Example sentences of "if i [vb past] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In newspapers I 've been called bland and ‘ smoothy-chops ’ so often that it almost goes over my head now , and people go on about my baggy eyes as if I made them that way myself — which I suppose I did , in a way . |
| 2 | It 's not really enough the way it is , it would n't fit on the bag if I made it any more ! . |
| 3 | I shrugged , as if I thought them honourable scars to be gained in my lady 's service . |
| 4 | As regards utilising the services of third parties for debt collection , you have once again assumed the worse scenario as if I meant their complete extinction , which I quite clearly stated ‘ less dependent ’ . |
| 5 | Said oh I thought oh Becky would laugh if I told her this . |
| 6 | If I told them that , they 'd think I meant daydreaming . |
| 7 | You we , I 'm glad you said that cos , I 'm not sure if I told you this before but d' ya remember what these numbers here mean ? |
| 8 | ‘ Would it make any difference , ’ Fen asked , ‘ if I told you those photographs are not of Petula ? ’ |
| 9 | if I knew what that fucking second word was |
| 10 | Er I 'd just like to come back on three fairly brief points that er one of which was mentioned by Michael Courcier , two of which er relate to that , and were helpfully stimulated in discussion during the tea break , erm Michael Courcier , I think if I got him right , said , he did say we ca n't produce demographic forecasts for post two thousand and six but I think he was fairly guarded in saying it it would n't be wise or or whatever , erm I would suggest in this context , and in the context of , and I use the word emerging and I look for advice as to when emerging regional planning guidance , and when will be the end date of that regional planning guidance , I say we should be looking beyond two thousand and six , I say we can look beyond two thousand and six , and I would suggest we do it in the way of arrange , which would be highly appropriate way of doing it , not too dissimilar to road traffic forecasts , low medium and high growth , and if , to put the point simplistically , if we have arrived at a requirement figure of nine seven for Greater York for a specific period , if we were to either project that forward by five or ten years , obviously we could n't just simply go rata , but if you took a low figure and you halved it on the basis of the make up , the demographic make up , of how the nine seven had been arrived at it would be possible to produce a range , that then relates to the question of a new settlement , and the alternatives during the period to two thousand and six , and beyond , of that new settlement , and I go back again to the greenbelt , it is vitally important to do that in the terms of a long term defined greenbelt , therefore again in that context , I would say it is highly desirable , if not necessary , to revisit the periphery of York , it has not been examined in a local plan , it has not been examined in terms of environmental impact , with all due respect to the Greater York working party their , the level of analysis of those peripheral blocks of land was fairly cursory , on a limited number of planning criteria , if a new settlement is to be assessed alongside expansion of Greater York we have to revisit it in much much greater detail . |
| 11 | I wonder , if I got it right and I remember it correctly , whether that 's still the view ? |
| 12 | ‘ Miguel , I apologise if I said anything unflattering about you . |
| 13 | C. If I said anything serious , you would n't take it serious . |
| 14 | if I said his upper lip trembled like the lip |
| 15 | If I renounced my Fenian oath he would hear my confession and give me communion . |
| 16 | If I had something important to say on television I do n't think I would choose a Sunday afternoon . |
| 17 | Will the diploma take me up if I had them two ? |
| 18 | I grabbed at every invitation , no matter how uninteresting , that would occupy my evenings , and if I had one free I would fill it myself by visiting friends or , in the last resort , going to a movie alone . |
| 19 | I know total-total that if I had my own bike , the Wheels-and-brakes Boys would n't treat me like that . |
| 20 | ‘ If I had my own clubs I might , ’ Sir Bryan said gloomily . |
| 21 | If I had my own way , I shall tell him where to shove his petrol ! |
| 22 | If I had our impromptu interview would have been quickly and suddenly over . |
| 23 | I had to sleep with it closed because if I left it open the cat would jump in and more likely than not land from ten feet on to my face — a nasty way to wake up . |
| 24 | I know , too , that my hair might look great if I left it alone . |
| 25 | ‘ If I sold them one or two at a time I 'd be here for twenty years . ’ |
| 26 | I 've got a few shares in British Aerospace , but nobody would notice if I sold them all . |
| 27 | I mean if I sold it cheap . |
| 28 | I 'm sorry if I pitched it strong , but you 'll never get anywhere in business by sticking your head in the sand . |
| 29 | I 'd be terrified if I found myself alone in London , never mind New York . |
| 30 | I suppose I thought — if I found my real father he 'd be — different somehow . |