Example sentences of "if he [was/were] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the danger of a centre party came not from McKenna but from the Unionist ex-Coalitionists , led by Austen Chamberlain , who had twice previously been Chancellor , and who , if he was to be brought back into the fold , would clearly require some substantial offer . |
| 2 | He realised that if he was to be successful he would have to take them at speed . |
| 3 | If he was to be a martyr to this strange woman 's caprices , then so be it . |
| 4 | He knew that if he was to be sure of winning he had to hole it . |
| 5 | It would be the most terrible calamity if he were to be killed not knowing ! |
| 6 | Pastiche or not , ‘ Disco Dancer ’ lived in the kind of predictability that Morrissey , if he were to be truly distanced from The Smiths , would denounce fervently . |
| 7 | She had not decided whether or not to tell Dick , but if he were to be told it would be by her , not by the Longhills . |
| 8 | What if he were to be punished for his vengeance by a plunge into the nerve-glove ? |
| 9 | If he were to be an ‘ S. ’ also , a Stephen or a Sam , then how was she to know which of them had given her orders ? |
| 10 | ‘ If he were to institute proceedings for infringement before the patent for the invention was sealed , the procedural requirement of the proviso would not be satisfied but a statement of claim could not be struck out as disclosing no cause of action although it might be liable to be struck out as an abuse of the process of the court . |
| 11 | You ca n't seriously be suggesting that I … that I should become his mistress if he were to … to want me as such ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ He is remarkably well handicapped on 10st four , and if he were to be handicapped again he would go up another stone . |
| 13 | ‘ It would be unfortunate , ’ said Paul , ‘ if he were to be derailed at this point . ’ |
| 14 | In these lines , Brutus is saying that the only way to stop Caesar becoming emperor is to kill him , and although he has no personal grievances against Caesar ( Caesar is kind to him and favours him ) , it would be bad for the people of Rome ( ‘ the general ’ ) if he were to be crowned . |