Example sentences of "if i [vb past] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It was a bank holiday and I knew there would be few buses and even fewer taxis in Harley Street if I felt threatened . ’ |
| 2 | If I felt compelled to hold that the taxpayer in this case could not recover I would share the no little regret expressed by my noble and learned friend , Lord Jauncey of Tullichettle . |
| 3 | What if I got rid of the clothes and kept her stuff till we 're ready to do a boot sale with it . |
| 4 | If I got fed up with the foster parents there was no one I could turn to really . |
| 5 | If I got stopped I 'm grabbing Albert and he 's coming down to get changed too ! |
| 6 | I knew that if I got married and concentrated on that , I could kiss my career goodbye . |
| 7 | ‘ If I got married do you think this could be part of my trousseau , Mo ? ’ |
| 8 | Oh it would n't have cost nothing , it would cost me something if I got caught in them days bloody ration . |
| 9 | I think if you went and saw our own doctors a lot of our fears would be allayed because most of the young doctors would n't , would recommend to you , my own doctor asked me all the questions and different things and then he says he 's a young doctor , he says if I were a women and if I 'd answered all the questions as you did , I would go on H R T. |
| 10 | On the other hand , if I 'd lost I could have gone home quicky . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ If I 'd lost tonight , where would I have put my face ? |
| 12 | Michael , if I 'd lost him I 'd have gone out to look for him — he died . ’ ’ |
| 13 | It was such an odd feeling , as if I 'd lost twenty years somewhere . |
| 14 | But I 'd have jumped in the lake if I 'd lost . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Mick added : ‘ I was pretty proud , but if I 'd cooked it , I 'd have been eating pumpkin pie all year . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ If I 'd leaked this myself ? ’ |
| 18 | It ma'es me feel as if I 'd swallowed poison , an' had a bellyful , in a way . |
| 19 | My mouth felt as if I 'd swallowed a cheesegrater and my scalp had suddenly acquired radioactive dandruff . |
| 20 | If I 'd met you earlier the fact that I 'm married would have made it impossible for me to take off and fly with you like this . |
| 21 | ‘ If I 'd met you three years ago , ’ he told her harshly , ‘ maybe things would have been different . |
| 22 | Indeed , in the interval of a gig on his 1986 UK tour , a disgruntled punter was heard to remark : ‘ If I 'd wanted something this cerebral on a Friday night , I 'd ‘ ve stayed at home and read Proust . ’ |
| 23 | He 'd have got me the moon out of the sky if I 'd wanted it . ’ |
| 24 | If I 'd wanted to do red nipples there was n't a decent whole stick of red left . |
| 25 | ‘ I could have got her to believe that , if I 'd wanted to . ’ |
| 26 | If I 'd wanted to really zoom around the fretboard I would 've opted for a medium/short-scale bass with really light , roundwound strings . |
| 27 | I could have jumped up and battered his foot if I 'd wanted to , but I had more respect than that ! ’ |
| 28 | I could n't have avoided it if I 'd wanted to . |
| 29 | I 'm applying for the R.C.M. I had a place there if I 'd wanted it , three four years ago , but I did n't go . |
| 30 | If I 'd wanted that kind of wife , I 'd have married Eleanor . ’ |