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 . |