Example sentences of "that if i [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think he was frightened that I might unwittingly say too much — that if I knew everything , I 'd be more likely to guard my tongue ; be part of the conspiracy . ’ |
| 2 | At least I think that if I knew my rugby , I would be in a good position to acknowledge that you know yours . |
| 3 | Promotion to Vice-Questore seemed certain and the general feeling was that if I played my cards right I would make Questore in the end . |
| 4 | 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 … |
| 5 | I know total-total that if I had my own bike , the Wheels-and-brakes Boys would n't treat me like that . |
| 6 | 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 . ’ |
| 7 | I thought that if I told him what had really happened he might not let me go again and I wanted to see Charlie Chaplin and the Keystone Cops ones that were coming soon . |
| 8 | She had kept silent because ‘ my understanding was that if I told anyone I would die . |
| 9 | He warned me that if I told anyone about it , he would just deny it outright . |
| 10 | I soon realized that if I made it a bit spicy , I 'd get more than threepence for it , so I used to make up limericks , things like , |
| 11 | I thought that if I made you realise how strongly I felt you might decide you feel the same . ’ |
| 12 | But then in the next fraction of the same instant I realized that if I thought I had ceased to exist then I existed that the very thinking of this thought was me . |
| 13 | I thought that if I took him down to paddle for a while , it would cool him down and distract him , so he would be able to sleep . |
| 14 | Yet fear it I did , so greatly did the idea come to me that if I took her up to the cave to meet Elsbeth , she would somehow have trapped me instead of I her . |
| 15 | for it and he said well , well er basically it just got down to well if you kiss me I 'll give it to you and then , and then he decided that if I kissed him |
| 16 | I know that if I left him , I would never be happy again . |
| 17 | I was terrified that if I criticized him he would take offence and leave me , if not permanently , then for a few days , without giving me a sign of life , and so leaving me in anguish . |
| 18 | But I fancy that if I found myself on the field of Waterloo with a foot missing , or in a dentist 's chair without benefit of anaesthetic — a future form of laudanum — or faced with a work-situation in which my family were slowly being starved and degraded , then my conclusions might reasonably be the same . ) |
| 19 | I was told that if I swore my performance would be stopped . ’ |
| 20 | We were standing very close , and I got the feeling that if I opened my arms she 'd come inside . |
| 21 | I suppose I knew what your reaction would be , but thought in my arrogance that if I presented you with a fait accompli , the sale of the land , your money back , you 'd be so overwhelmed with gratitude that you 'd immediately fall into my arms . ’ |
| 22 | Now you said that if I gave you X cos squared three X it might be a bit easier to integrate . |
| 23 | It was because he told me he had seen a woman more beautiful than me , and said that if I wanted him as a husband , I must marry him at once ! |
| 24 | ‘ Alex felt that if I selected him for the Poland game , he should play and try to help us get the result before announcing his retirement , and that was Bryan 's intention . ’ |
| 25 | I had a lesson with him and he told me that if I squeezed my knees together I would slow down my bottom half and be able to release the club as hard as I wanted to . |
| 26 | At the back of my mind I must have hoped that if I telephoned him in advance , Helmut would help in this way . |
| 27 | At the most he dropped hints that if I did my job and toed the line he would look after me . ’ |
| 28 | I would have loved to have stayed because I really enjoy things like that , I love discos and get up and have a dance but I knew damn well that if I did I 'd be absolutely shattered today and I , I just would n't be with it so I , I said to Matthew I 'm going up . |
| 29 | I know I should have told you earlier but I reasoned that if I did you would n't want me along ; and you needed a guide . |
| 30 | I found that if I immersed myself in what I was doing , the people respected my work and usually kept quiet , aware of my concentration . |