Example sentences of "if i [be] tell [pron] " in BNC.

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1 What struck me was the way in which he seemed to have little difficulty not merely in coming down to my level but in entering into my feelings , as if I were telling him about the most natural matter in the world .
2 As she looked at Millie rocking herself slightly like a little old woman getting a child to sleep , she though , If I were to tell her her mother has died , she would likely think it was the same way as her father had , whichever way that was , which was n't real dead .
3 But if I were to tell anyone … .
4 If I were to tell you that this record puts a dayglo platform DM so far up the mule 's rectum that its entrails squish through its clenched teeth , I do n't think that I could be justly accused of exaggeration .
5 If I were to tell you ’ , I said , trying to look each one of them in the eye , which is not an easy thing to do with ninety-odd people , ‘ that Wimbledon was being invaded by alien beings from another planet , you would probably laugh and call me a lunatic .
6 Anyhow , if I was to tell you all the ships I was in , you 'd want a sheet o' paper as long as this house . ’
7 If I was to tell you that given a perfect world that has the highest earning potential of all our companies
8 Well , how would you feel if I was to tell you that within the policy it was possible that the sum could be paid , it might even be paid up before death .
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