Example sentences of "[coord] [subord] i 'd [verb] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Or if I 'd seen it , I had n't taken it in .
2 Had you phoned well I did n't know if you 'd phoned after I 'd rung you , or before I 'd rung you .
3 And if I 'd known there would be raised voices , I would n't have let you in here . ’
4 You see the piece I just read is a monologue and if I 'd known there was a competition for it I 'd have sent it there rather than
5 And if I 'd known you were here I would never — ’
6 And if I 'd known he was going to turn out a stupid and objectionable youth I 'd never have employed the foolish boy .
7 and if I 'd got something big and heavy you used to say to me bring it down and put it in my big machine .
8 Because of what he 'd said and because I 'd asked his wife who he was .
9 It was old Mr. Stavanger who paid for me to have a good secretarial course , and when I 'd qualified he gave me a job in the shipping office .
10 ‘ As I told you , I spent some time writing letters and when I 'd finished I thought it would be pleasant to get some fresh air so I went out and posted them — in the box outside the main post office — ’
11 But just when I was feeling at home in the loin-cloth and boot polish , and when I 'd learned my lines before anyone else and was getting as competent as a little orangutan on the scaffolding , I saw that our conflicts had n't ended .
12 I invented him , Buffy , and when I 'd got him , the book started working .
13 Mick added : ‘ I was pretty proud , but if I 'd cooked it , I 'd have been eating pumpkin pie all year . ’
14 But if I 'd defected I 'd have got even more — $500 .
15 He 'd say , " Leave it , it does n't matter , " but if I 'd left it the place would be a pigsty .
16 Admittedly I 'd have suffered the penalty for mutual defection , but if I 'd cooperated I 'd have got the Sucker 's payoff which is even worse .
17 I was flattered when she first asked me , and curious , but when I 'd seen what it was like , I was n't interested .
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