Example sentences of "that if i [verb] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I knew that if I got married and concentrated on that , I could kiss my career goodbye . |
| 2 | Rod said : ‘ I was shocked to be told that if I had waited any longer before seeking help I would not have survived . |
| 3 | As we talked , I felt that if I had pressed him he would have loaned it to me anyway , but the Land Rover was necessary for the research programme and it would have been irresponsible to put John 's work at risk . |
| 4 | This was true , in a way , and his saying it made me sympathetic and tearful , but on the other hand I knew that if I had told him , his attitude would not have been as indulgent as he was pretending now . |
| 5 | ‘ And do you really think that if I had taken something of your aunt 's I would be stupid enough to wear it to work ? ’ |
| 6 | Even awake I feel that if I had sat on there , I might have kept it forever . |
| 7 | I sometimes like to think it was my eloquence , but the fact of the matter is that if I had got up on my hind legs and suggested a bit of Karaoke instead of the morning service , they would have leaped at it . |
| 8 | This remark , occurring as it does in a passage in which he is distinguishing between the grounds of the class metal ( ‘ the possession of certain common peculiarities ’ ) and those of the class sensation of white ( ‘ nothing but resemblance ’ ) clearly implies that if I had had no other sensations of white I could not assert the proposition ‘ This is a sensation of white ’ with the meaning it has when I have had such sensations . |
| 9 | The Reds were well on top and I am sure that if I had lasted the game I would have given the selectors something to think about . |
| 10 | The dream ended with the thought that if I had known this was the main road I need not have resorted to the acrobatics that had brought me there . |
| 11 | I can say to you right now with confidence that if I 'd asked you to start writing er a list of the categories that people er that you think might advertise in these you 'd probably get about twenty five . |
| 12 | Mary says now : ‘ Accessing my past lives has been of great benefit and I 'm sure that if I 'd gone to an ordinary therapist , nothing would have been sorted out . ’ |
| 13 | If I were to go in now , thought Rupert , I should attract far more attention that if I 'd gone earlier . |
| 14 | With hindsight , it 's clear that I was too single-minded about racing , too immersed , and that if I 'd paced myself better the joy would have lasted much longer . ’ |
| 15 | I 'm sure that if I 'd had this excellent book when learning to windsurf my progress would have been much faster . |
| 16 | I 'd had a few notions about being a journalist , but I think that if I 'd had Latin I might have stayed on and tried for an academic career . |
| 17 | I have to admit that if I 'd known that I would n't have asked to have you seconded to Carlisle Flint … ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I think the only lasting effect it 's had on me is that if I get married , it 's got to be forever . |
| 19 | Because er we 've done sort of I must Where did I write that if I 've lost that list , I suppose to keep Erm , Ron , tin and then you 've got hankies did n't you ? |