Example sentences of "if [pron] [was/were] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | as if I were the current — |
| 2 | ‘ If I were the spluttering type , which I 'm not , this would be a sure fire-starter . ’ |
| 3 | She rushed away before anyone could stop her , rushed too quickly to hear Carlo say , I do n't know , I think if I were the beautiful Katherine 's mother , I might suffer the occasional twinge of jealousy . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ If I was the best second row forward in England I 'd hope to get into the side , but that 's not the case at the moment , ’ he said . |
| 5 | When he finished reading , he began to sing his favourite song , If You Were The Only Girl In The World And I Was The Only Boy , except he turned the words round — for a laugh , he always said — and sang : ‘ If I was the only girl in the world and you were the only boy … . ’ |
| 6 | I do n't know if I was the only one that did n't receive the check list ? |
| 7 | If I was the chief rozzer on this case , I 'd have some questions to put to Theo , I can tell you ! ’ |
| 8 | I strolled amongst the boxwood as if I was the keenest of gardeners , taking special interest in the herb banks , the ever-green boxwood , and the multi-coloured flowers where hungry bees searched for honey . |
| 9 | ‘ Would n't it be funny if I was the next Lady Mellor ? ’ she giggled to a friend in the heat of her affair with the Cabinet Casanova . |
| 10 | I closed my eyes and spurred my horse forward , my huge sword rising and falling as if I was the Grim Reaper himself . |
| 11 | If theirs was the same college attended by Clare Mallender , that might be explained by Dysart recommending it to her at her father 's request . |
| 12 | ‘ And then — this evening , when everyone was so upset … you only thought of her … you went off after her as if she were the only person that mattered to you … |
| 13 | Sensing his wife 's difficulty , Philip suggested she revert to his mother 's custom and order the meals through Lily , as if she were the departed housekeeper . |
| 14 | If she were the last lassie in the world I couldny |
| 15 | Surely , if she was the caring person she makes out , she would insist on paying her dues . |
| 16 | She felt as if she was the only person awake in the world . |
| 17 | Equity treats her as if she was the unmarried owner of it ; it lets her dispose of it as she pleases in her lifetime , it lets her leave it by will , it even lets her make contracts which can be enforced against it , and against it only . |
| 18 | She asked me if any of my other friends knew , which they did n't , and she encouraged me to tell them , saying that if she was the last one in the circle then all the others should know . |
| 19 | If she was the last woman on the face of the earth I would n't fuck her ! ’ |
| 20 | All this could come as a shock to your system if you were the shy and reticent student who hid behind more extrovert col-leagues . |
| 21 | When he finished reading , he began to sing his favourite song , If You Were The Only Girl In The World And I Was The Only Boy , except he turned the words round — for a laugh , he always said — and sang : ‘ If I was the only girl in the world and you were the only boy … . ’ |
| 22 | He knew how to look at you as if you were the only person who 'd ever interested him . |
| 23 | If you were the only girl in the world , |
| 24 | " If you were the only girl in the world and I was the only boy , nothing else would matter in the whole wide world , " my mother would sing inappropriately . |
| 25 | He sang If You Were the Only Girl in the World and he sang Help Me Make It Through the Night . |
| 26 | If you were the last woman left alive on this bloody earth , I think I 'd rather do it for myself . |
| 27 | ‘ I would n't go with you if you were the last man on earth . ’ |
| 28 | I wonder what it would be like if you were the last man in the world , and I the last woman ? |
| 29 | Personally , I would n't try to seduce you if you were the last man on earth . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Even if you were the last man on earth — I would n't make love to you , ’ she added bitterly . |