Example sentences of "[conj] if i [verb] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or if I 'd seen it , I had n't taken it in . |
| 2 | As we talked , I felt that if I had pressed him he would have loaned it to me anyway , but the Land Rover was necessary for the research programme and it would have been irresponsible to put John 's work at risk . |
| 3 | This was true , in a way , and his saying it made me sympathetic and tearful , but on the other hand I knew that if I had told him , his attitude would not have been as indulgent as he was pretending now . |
| 4 | But I should say that if I had to buy them , I would do as I did with the ones I have — buy from a breeder . |
| 5 | At Martin Brundle 's lunch in London I discovered that Maurice Hamilton had been the Mastermind question-setter and he reported that if I thought answering them was hard , he had found setting them a good deal harder . |
| 6 | I can say to you right now with confidence that if I 'd asked you to start writing er a list of the categories that people er that you think might advertise in these you 'd probably get about twenty five . |
| 7 | Hold it tight mummy I can tell you that if I let go you 'll let on the floor . |
| 8 | I was however sent an Agenda , on loan and with the very clear proviso that if I wanted to keep it I would have to pay for it . |
| 9 | That way they think twice as much of the girls than if I had praised them myself . ’ |
| 10 | It is survival of the fittest out there and if I had to do it again I believe I would . |
| 11 | ‘ And if I had told you the truth , Neil , that day when Jem Higgins knocked me senseless , what would you have done then ? |
| 12 | And if I had to play them today , I 'd have to get off in a room with a record player , probably for a couple of hours and learn them . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ And if I had nicked it , do you really think I 'd be here ? ’ |
| 14 | And if I 'd known you were here I would never — ’ |
| 15 | And if I 'd known he was going to turn out a stupid and objectionable youth I 'd never have employed the foolish boy . |
| 16 | The injury has got worse and if I continue playing it wo n't get any better . ’ |
| 17 | Busking was undignified , he said , and if I wanted to do it , then fine , but not anywhere near him , thank you very much . |
| 18 | We all know how easy that is to do , and if I say hold it |
| 19 | I know what you girls are like , you say you 'll just have it short to see what it looks like , and then you say Pedro at the salon wo n't let you grow it just for the moment , and then you say you 've got to look your best for some wedding or other and you ca n't go with it straggly and then you end up not growing it again and if I do n't mention it every week you think I 've learned to like it and if I do mention it every week you think I 'm nagging so I do n't mention it and I 'm stuck with it . |
| 20 | And if I do anger you , what are you going to do with me , eh , have me beaten to an inch of my life ? |
| 21 | But she knew that any attempt at this sort of seductive sophistication would be laughably incongruous coming from her quiet , ordinary little self , and in any case she had made no serious plans to leave , so she simply said steadily , ‘ That 's very nice of you , Dr Russell , but I have n't fully worked out my plans yet , and if I do leave I 'll probably sign on with a nursing agency . |
| 22 | My free time is taken up by the hairdresser and manicurist — and if I do escape them , I have to be fitted at the dressmaker 's . |
| 23 | And if I refuse to tell them , they 'll become suspicious . ’ |
| 24 | But if I had to decide I would say my favourite would be ( favourite country ) would be Canada because I have lived there the longest out of all places and so I know it better than any other country . |
| 25 | Yeah but if I had to eat I 'd take them out , then I 'd put them back on |
| 26 | Mick added : ‘ I was pretty proud , but if I 'd cooked it , I 'd have been eating pumpkin pie all year . ’ |
| 27 | But if I 'd defected I 'd have got even more — $500 . |
| 28 | He 'd say , " Leave it , it does n't matter , " but if I 'd left it the place would be a pigsty . |
| 29 | Admittedly I 'd have suffered the penalty for mutual defection , but if I 'd cooperated I 'd have got the Sucker 's payoff which is even worse . |
| 30 | Well no but if I do bust 'em |