Example sentences of "be if i [verb] " in BNC.

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1 I do n't know what would have been if I 'd stayed .
2 How much better life would have been if I 'd known about that or used it ?
3 Perhaps in his way he was the sort of cricketer I would like to have been if I had possessed the talent .
4 What use would it have been if I had gone into the lounge without something like that ?
5 I often wondered how different my life might have been if I had had a wife and family to come home to all these years .
6 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
7 The only regrets I have are if I 've hurt anyone .
8 I 'm a little surprised , chair , I could ask Amanda , but erm , Iffley is erm on the list , bearing in mind , recalling the erm point figures , where Iffley are if I recall correct was fairly well down on the league table , and Marston was something like erm six or some place .
9 But if I 'm if I act as devil 's advocate , the fact that that inner route would pass through the greenbelt does not necessarily diminish the purpose of the greenbelt .
10 I 'm more than willing to carve my own career — I 'm raring to go , at least I shall be if I get my degree and if I can shake off this horrible mononucleosis , as Dr Newne pompously insists on calling it !
11 I was thinking how funny it would be if I had switched the smoked salmon for ham .
12 What would my attitude be if I had a difficult or long journey to work ?
13 Maybe I 'm being a bit more tolerant towards him than I would be if I had n't met him .
14 ‘ I would n't be if I 'd just lost twenty million , ’ Plummer said humourlessly .
15 I dared not think how he would be if I went back then so I had to go on .
16 ‘ How would it be if I returned your gift so that you can give it at the door ? ’
17 He asked himself , I wonder what this old warrior 's reaction would be if I told him I had fallen in love with a married woman ?
18 My parents and I saw her in the school play and they thought she was so wonderful that they invited her to lunch — to make me see what I could be if I did it right .
19 I would be if I did that , if I just did n't eat .
20 You soon will be if I have any of your insolence .
21 ‘ I agree , ’ he said , to her surprise , ‘ but until the baby is safely born she needs Garry at her side , and that 's where he 'll be if I have anything to do with it . ’
22 I will be if I have the strength .
23 It 's been hell shut up in that cottage with two women who would both have braved the weather to come up here to see how you were if I had n't been on hand to stop them . ’
24 And some aero aero aeroplane erm g er er what er I think they were If I remember rightly , they were the er Oh dear .
25 ‘ Yes , I 'm sure , but the best thing is if I know everything , then I can judge how much has to be said to Mother Clare . ’
26 The only time I might lie about my age is if I met a toy boy ! ’
27 Well the thing is if I arrange it for May I can ring er talk to mum and see if she 'll do it
28 I gu my guess is if I ask the audience I I may get an answer I do n't like here .
29 Well I , the thing is if I 'd had a church se service and all that , you know
30 That the only chance of me ever being spotted is if I catch measles .
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