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 . |