Example sentences of "[be] [art] [noun sg] if i " in BNC.

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1 What would be the position if I sold the house back to my father , who is 65 years old — would I have a liability to CGT and what discount , if any , could I offer my father ?
2 Campos , who last year won the Three-Quarter Ton Cup in the Farr-designed Lone , would like to be skipper , but is realistic : ‘ I will be the skipper if I feel I am the best . ’
3 I thought you said there 'd be no problem if I came in on a six-month permit ? ’
4 ‘ Yes , I do know , but it 'll be a pity if I have to abandon this present test I 'm working on , wo n't it ? ’
5 It would be a criticism if I was doing it to impoverish myself ’ .
6 ‘ That I would have enough money to get started in anything I really wanted to do ; that he thought I had enough guts to be a success if I put my mind to it .
7 I was promised that I could learn t I could be a nurse if I went and I went to the Bishop of Liverpool 's erm household in Liverpool .
8 ‘ Not to worry ’ said Alice , ‘ at least my mother will be pleased , but she 'll not be a skater if I can help it . ’
9 Good I 'm pleased about that , so I did n't really want somebody coming all the way down from the West End cos I 'm I , I 'm what I would call a buyer , I 'm only going to be a buyer if I can get money from somewhere that I do n't know you know what I mean .
10 AB : I would be a fool if I did n't say Schenker was one of the few analysts we can rate seriously .
11 I 'd be a fool if I did n't realise that just being the boss invests me with a certain glamour , and it would be easy to let it slip out of control .
12 Siward said , ‘ I 'd be a fool if I did , seeing that you and Alfgar have been cultivating each other for thirty years .
13 It would be a help if I could get about the countryside when he was working .
14 I said , Well I think it 'll be a miracle if I get nine interviews because the quota is far too tight .
15 You know nobody takes me seriously and it 'd be a disaster if I ran out of gas where I am now . ’
16 ‘ I have no wish to take the adventure out of climbing — that is not in my professional interests , after all — but I would be a hypocrite if I did not accept that we are causing environmental damage , ’ Rowland confesses .
17 ‘ I have no wish to take the adventure out of climbing — that is not in my professional interests , after all — but I would be a hypocrite if I did not accept that we are causing environmental damage .
18 I 'd I 'd be a millionaire if I did would n't I ?
19 ‘ I 'd be a liar if I said this sort of thing has not crossed my mind , ’ says Knight .
20 I 'd be a liar if I tried to pretend I knew the answer to that one .
21 ‘ I would be a liar if I said the thought of being shot at did n't cross my mind .
22 As we 're so poor , it would be an advantage if I could marry someone with money . "
23 ‘ I 'd be an idiot if I thought there would n't be more offers in the three-and-a-half years of Hirst 's contract here .
24 ‘ I 'd be an idiot if I did n't , but no one 's ever wanted me to leave my job because of it ! ’
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