Example sentences of "if i [was/were] ever " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reason and conscience both told me that if I were ever to have any chance of escaping successfully this was that chance . |
| 2 | He told her : ‘ I dare n't be otherwise — because if I were ever in a compromising situation , if the police raided or if someone kissed and told I 'd be up the creek . ’ |
| 3 | I walked slowly back up the shabby road to this now miserable room , thinking all the while of what I ought to do or what I could do if I was ever going to outmanoeuvre these cunning poisoners . |
| 4 | By means of the Alexander Technique I have acquired an awareness of where my body is in space which means I am now able to control my muscle tension by means of my brain ; this is essential if I was ever to maintain a posture without straining my body unconsciously . |
| 5 | He wanted to find out if I was ever going back there . |
| 6 | This was absolutely vital if I was ever to ‘ fly ’ her , because it would be the lure of food on my fist that made her come back to me . |
| 7 | ‘ They 'd do the same to me , if I was ever helpless enough , ’ he 'd say . |
| 8 | I — I do n't know if I was ever so pleased … not only with the presents , but with the kind thoughts of our neighbours . |
| 9 | They ( Barber ) asked me to come to see them if I was ever in Cornwall . |
| 10 | But I told myself that if I was ever to be truly frightened , I should have known it before then . |
| 11 | It was not as good as I should have wished , partly because I was in a hurry , but also partly because I had not yet learnt — if I was ever to master — the technique of literary criticism . |
| 12 | My first thought was that I was 320 duck-jumps behind and if I was ever going to make the state of shai-hai I would probably have to spend a whole weekend duck-jumping . |
| 13 | Well , for one thing , he did n't know about it and I had made a conscious decision that if I was ever to be ( he nearly says ’ become someone ’ ) . |