Example sentences of "if [pron] have my [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , I would ban them too if I had my way . |
| 2 | ‘ I do not like your arrogance and your questions , and if I had my way I would arrange an accident or have you thrown into some deep dungeon until everyone had forgotten about you ! ’ |
| 3 | It is tempting to write ‘ If I had my way , I 'd fire all the staff and start all over again ’ , but top management does n't usually look very kindly on this kind of approach . |
| 4 | An " heir " indeed , Miss Gristy , yes , an heir to base lies and fornication , and if I had my way you would be joint heirs to a pile of dry wood too , together with flint , steel and a box of tinder ! " |
| 5 | If I had my way I 'd set fire to those blasted overalls . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Frankly , ’ he snapped , ‘ if I had my way those lists would go into the dustbin , the lot of them . |
| 7 | If I had my way it would be opaque Lycra tights every day of the week . |
| 8 | ‘ We should never have come , ’ she muttered after a long silence , ‘ and if I had my way , we 'd leave here tomorrow . |
| 9 | ‘ If I had my way , I would burn the entire place to the ground and hang Fitzosbert on a scaffold as high as the sky . |
| 10 | If I had my way you 'd have been off this boat days ago . |
| 11 | ‘ If I had my way you would be buried like your mother in a pauper 's grave ! ’ |
| 12 | If I had my way then kerb-crawlers like you would be locked away ! |
| 13 | If I had my way I 'd X-ray just to make sure . |
| 14 | And if I had my way , they would have |
| 15 | If I had my way , I 'd have Axminster straight through the house . |
| 16 | Nothing if I had my way |
| 17 | If I had my choice , I 'd rather be left to work something out myself ; instead of it all being set up and you just walk in and take measurements , go away and analyse them , you 'd have to go in and set it all up , then you 'd really learn something . |
| 18 | If I had my choice , I 'd whitewash all the walls and have very little furniture — not terribly practical for a house in London ! ’ |
| 19 | If I had my case at home without a doctor . |
| 20 | If I had my life over again , I 'd see the mistakes coming up and I 'd correct them . ’ |
| 21 | Phil : Well I would say that if I had my life over again I wish and hope that everything happens the same , and I think at the end of the day Becky had been the cream on top of the cake … |
| 22 | And in years and years to come you 'll be all alone and useless and you 'll think ‘ Perhaps I should have helped Masklin when he asked me , ’ and then you 'll think , ‘ If I had my time all over again , I would have helped him . ’ |
| 23 | If I had my time over again — ‘ |
| 24 | Ah , if I had my time again … ’ |
| 25 | ‘ If I had my time again , I 'd never want to do anything different from that . ’ |
| 26 | He added : ‘ I am sure that if I had my time again there would be many things I would do differently ’ , but went on : ‘ Criticism is part of the price of leadership . ’ |
| 27 | But even playing it is a real worry ; I think I 'd only do it if I had my band playing live , the way I do it now . |
| 28 | At least on my part I 'm , if I had my engineer 's hat on I 'd er blame the proof reading team as well . |
| 29 | It would be otherwise if I had my husband with me and my first-born but as it is I feel neither one thing or the other . |
| 30 | We shall meet again , Joan de Warenne — and very soon , if I have my way . ’ |