Example sentences of "if [adv] [pers pn] [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If only she dared ask Madeleine to come too . |
| 2 | But just now she thought she would willingly endure any punishment if only she dared take her hat off without making it perfectly obvious she was making a pass at him . |
| 3 | that if ever they did scrape together |
| 4 | Smallfry always threatened to lock him in the toolshed with Rosie if ever he dared tell her secrets to anyone else . |
| 5 | If ever he did go to the bazaar he would expect the shopkeepers to stand up when he entered … |
| 6 | ‘ Especially if ever you do go back to England . |
| 7 | What 's nice about it as well is they , if ever you did want one anywhere , can always sort of could n't you ? |
| 8 | ‘ You may be sure , ’ said Jared Tunstall , ‘ that if ever I do go bankrupt I should certainly die of grief , or of mortification at such a turn . |
| 9 | If ever I did meet a man I could love , I should love him ’ — her voice dropped again — ‘ Platonically ’ … |
| 10 | However strong the objective evidence that I do want X or Y , I can take these wants into account only if they pass my private test , if subjectively I do feel them . |