Example sentences of "if i [vb past] [vb pp] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , in comes Alf , with 'is belly full of old and mild as usual , and asks me why do I look as if I 'd lost a pound and found thruppence . |
| 2 | My mouth felt as if I 'd swallowed a cheesegrater and my scalp had suddenly acquired radioactive dandruff . |
| 3 | This is bloody hard work — if I 'd wanted a holiday like this I could have gone down the mines for a fortnight . ’ |
| 4 | I did n't get too much sleep that night though , wondering if I 'd done the right thing ! ’ |
| 5 | as if I 'd lit a fire in the darkness to try and warm us . |
| 6 | I asked why should I bother to do that when presumably if I had set the trap I would expect Harry 's car still to be there after the races , and he just wrote down my answer as if I 'd made a confession . ’ |
| 7 | And even if I 'd made a mistake I 'd be honest enough to admit it . |
| 8 | It 's almost like the ceremony of ordaining a bishop in fact if I 'd turned the wrong page we could have ended up with a bishop rather than an abbot you know |
| 9 | [ He will say later , ‘ If I 'd relaxed the standard there I 'd have had umpteen other people knocking on the door wanting to do precisely the same thing to save on trade effluent charges . ’ ] |
| 10 | I would n't have minded if I 'd had a bump on my head , a cross on it or a bullet through it . |
| 11 | It was as if I 'd had a bad dream . |
| 12 | It made me feel sick — as if I 'd had a clout ; in the stomach . ’ |
| 13 | Last time I let you talk me into having a go , I felt as if I 'd had a session in a tumble dryer . ’ |
| 14 | If I 'd had a proper education do you think I 'd be driving this cab around ? ’ |
| 15 | If I 'd had a gun I would have gone out and shoo shot out the whole neighbourhood . |
| 16 | If I 'd had a gun I would have done it . |
| 17 | On the way back from moving the sheep , I felt as if I 'd had a night in the pub , started feeling very wheezy and , Oh this is good . |
| 18 | Well I , the thing is if I 'd had a church se service and all that , you know |
| 19 | Cos er like I say , if I 'd had a window open or so you know what I mean ? |
| 20 | It would have been me pencil if I 'd had a pencil in me hand . |
| 21 | If I 'd had no gear the night before , I would n't go to bed all night . |
| 22 | ‘ If I 'd had an op on my knee that summer it might have been all right . |
| 23 | The twins , both 22 , though Kevin is 11 minutes older , pulled no punches in the welterweight bout and Steve tells Associated Press : ‘ If I 'd had the chance , I 'd have knocked him out . ’ |
| 24 | When he is sentenced to gaol he pleads in mitigation that he ‘ might have been a better citizen if I 'd had the levels ’ , to a Judge who did n't understand what he was saying , and of course the last page sees him studying for ‘ the levels ’ in prison . |
| 25 | Bits of Meccano lay around waiting to be pilfered if I 'd had the courage . |
| 26 | ‘ If I 'd had the sense to be frank with her last March , maybe I could have done that . |
| 27 | She was reported as seeing it as a serious matter and thought the fine by the court was not enough : ‘ I 'd have chopped his hand off if I 'd had the chance ’ . |
| 28 | If I 'd had the chance , I would have finished what I 'd begun . ’ |
| 29 | It was the sort of thing I 'd have done I suppose if I 'd had the chance . |
| 30 | It got a roar of appreciation which I can still hear , and afterwards Stephen Sondheim came over to ask me if I 'd had the dress made to go with the remark . |