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 .
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