Example sentences of "if [pron] have a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Those radicals ( among whom Gaitskell was , oddly , not numbered ) who wanted to abolish the public schools , or amalgamate them somehow into the maintained system , persuaded themselves for a time that if this were done , and if everyone had a chance to take the 11 + and compete for a place at a grammar school , then justice would have been done and educational standards would be secure .
2 In if everyone had a meter ,
3 ‘ The most obvious thing in mine may be that I like to work with numbers , but if I 've an urge to be an innovator too , I probably wo n't make a successful auditor .
4 If I had a stick I could manage all right , really . ’
5 If I had a kid , I 'd maroon it for the afternoon , on a lilo anchored several feet away with waterproof crayons and wax paper to draw on .
6 If I had a hunch or an idea about these killings I 'd tell you . ’
7 I flew the Corsair down to Stansted and after landing the chap in charge of fuel allocations asked me if I had a cheque card .
8 If I had a look , I 'd be sure to find it .
9 If I had a choice I would just wear a dhoti like they do in India .
10 ‘ They knew that I liked girls and if I had a choice , I would rather be talking to the girls than doing my homework . ’
11 And know that if I had a choice
12 Well I think if I had a if I had a choice where to live
13 That 's probably sold then because if I had a choice of four I would take the upstairs one would n't you ?
14 I really would if I had a choice I would stay here
15 I 'd swap my vest and plasters for a Marks and Spencer circle-stitched bra , a rigid , pointed contraption that made me look as if I had a couple of ice-cream cones up my jumper : I could never fill them to the end ( not even on a good day ) and the last waltz would result in dents in the ends .
16 I think I could survive on my own in New York if I had a credit card and I found a nice hotel like Kevin .
17 Yes but I 'm saying if I had a member of my family there , I would definitely want to know what was going on .
18 If I had a swelling like that come up on my ankle I 'd say right go to the doctors .
19 No if I had a video camera do you think anyone would dare to do that ?
20 If I had a fairy godmother — please , make G.P. twenty years younger .
21 ‘ I 'm a Muslim fundamentalist , but if I had a knife and I saw Rushdie I would n't kill him , I 'd talk to him .
22 If I had a bike , yeah it 'd be alright .
23 If I had a dollar for every nurse in this hospital who 's been infatuated with Tom Russell over the past four years , I 'd be stinking rich too ! ’
24 She remembered what Deana Davenport 's friend had said four months ago — ‘ If I had a dollar for every nurse … who 's been infatuated with Tom Russell … ’
25 When Maria knocked on the door at half past five I woke as if I had a hangover .
26 I am not sure if I would still sing if I had a wife , because I think marriage is a commitment to one woman , and I have no right to go and sing to all those others . ’
27 if I had a salad I mean
28 I tell you if I had a if I had a preference it was when everybody was on the ice .
29 He asked if I had a caftan he could borrow .
30 If I had a physique as powerful and beautiful as Graf 's , I 'd use the strength to knock some sense into her daft head .
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