Example sentences of "if [pers pn] [vb past] it " in BNC.

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1 I soon realized that if I made it a bit spicy , I 'd get more than threepence for it , so I used to make up limericks , things like ,
2 It 's not really enough the way it is , it would n't fit on the bag if I made it any more ! .
3 Often , I would n't bother to try things on — I 'd look at the price tag and think ‘ I 've got to have this , ’ especially if I thought it was a ‘ bargain ’ I might not see again .
4 ‘ I would n't be involved with so many stations if I thought it might , ’ Luke told her drily .
5 I 've always I 've always felt If I thought it was necessary then that 's the end of it er as far as I know .
6 ‘ I would , ’ she retorted , ‘ if I thought it was worth my while spending the money .
7 ‘ I would go myself if I thought it would serve any purpose to be killed before a blow had been struck .
8 Erm I could also support Chris 's resolution if I thought it was realistic to hope for an adequately funded public transport system in , in the foreseeable future .
9 ‘ I 'd fly back with you , ’ Jenny admitted , ‘ if I thought it would help .
10 If I thought it was a serious attempt at robbery there would have been a severe sentence indeed . ’
11 or for myself , if , if I thought it was me
12 If I thought it was too much I 'd ease back .
13 ‘ Go on , ’ I said as if I meant it .
14 ‘ Only if I wore it on my head . ’
15 ‘ I would hardly be joining a group if I felt it was about to be taken over .
16 He is too weak to bear the force of that … even if I felt it , and I am not a cruel woman .
17 But if I felt it might be time for a change I would have to think about that as well . ’
18 And when we 'd turned him , if I managed it , we were going to send him back . ’
19 ‘ I got a call from a cop who asked if I owned it .
20 ‘ It would n't make it taste better if I owned it . ’
21 ‘ It has been a bit painful , but I thought it would probably go away if I ignored it , so I did n't bother seeing my own doctor before we sailed . ’
22 I 'd know where I lived if I saw it , but just at the moment I ca n't remember the name of the street it 's in , and the policeman would n't know if I do n't have the address .
23 ‘ And if I saw it on , say , Julia Roberts or Demi Moore in a film I 'd think it was wonderful , but it 's not me .
24 He 's trying to find out if I saw it .
25 Well I 'm blowed if I saw it on , on that receipt .
26 I 'd probably know what you mean if I saw it .
27 kicked it if I saw it .
28 Huy was not sure if she was lying or not , but she read his thoughts and continued , ‘ Even if I knew it I would n't give it to you — and you may have enough clout to shut me down , but even Merymose could n't reach high enough to touch him . ’
29 Faced with those kind of possible reductions in service , if there is a penny one penny more than necessary spent on administration and bureaucracy wherever it is in the youth and community programme that is gon na be less money for front line vision and the Labour group can have to think very , very carefully about that and the issue is gon na be that if we 're spending too much money or if they 're coming back to supplementary estimates which wo n't be available er given the financial situation next year if we 're having two heads of centres or whatever when we could have one that is gon na mean less money for front line services to the people of Highfields and there 'll only be one group that will be responsible for that , if that does come about and I think that 's something that we all need to bear in mind because what we were told as members of that committee is that the youth and community budget is gon na be in for some very serious times in the future and it 's mainly the government 's fault because of the way they 've decided to re-organise the situation it 's going out of our hands into the control of an unelected body and like most members of this council I think we would oppose that but that 's the reality of the situation and I could not support any increase of funds er for any community centres if I knew it was simply gon na be spent on administration .
30 But if it had been irradiated , well , let us put it this way , I would n't buy food if I knew it was irradiated .
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