Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] if [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It will break my heart if I had to give my little girl up . |
| 2 | My motive is owing to no dislike I have for him but methinks it would reflect a little upon my Pamela if she had married a man for his estate when she had rather have had another . |
| 3 | When I first went up , I had to sign a paper to say it was my responsibility if anything happened . |
| 4 | I wrote in great haste and under some excitement , from the statements to which I referred , [ Palmerston 's remarks ] and plead this as my excuse if I expressed what I did not really intend . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I 'd give this Sir Benson Craig a piece of my mind if I met him , that I would . |
| 7 | Yeah but it 'd be my it 'd be my fault if it broke . |
| 8 | It was hardly my fault if you chose to misinterpret it . ’ |
| 9 | It 's all over and done with , not my fault if you did n't take it in then … |
| 10 | It would be even more difficult to explain my data if it did not . |
| 11 | Would you have asked for my investment if you had n't convinced yourself we were going to get married ? ’ |
| 12 | I 'd have taken my overcoat if I 'd known . |
| 13 | He gave me a hard stare , which said all that I needed to know about my fate if he failed to beat me . |
| 14 | I ventured to write to her , offering to send my manuscript if she wished , for ( as I said ) it would be a pity to make mistakes about a living writer who was there to correct them . |
| 15 | ‘ You think I would change my opinion if I got to know you better ? ’ he asked in a voice like velvet . |
| 16 | I could al , soon ask mum to stop you from going in my room if I wanted to . |
| 17 | Or oral , You could suck my cock if you liked . |
| 18 | It was you , when I was ready to deny any such ridiculous notion , who threatened me with the loss of my job if I did n't back you up all the way ! |
| 19 | I would not be responsible for my actions if I saw him . ’ |
| 20 | And the Shelley party were near at hand — though the fluctuations of the time scale made it hard to determine whether they would recognize my name if they heard it . |
| 21 | My God if they ruled the country , |
| 22 | I would go back to my attic and not be too hard on my characters if they came to pieces on their knees . |
| 23 | I asked my guide if they made the sort of paper that was used for books ; she said they made every sort of paper . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Goethe once said : ‘ I would be able to commit all crimes in my life if I did not have the possibility to express them . ’ |
| 26 | He said last night : ‘ I was scared for my daughter if they wanted to shoot anyone I wanted them to shoot me as I 've lived my life . |
| 27 | Then I offered to tell her my secret if she did n't tell anyone else . |
| 28 | ‘ But there would n't have been any damage to my property if they had fixed the damp in the first place a year ago . ’ |
| 29 | I would be stretching the patience of my audience if I commented on them . |
| 30 | Talked about it not being good for my health if I refused to sign . |