Example sentences of "[be] [verb] if i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can not be refuted if I claim that my visual sense-field contains a yellow sense-content , but I can be refuted if I go on to claim that there exists a yellow object that is responsible for my sense-content . |
| 2 | Similarly , I can not be refuted if I claim to experience a religious emotion . |
| 3 | I can not be refuted if I claim that my visual sense-field contains a yellow sense-content , but I can be refuted if I go on to claim that there exists a yellow object that is responsible for my sense-content . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm old enough to be forgiven if I tell you that the news did n't sadden me . |
| 5 | ‘ I should be mortified if I thought I 'd missed a chance to do him a mischief , but it 'd be a cold day in hell before I 'd make a spectacle of myself in the market place . ’ |
| 6 | She has always had this dream that I would make it to university and she will be devastated if I do n't continue , but the way I am feeling now , I do n't want to . |
| 7 | Yeah does n't do it oh I 'll be bother if I get a cold next week . |
| 8 | Said that in future he 'd be obliged if I kept careful note of when Mr Meredith took out a horse . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'll be ruined if I have to pay ! ’ |
| 10 | Not a thing will be done if I do . |
| 11 | Bits of Meccano lay around waiting to be pilfered if I 'd had the courage . |
| 12 | He said it was clear to him you were pining away , and that you could only be saved if I took you away and made love to you for the rest of our lives . ’ |
| 13 | For a moment another thought crossed my mind — that if I lived in the United States while undertaking an ‘ experiment ’ I might be sued if I failed . |
| 14 | But then again I think I would I would be lying if I said that , I wish it was me rather than anybody else . |
| 15 | I can surely do what I like on my day off , not be reproached if I choose to come home early because I feel tired , and secondly , as I said before , I am not playing games . |
| 16 | For one thing , you 're not the only one who 'll be affected if I give that story about the poison pen letter to the press . |
| 17 | ‘ But I still believe I can win a World or Olympic title — I would n't still be running if I did n't think that . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ You 'll be asking if I 've packed my fleecy nightcap next , ’ she teased unevenly . |
| 19 | ‘ I would n't be asking if I did , ’ she retorted . |
| 20 | Someone else is more likely to be eaten if I keep near to other people . |
| 21 | ‘ Will you be offended if I ask you a question ? ’ |
| 22 | I 'd be speculating if I said yes , I ca n't recall |
| 23 | Then you 've got to think of your references problem is the job that I 'm applying for is working in the school and my reference for primary school is Redland School cos that 's where I was I thought ooh yes that would be laugh if I apply for Redland School yeah great so it 's gon na come under wor work experience and reference I do n't know you can put |
| 24 | Doubtless Hirondelle had already been blown up , just as my own boat would be butchered if I insisted on challenging this man . |
| 25 | My ship might just be able to outrun theirs , but it could n't outrun the fusitron blasts that would be fired if I tried it . |