Example sentences of "if [pron] [vb past] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many ailments which are blamed on old age could be avoided if everyone ate a healthy diet . |
| 2 | Those radicals ( among whom Gaitskell was , oddly , not numbered ) who wanted to abolish the public schools , or amalgamate them somehow into the maintained system , persuaded themselves for a time that if this were done , and if everyone had a chance to take the 11 + and compete for a place at a grammar school , then justice would have been done and educational standards would be secure . |
| 3 | In if everyone had a meter , |
| 4 | Now , if everyone had an average-sized lawn which they cut weekly for eight months using half a litre of petrol at each session , they would still burn less than 4 gallons a year . |
| 5 | Would you mind if I made a few housing enquiries for you ? |
| 6 | Seeing there are three of you , it would make sense if I made a fourth and helped to leg . ’ |
| 7 | I used to get worked up if I made a mistake , I mean , I weave and a nervous breakdown spooling |
| 8 | But if I made a scene I 'm pretty sure it would be me who 'd come out looking like a fool . |
| 9 | By now my courage had failed and I had to be helped up the steep , wooden steps , the executioner 's assistants whispering that if I made a good show they would make sure I would choke for no more than ten minutes . |
| 10 | I could s I I even though it might make me a lot of money because I know that if I got if I made a dozen phone calls and did n't get any deals I 'd be out there wanting play the er I would n't trust myself . |
| 11 | It 's going to cost you under thirty eight pounds , so I 've got a little bit of wei , leeway if I made a few mistakes . |
| 12 | the clue , I I 'm sure if I made a mistakes like that , it 's because it 's , you know , maybe angry and I made the wrong approach . |
| 13 | I once asked my stage director what would happen if I made an unexpected ritardando . |
| 14 | ‘ At first the idea of writing a wind serenade to precede The Marriage of Figaro was daunting : it has such an exciting overture , it certainly needs no further curtain-raiser — and what if I took a theme from the opera and overdid it , so no wanted to hear it in its proper place ? |
| 15 | Yes , I own my own cab but the real mushers would have me if I took a fare . ’ |
| 16 | If I took a knock I would n't feel it , and that would make things worse . |
| 17 | See if I took a pension mortgage out it would be linked to me lumped into me current pension contract . |
| 18 | And well I du n no if I took a continuity one round to the left . |
| 19 | ‘ If I stuck a pom-pom on each nipple and waggled them in front of Jed , he 'd tell me I was blocking his view of the telly , ’ says Mandy . |
| 20 | So that erm I mean if I recommended a Norwich Union income plan , and you nipped into Nottingham to buy , the charge would be the same , whether you bought it from me or from Norwich . |
| 21 | A lot of them would be much happier if I wore a headscarf and jangled gypsy bangles . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ It 's only rissoles , I 'm afraid , ’ said Alec , but if I felt a pang of disappointment that the first meal at his house was n't going to be out of the ordinary I was mistaken . |
| 23 | So if I wrote a letter and would n't let you see it , how would you feel ? |
| 24 | Like because their account , you know , if you write , like if I wrote a cheque out to you today , and you did n't cash it for four weeks |
| 25 | ‘ Richard thought it might be a good idea if I wrote an article for The Guardian . ’ |
| 26 | It really does n't matter if I 'm a nice guy or not , or if I wrote an awful book . |
| 27 | The only time I might lie about my age is if I met a toy boy ! ’ |
| 28 | Johnson , outlining a preference for vegetable derivatives rather than animal , said , ‘ I have often thought , that , if I kept a seraglio , the ladies should all wear linen gowns , or cotton — I mean stuffs made of vegetable substances ’ and declared a hatred for silk : ‘ you can not tell when it is clean . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ If I kept a careful check on your movements — which I do n't — I can assure you it would not be for sentimental reasons . ’ |
| 30 | S. H. Patrolling up Prescot Road during the war , if I saw a light on , I used to shout , ‘ Put that bloody light out , ’ and if nobody put the light out , we used to let fly with a brick . |