Example sentences of "if [adv] [pron] [vb mod] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If only they could see me in the office now I 'd turn more than a few heads . |
| 2 | If he is completely silent , they are more than satisfied , if only they can see him . |
| 3 | But the plan is a good one , and it would work , if only they 'd give it a chance . ’ |
| 4 | He could travel well enough on his own , if only they 'd let him . |
| 5 | ‘ Joining the ERM is not a prize to be given to our partners when they come up to scratch , but a benefit to ourselves if only we would take it , ’ he said . |
| 6 | If only we could fix it for you , Ted … |
| 7 | And you know , so often you and I , we have questions that we want to bring to the Lord , if only was here in person , if only we could sit him down in the front room , how many things we would have to ask of him ! |
| 8 | If only we could bring it into focus , he wrote , if only we could concentrate hard enough , we might be able to understand what it is . |
| 9 | I tell you , if only we could understand them … ’ |
| 10 | It 's like all good things to come , I do n't like to count my chickens , so I 'd rather not , not the little memorandums say , oh you 've got another X million , if only we could take them in this year . |
| 11 | We are situated on the Norfolk coast of the Wash , and a very pleasant situation it would be , if only we could enjoy it . |
| 12 | Rapid changes in the European Community itself — progress towards the Single Market , creation of the Social Charter , greater economic integration , the prospect of a far larger membership — all offer enormous opportunities , if only we will seize them . |
| 13 | If only we can observe them , perhaps we can learn from them . |
| 14 | If only we can reach it stealthily … |
| 15 | Kind surgeons have offered to operate on him , if only we can get him over here . |
| 16 | " I 'll hold him down while you kick him , if only we can find him . |
| 17 | Imagination is the capacity to make links and to see links — it is not discontinuous with reality , but is a way of understanding what really is there if only we can see it . |
| 18 | Their own stories had strangely interlocked , and sometimes she had a sense that such interlockings were part of a vaster network , that there was a pattern , if only one could discern it , a pattern that linked these semi-detached houses of Wanley with those in Leeds and Northam , a pattern that linked Liz 's vast house in Harley Street with the Garfield Centre towards which she herself now drove . |
| 19 | If only she 'd leave me in peace to enjoy it . |
| 20 | If only she could tell him the truth . |
| 21 | If only she could tell him how she longed for him to carry her off , but would n't that make him think her wanton ? |
| 22 | If only she could read they might open up the world . |
| 23 | If only it could tell me how I am failing it . |
| 24 | There are some good opportunities for advancement if only you can grab them quickly . |
| 25 | There are some good opportunities for advancement if only you can grab them quickly . |
| 26 | There are some good opportunities for advancement if only you can grab them quickly . |
| 27 | I would do any job you wished , and to the very best of my ability , if only you 'd give me the chance . ’ |
| 28 | You 've got it made if only you 'd realise it . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ If only you 'd let her finish her drink before dancing with her . |
| 30 | It is all there at you finger-tips if only you could read it |