I lived to be a hundred . |
| 19 | I should n't be so busy organizing things , I 'd have time to do some nursing if I wanted to . ’ |
| 20 | ' I ‘ 11 scream if I want to ! |
| 21 | ‘ And I 'll mess up my own life if I want to , that 's not your problem . |
| 22 | Now my turn to be mindless : is it any of your business or even your concern if I sleep with my business partner ? ’ she husked back . |
| 23 | " The Ryder Cup means so much that I 'd play on one leg if I had to . " |
| 24 | ‘ I think I need 350,000 points to guarantee selection , and I will pass that total if I finish in the top two tomorrow , ’ said Lane . |
| 25 | And you see there 's no permanent fence to the fields and so therefore I could put gates up at that road if I wanted to , but the Council has never consulted me about going to look at it , or going over my road . |
| 26 | I 'll take it all the way to the Senate if I have to . ’ |
| 27 | I can swim quite well in the pool if I want to . ’ |
| 28 | I would be stretching the patience of my audience if I commented on them . |
| 29 | I walk upstream ; upstream because I can wade to the other bank if I need to and any disturbance will not carry far against the current . |
| 30 | ‘ My friends are people that I trust and I do n't have to put on airs with them — they know me and do n't assume that I 'm a terrific snob if I happen to be very quiet . ’ |