Example sentences of "if [pers pn] [verb] to do " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I failed to do so , he would become exasperated and start shouting at me , telling me how stupid I was ; whereupon I would dissolve into tears and rush out of the room . |
| 2 | ‘ But if I chose to do so , what then , Miss Ruth Appleby ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ If I had to do it again … |
| 4 | Si tendria que hacer una cosa como ésa , me gustaria [ POSSIBLE ] — ‘ If I had to do something like that , I 'd like it ’ |
| 5 | It is survival of the fittest out there and if I had to do it again I believe I would . |
| 6 | And it got , in the end , actually , if I was , if I had to do something that was urgent or I had to go somewhere I used to have to say to her something like , you know , erm oh I better get on , I got a lot to do this morning , or I 'm goi I 've to be shopping and be back in time to cook Jim 's dinner or something like that cos he 's starting , oh I 've got ta have his dinner ready at twelve before he goes to work and if I really was pushed otherwise she would have come in every day . |
| 7 | If I wanted to do something like three add six I could put brackets round the three and round the six and it would n't make any difference . |
| 8 | Busking was undignified , he said , and if I wanted to do it , then fine , but not anywhere near him , thank you very much . |
| 9 | Butchering 's a tasty part of , if I wanted to do anything I 'd take a leaf out of , I would say is that , but I delegate down through the butchers . |
| 10 | It 's bad enough having to take out a loan to get married , I sometimes wonder if I need to do the same as a bridesmaid ! |
| 11 | If I want to do some slap bass or play some very fast , light jazzy stuff , I 'd probably have to wear the bass quite high up , almost Mark King height , to really be comfortable . |
| 12 | If I have to do what is necessary here before looking for a position where the statistical likelihood of victory is higher , so be it , ’ he said . |
| 13 | ‘ If I have to do the reading we do , ’ said Jim . |
| 14 | ‘ If I have to do without the money , ’ Denis answered civilly in an effort to match his adversary 's self-control , ‘ I 'm likely to want the satisfaction of blowing your brains out . |
| 15 | Dana continually hinted that she would take off for London if I refused to do just what she wanted , or if I said anything to you . |
| 16 | ‘ You meant it then , but , if I refused to do the work , would n't you be glad to take it on ? ’ |
| 17 | He said : ‘ Sabine Jourdain had years to talk about it if she wished to do so . |
| 18 | Only when Harry warned her that he might collide with a passing vehicle if she continued to do that , did she finally desist . |
| 19 | What if she had to do it all herself , like your Mum and mine ? ’ |
| 20 | It was a high one , but although she was confident she could climb it , she knew that if she tried to do so she would risk being seen from the house ; but beside it was a shallow grassy ditch were she could remain out of sight , so bending double she ran along this ditch , and came to the spot where she had seen Tristram . |
| 21 | If she wants to do any or all of these things herself , though , she should be allowed to , and her own wishes in everything at this time should be respected . |
| 22 | And if she wants to do her own bit of typing and give it to someone else sh |
| 23 | ‘ I was so impressed I gave her a tape with a backing track on it the band had done , and asked her if she wanted to do some work on it . |
| 24 | He had so manipulated the situation that if she wanted to do what she could for the twins she had no alternative but to agree to his terms . |
| 25 | Anyway it , it does n't alter the fact that if she wanted to do something , erm , really . |
| 26 | How would you , if you had to do that if you do it the easy way , do n't do it the hard way , how would you do that ? |
| 27 | So they had me as continuity and I got the job and it was a bit of a struggle because I 'd always been traffic , traffic at work but this was a little bit different in that if you had to do more accountancy and I had to pick it up . |
| 28 | If you had to do them when you you were |
| 29 | And if you had to do if you had , say , three sheets of pink paper because you 've been naughty and done something wrong , you had to fill three sides of pink foolscap paper with writing . |
| 30 | Finding helpers willing to act as car park attendants may be difficult if you intend to do this on a regular basis . |