Example sentences of "[vb past] if [pron] was [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It may not be as comfortable as an ordinary saloon , ’ Ward said on a note of apology , ‘ but buggered if Ah was takin' any chances in a country like this . ’ |
| 2 | Montague asked if he was hit . |
| 3 | He was still smiling when he left and asked if he was quitting , he replied : ‘ Of course I 'm not . ’ |
| 4 | They asked if he was cheating and decided that if he was able to do his work so well , there was no harm in giving him some more . |
| 5 | I asked if he was having us on and he said ‘ no ’ . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ It had quite an effect because only the other day a London record store asked if it was going to be released again . ’ |
| 7 | He asked if I was related to Margaret . ’ |
| 8 | He asked if I was seeing someone else . |
| 9 | He then turned to me and asked if I was signing a contract too . |
| 10 | Jimmy was silent for a moment , then he said , ‘ What sort of thing did you mean when you asked if I was suffering any after-effects ? ’ |
| 11 | As it was , most people laughed , one bright spark asked if I was going to sell him something and a female student in a park scarf accused me of being a pervert . |
| 12 | He often asked if she was leaving . |
| 13 | I asked if she was lost . |
| 14 | We asked if she was getting tired of being subjected to all these questions , and she said that she had a few more minutes before she had to go and meet Jack and Rod for lunch . |
| 15 | He then asked if she was prepared for the parting and she told him , ‘ Willingly , John , in such a cause as this . ’ |
| 16 | He asked if she was looking forward to the sea voyage . |
| 17 | ‘ When Paddy Ashdown parachuted me in , I asked him what happened if I was taken prisoner . |
| 18 | Australian Mutual received approval from the Department of Trade and Industry which it needed if it was to hold more than 15 per cent of Pearl 's shares , the level at which a shareholder is regarded as ‘ controlling ’ an insurance company . |
| 19 | But he lacked the intellectual force which his mother and grandfather had , and which he needed if he was to fulfil his ambition to drag India ‘ into the 21st century ’ . |
| 20 | Always rang if she was going to be late , always let them know exactly where she was . |
| 21 | ‘ I felt if I was dropped it was not too bad to be dropped in favour of the second-best hooker in England . ’ |
| 22 | He knew if someone was standing in the blind spot directly behind him , he was in trouble . |
| 23 | So I went along there cos I thought if she was painting the children will be frozen and nothing to sit on and no |
| 24 | their high tea , were n't bothered about high tea , but still , er then , they 'd have , they might have a supper because she ai n't been a work , their elderly , they perhaps have a good tea , the they , they went to bed at nine and they said if I was reading something , they said , you know turn the gas out when you come up and , there you are well you can see , if one landlady gave me egg for me lunch that I had n't had , they not , they were n't gon na feed you up at supper time were they ? |
| 25 | ‘ He said … he said if anyone was to blame for Eddie 's death it was you ! ’ |
| 26 | I wondered if he was trying to hide from the Eladeldi , but he was just nosing for something somebody else had dropped . |
| 27 | He neighed several times in a very intelligent , gentle way , and I almost wondered if he was speaking in his own language . |
| 28 | Later she wondered if he was counting on her not sticking to her resolution . |
| 29 | As he responded , Rostov remembered the survey briefing and wondered if he was seeing the first evidence of genetic mutation . |
| 30 | ‘ Shall I come in with you , or will you be all right ? ’ he asked , and she wondered if he was remembering that other time . |