Example sentences of "if [pers pn] [was/were] [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I were taking on a new act , their ability to perform on stage would be second only to the quality of their songwriting . |
| 2 | I would have to get my clothes cleaned , if I was to go on . |
| 3 | I would have to telephone the grocer , if I was to go on . |
| 4 | But if you were to carry on and the woman was screaming no no no no get off get off get off , as far as I 'm concerned that 's rape . |
| 5 | ‘ The way you were treated by the teachers if you were staying on was a lot different than if you were leaving . |
| 6 | We 're not gon na be looking at it this morning , but it 's quite simple if you were to read on down , the reason why is because on the other side there is a man there who is possessed of a whole legion of demons who desperately needs deliverance and Jesus is going over there to bring healing , to bring deliverance to this man . |
| 7 | At the least , the seller should agree to ensure that the business of the offeree group is carried on in the ordinary and usual course so as to maintain the same as a going concern ; and that nothing is voluntarily done or omitted which would result in a material inaccuracy in the warranties if they were repeated on , and as at , completion . |
| 8 | They often looked very strained to Anna , as if they were holding on to their loyalty for dear life . |
| 9 | At Debden they would have to change , if they were going on further with Dean Miller . |
| 10 | It meant nothing , she used to say , if they were switched on earlier . |
| 11 | If they were held on to the animal or plant would die . |
| 12 | ‘ They have turned the company around against a tight economic background and it would be shame if it was pounced on . |
| 13 | The dish contained something shiny and wobbly and pink with a cherry on it , and in some strange way it managed to look like something you would n't eat even if it was pushed on to your plate after a week 's starvation diet . |
| 14 | The price of 36s. has thus some claim to be called the true equilibrium price : because if it were fixed on at the beginning , and adhered to throughout , it would exactly equate demand and supply ( i.e. the amount which buyers were willing to purchase at that price would be just equal to that for which sellers were willing to take that price ) ; and because every dealer who has a perfect knowledge of the circumstances of the market expects that price to be established . |
| 15 | But they did not want change and the link to be forged if it were to lead on to wild and radical measures for democracy , equality , and a social revolution that would threaten their larger position of power within the developing economy . |
| 16 | It looked as if he was taking on the whole KGB . |
| 17 | I said well it 's up to the teachers , I said , you ca n't expect me , I mean if there was if he was picked on I would go down there but I mean if he 's being naughty then it 's up to the teachers to sort him out |
| 18 | But if he was to come on at three o'clock in the morning , the other man called away would n't be replaced . |
| 19 | If he were to hang on , he told Stamfordham , the nation would say : ‘ Here is this man clinging to office , he wo n't take his defeat , he is trying to prevent the Labour Party from enjoying their victory . ’ |