Example sentences of "if i [verb] [adv] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only reason I came in here was that I was on my way into town when your boys called and they said it would be quicker if I came in to see you . |
| 2 | ‘ Sometimes it seemed like he was breaking the club transfer record every week , but he told me if I kept on doing it I was safe . ’ |
| 3 | If I go on denying it they 'll all wag their fingers and say ‘ Aha ’ and tell me I protest too much . |
| 4 | Occasionally , she 's given me £5 or £10 if I go down to see her and says ‘ Treat yourself and do n't tell Paul . |
| 5 | Sort of if I go smartly dressed I can see if they 've got anything . |
| 6 | If I get both laughs they 'll be nice , neat laughs and that 'll be that . |
| 7 | He would n't want to waste his time chasing that story if I 'd already done it , and I can get a story into print more quickly than the British magazines he supplies . |
| 8 | As I got up Terry looked at me as if I 'd just announced I had a private income . |
| 9 | I think the other thing also , I found it a disadvantage actually having it on the table , I think if I 'd just left it on the like that |
| 10 | Unable to say , Because I felt as if I knew you , as if I 'd always known you ; because your face was as familiar to me as my own , she replied weakly , ‘ Sometimes a particular face stands out . |
| 11 | If I 'd only met you in the first place … before Bella , and … well … ’ |
| 12 | It 's as if I 'd only seen him at twilight ; and now suddenly I see him at dawn . |
| 13 | If I 'd ever done anything — made anything of myself more than a third-rate free-lance — it might 've been different . |
| 14 | I wondered if I 'd ever appreciated her properly before . |
| 15 | ‘ It was heart-breaking — she looked so frail , I felt as if I 'd almost lost her , ’ says her mum . |
| 16 | I would have married her , if I 'd never seen your beautiful face ! |
| 17 | But it 's as if I 'd never borne her , it 's as if he himself had given birth to her . |
| 18 | If I set out to do something now , I will do it and I wo n't worry if I am making the right impression — if I fit in . |
| 19 | ‘ Damn it , stop looking as if I 've just hit you again ! |
| 20 | Jeanette 's friend eventually produced the curtains for the sitting room , and I am very pleased with them ( sorry if I 've already told you that — it 's exciting to me anyway ! ) . |
| 21 | and he wants some long-line , well I did have some , but I do n't know if I 've still got them |
| 22 | I may be able to give you a thing about it actually , if I 've still got one . |
| 23 | I du n no if I 've still got it |
| 24 | Right , but we have covered most things that 's ev , I do n't know if I 've actually missed anything out , right but just to clarify my thinking what is it you do actually want to think about , is it the the colour , is it what glass you want in the bathroom ? |
| 25 | We would have only McGurk 's word for what happened subsequently if I had not positioned my ear by the keyhole of his office . |
| 26 | ‘ If I had not loved him , I should have left him , ’ Laura said . |
| 27 | I would gladly have accepted the post of manager even if I had not won it in the club raffle . |
| 28 | I would be failing in my duty to the school if I had not read it . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ It will be a bit of a wrench , but the England team manager 's job is the top one in the business and if I had n't accepted it , I might have regretted it in later life . ’ |
| 30 | If I had n't made it , I would n't have put it down to my colour . |