Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] if i " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I realised that Barny was untrainable , I knew I would have to find a hand-reared owl if I was to stand any chance of training one successfully . |
| 2 | My worst country I think would be New Zealand as I do n't remember any of the country and it would appear to me a complete stranger if I moved there . |
| 3 | Every time I looked in the mirror — and I can be a very careful driver if I want to be — I saw the languid bride with shuttered eyes and hair adrift . |
| 4 | in the completely wrong direction if I 'm not careful . |
| 5 | All this was meant to be experimental , but it would be better to describe it as speculative , as I have an idea that I could arrive at some sort of interesting effect if I kept trying , and the lack of certainty about the end result hardly mattered . |
| 6 | Well both are awkward , I said , but I will stand a light spanking if I can come home with you after . |
| 7 | The trouble was I chose the wrong product if I hoped to make myself a fortune . |
| 8 | Well , that 's true , of course , but after all , I would be a different person if I had n't had that sort of childhood . |
| 9 | It would be inequitable to those who take a contrary view to that of the hon. Gentleman if I were to see him exceptionally , in addition to all the other representations that I have received from him , now that the consultation period is over and I am reaching a conclusion on the matter . |
| 10 | During the next few days I lived in terror , doors locked , ready to fly — to leave through the front door if Aunt Louise came to the back , or out of the back door if I saw her coming down the path . |
| 11 | Yes , the story erm so erm Mrs and I thought this will be a very exciting project if I collect the newspaper articles about Princess Diana shocking announcement . |
| 12 | I 'd write them a snotty letter if I was you ! |
| 13 | " You would n't get the wrong idea if I asked you to put that light out , would you ? " she asked . |
| 14 | The same would be true to a lesser extent if I allowed and helped someone to write my life . |
| 15 | But I think I would be giving you the wrong impression if I suggested that most of the evaluation studies with which I 've been concerned have involved this kind of conclusion , or this kind of result . |
| 16 | Certainly my bank manager would take a dim view if I were to indulge in widespread massive discounting — margins are not that generous to begin with ! |
| 17 | I shall look a damn fool if I change my mind now . ’ |
| 18 | that I 'd need it , he 'll be going in , in with bloody mob if I 'd have done it . |
| 19 | ‘ They became alarmed because I had access to security force files of theirs , and all security force personnel through the central computer if I wished . |
| 20 | I will omit the dangerous exercise if I revise the video . ’ |
| 21 | But this , he says , would be fatal to the attempt to know ‘ I ’ by description : ‘ It would obviously be a vicious circle if I described ‘ I ’ as being that bundle of states of which my use of the word is a member , and then distinguished that bundle from other groups by describing it as that group of mental states which are states of ‘ I ’ . ’ |
| 22 | But I still felt as though I 'd have a nervous breakdown if I had to cope for much longer … . |
| 23 | But I of course have the advantage of being one who condemns that degree of maladministration whether it applies in the democratic sector or in the quango sector and unfortunately , unfortunately despite all the corruption , I I 'll give way to the honourable gentleman if I could just er finish the point I 'm making , unfortunately despite all the corruption and all the mismanagement and all the fraud for which the Secretary of State is personally responsible as Secretary of State . |
| 24 | I could still catch the early train if I left immediately . |
| 25 | The only conclusion I can draw is that the two-pack AC lacquer that was used on the first table was something that I will not use again on dark timber if I want to bring out the full colour of the wood . |
| 26 | In fact , afterwards the doctor told me that the training had probably helped and that I might have been in a lot more serious trouble if I had not been so fit . |
| 27 | I could look a real idiot if I do n't use it . |
| 28 | ‘ I would never go into a match in the Premier League if I had any doubts about the injury . |
| 29 | ‘ Will I be able to kiss the Sleeping Beauty if I do ? |
| 30 | I 'd still be a lowly civil servant if I had n't had my castle . ’ |