Example sentences of "[adv] if i [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Perhaps if I lived in Bath I would have momentary doubts , but anywhere else in the country , I would rather die than not vote Labour . |
2 | After all , something must have made me do it , pointless and unjustified as it seemed now ; perhaps if I went over it all again carefully , I could find out that the truth did n't condemn me out of hand . |
3 | Would you mind terribly if I stayed at home ? ’ |
4 | I decided that things would work better if I upgraded by adding a 1 Meg expanded memory board to give 2 Meg of RAM . |
5 | On orders from the new Earl , my visits to the house were to be permitted only if I agreed to be supervised . |
6 | MY later visits to Althorp were allowed only if I agreed to be supervised |
7 | I suppose while this is for me cos on the sponsorship issue is , would sponsorship have any impact in terms of what I might purchase so if I went to the Scottish Opera or the ballet or to the theatre and I bought a programme which I usually do and one of the things which is interesting about the evening that erm Alan and I spent last time at Scottish Council was that half the people attend Scottish Opera buy a programme and the programmes that I have sponsored always . |
8 | So if I went like that you 've got ta go the same ? |
9 | So if I wanted to I could tell them where to go with that and all . |
10 | And Merson revealed : ‘ The boss called me in on Monday and told me that it would be best if I played in the reserves on Tuesday rather than travel with the squad to Blackburn . |
11 | ‘ It would probably be best if I started from square one , ’ the contact opened the proceedings by saying . |
12 | She pulled backwards if I spoke to her and lay down in the grass at every opportunity , refusing to move . |
13 | Mind you , I could go for it anyway if I wanted to . |
14 | Like if I worked at home on Saturday night , and I worked at home on a Sunday lunch-time it would be really , really busy all the time , and like there 's four areas to cover in and there 's only two areas and I think its too |
15 | The hostess rang and asked tactfully and hesitantly if I felt like it . |
16 | if i I 'll just remember the symbol I wo n't even remember the symbols but I 'll just know that I can work it out if I needed to . |
17 | I think that it would be helpful now if I described in some detail what the effect of the banding arrangements will be , as there has been considerable misunderstanding of the provisions . |
18 | Well if I left at the same time as you he mi he might feel obliged to offer me a lift but if he did |
19 | Even if I went into my bedroom to read or do homework , I 'd still have her sitting there on my huge falconer 's glove , fidgeting and glaring at me . |
20 | well that maybe true , but I think it 's working off an analogy on that , turning it the other way round and saying well erm if , if I got to the stage of erm , well possibly even seeking some information from the commission , well certainly if I gave you a conclusion for example , that it should be referred , erm and I think again even if I came to the conclusion that I should neither want , er there 's no point in seeking information from the Commission , nor should I refer it , or at least refer to the stage erm what his clients would be saying should be done in the interim and what he says in effect , for the reason he 's outlined is , er that we should proceed on the basis of erm the validity of the act erm and of the byelaws |
21 | You make me decide to go on a diet immediately , though even if I starved for a month I 'd never get a waist as slim as yours . ’ |
22 | Moreover , my mother , who worried even if I travelled to London , was initially distraught by the idea . |
23 | But I , I really want to have like a even if I stayed in Switzerland , because have mind so . |
24 | There is no way that I could skive a session , even if I wanted to , wearing my yellow and tartan suit ! |
25 | ‘ There 's nothing I can do to prolong the girl 's stay here , even if I wanted to . ’ |
26 | Kate sighed ‘ Anyway , I could n't stop James , even if I wanted to . |
27 | There 's no going back , even if I wanted to , which I do n't . |
28 | ‘ I like him very well , ma'am , ’ Theda said quickly , ‘ but I could n't marry him even if I wanted to — which I do n't . ’ |
29 | ‘ Not even if I wanted to . |
30 | ‘ I could n't even if I wanted to , and I do n't want to . |