Example sentences of "if i [verb] [pron] " in BNC.

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31 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 ,
32 It 's not really enough the way it is , it would n't fit on the bag if I made it any more ! .
33 ‘ Dearest Belinda ’ er … , no , I know , Belinda 's into poetry ; it 'd really impress her if I made my note into a poem !
34 but if I thought we were coming back , I 'd get myself a little car .
35 I says no I ca n't , he says it 's not very far , I said it 's not the distance that bothers me it 's the fact that you want us to sit there till eleven o'clock at night and not get paid for it , he says yeah but if you want to say something , I says I 'd say something if I thought we 'd be backed on it , but we 're not , oh I 'm not going anywhere to be if I 'm not being paid
36 I did like Esmerelda ( even if I thought her name was a bit soppy ) and played with her a lot when she came to stay .
37 I shrugged , as if I thought them honourable scars to be gained in my lady 's service .
38 I was in no mood to stop , and continued past as if I thought they wanted to film me from behind .
39 If I thought they were doing anything wrong to Lesley I could n't say anything because she 'd get it , I would n't get it .
40 She said well at least I , you know she said if I thought they 'd get only pass I would n't put them in .
41 I reminded her that , since she would be doing this under hypnosis , it was still possible to use the detachment technique if I thought she was becoming distressed in any way .
42 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 .
43 ‘ I would n't be involved with so many stations if I thought it might , ’ Luke told her drily .
44 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 .
45 ‘ I would , ’ she retorted , ‘ if I thought it was worth my while spending the money .
46 ‘ I would go myself if I thought it would serve any purpose to be killed before a blow had been struck .
47 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 .
48 ‘ I 'd fly back with you , ’ Jenny admitted , ‘ if I thought it would help .
49 If I thought it was a serious attempt at robbery there would have been a severe sentence indeed . ’
50 or for myself , if , if I thought it was me
51 If I thought it was too much I 'd ease back .
52 This letter is going to be devoted to my affairs in connection with Edward … the other day he asked me if I thought you would care to go for a walk into the country somewhere .
53 If I thought you were sent by the Creator I might be induced to think you had a right to dispose of me .
54 If I thought you were serious , I would give you a thick ear !
55 If I thought you were even remotely human , dog-face , I 'd wring your neck .
56 I 'd send every letter I 've written you since we last met if I thought you would n't do it to me again , humiliate me again .
57 If I thought you were a real threat , you know I would stop at nothing to discredit you . ’
58 I do n't blame you — though if I thought you was messing around with her , anything like that , you 'd be in dead trouble , believe you me . ’
59 And I 'd be sad if I thought you were less than happy with them . ’
60 ‘ I would n't call you pompous , ’ she said slowly , and then , with a grin , ‘ not that I would n't dare to — if I thought you were .
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