Example sentences of "if [pers pn] [vb past] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I 'd paused for more thought I perhaps would n't have had the nerve , but I simply opened his door , checked up and down the corridor for observers ( none ) and went inside , shutting myself in . |
| 2 | I was no expert , but I would know enough to make a preliminary diagnosis and summon an ambulance if I had to arrange for her to be taken into hospital . |
| 3 | But I still felt as though I 'd have a nervous breakdown if I had to cope for much longer … . |
| 4 | Whatever she [ mother ] needs , it 's there regardless … if her money did n't amount to whatever she needed , she would get it , even if I had to borrow for it , she would get it from somewhere . |
| 5 | Do you know what the total price of the tickets would have been if I had to pay for this , one hundred and ten pounds |
| 6 | if I had to pay for it |
| 7 | That they have cost me no more than my time makes such decisions much easier than if I had paid for them in gold . |
| 8 | ‘ In taking this on , there 's a responsibility goes with it , sure , and it was a weird sensation at first being in the studio and feeling that if I wanted to fight for something with the producer , I did n't have any allies … |
| 9 | ‘ If I did wait for Garry to come back into the fold , what would you be doing ? ’ |
| 10 | I wonder if she 'd asked for him over at her house . |
| 11 | she knew she would save Billy , even if she had to die for it . |
| 12 | It was n't as if she had searched for it , determined to see what lay behind the forever locked door . |
| 13 | If she had weakened for a moment , to the extent of uttering one soft word of forgiveness , of friendship , she might have burst into tears . |
| 14 | He had assumed , discriminated , made her feel as if she had to apologise for the way she lived her life , when he knew nothing , nothing of her circumstances or her reasons . |
| 15 | If she had asked for Ward Five he would have told her morning visiting in the public wards was forbidden and he might , because he was feeling benevolent , have called her love . |
| 16 | If she had thought for one moment he was serious she would have been deeply shocked . |
| 17 | If you had waited for me to return and confronted me with your distress I would have told you . |
| 18 | Well , would n't you if you had to work for only one night a year ? |
| 19 | Stockings were never long enough and the tension between suspender and stocking-top would result in spring-loaded legs ; if you had to run for a bus , the legs would keep going for three stops . |
| 20 | How much extra would it cost you if you had to pay for the additional choc ices ? |
| 21 | What would the free portion cost if you had to pay for it ? |
| 22 | If you got sued for selling someone a rotten second-hand car , you 'd have to get a lawyer and he 'd be a university graduate , too . |
| 23 | ‘ Would you help if you got paid for it ? ’ |
| 24 | So if you wanted to look for example , at hesitations , and try to do an analysis of where he had hesitated and why he hesitated , who hesitates more than others . |
| 25 | If we had played for the whole 90 minutes as we did for the first hour we would have beaten Rangers . ’ |
| 26 | If we had trained for jobs such as guard , signalman or even fireman and driver then we could do at least some of the operating jobs ( guard and signalman training is not difficult ) . |
| 27 | Should you mind if we went to look for something to drink instead ? " |
| 28 | If we wished to pay for welfare in a way that was less burdensome on the poor without being massively destructive to the higher income groups what might be done ? |
| 29 | For example , if they failed to arrange for a minor repair in the science labs and a pupil was hurt as a result , they might be guilty of a safety offence . |
| 30 | I could understand them refusing you if they 'd asked for say , a B in english and C in something else |