Example sentences of "[conj] i [vb past] if [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( The women also had tusks , so that I wondered if they were used for offence or defence . |
| 2 | He wore a rich robe so encrusted with precious metals and stones that I wondered if he could stand up under the weight And his eyes were tiny , wet and somehow avid as he looked me over — wholly ignoring Mala — from head to foot . |
| 3 | She said I did n't appreciate her , I took her for granted , I did n't notice all the little things she did and that I sulked if she made the slightest mistake . |
| 4 | ‘ So I thought if he were that kind of driver I would not get involved . |
| 5 | ‘ I knew you 'd tracked me down , so I thought if I only took some of it you would n't put the cops on me . |
| 6 | But I called him up one day and asked him how he was doing and he said things were pretty good , so I asked if he still wanted to do that album . |
| 7 | He had a bag with him , a small suitcase really , so I asked if he was off on a late holiday . |
| 8 | My teacher , Mr Taylor , did tell us to do our talk on something we knew about , so I asked if I could bring Dawn in and tell the other kids about what I was doing . |
| 9 | ‘ Rourke is going to the Brooksby plant , and I 'll be out for some time , so I wondered if you could come over and help Becky out with the computer ? |
| 10 | There was no way I wanted to be robbed again and I determined if I had to stand in a queue it would be with this chain in my hand . |
| 11 | But it , I , it 's only six ninety five and I thought if we had you know a few facts at our fingertips to say well that 's all rubbish you know . |
| 12 | And I thought if we can |
| 13 | I was wondering if we ought to find out who 's decided to start using it again , and whether they really checked , I have been told they check on the source , but it 's like we 're slipping back gradually , and I thought if we said , if we pledged that we 're going to boycott timber , we should really keep to it unless we make a decision |
| 14 | And I thought if she says yes , I 've got the date right ! |
| 15 | And I thought if I come along with . |
| 16 | And I thought if I go from behind this bar now I 'll never go back behind it now . |
| 17 | Erm yes , job and I thought if I get steel wool |
| 18 | No I , I , I sort of smelt Patrick 's feet once and I thought if it was possible to faint on smells then I was going to , you know . |
| 19 | I do n't know if it was by accident — I should ask him one day — but I used to play that over and over again and just revel in that sound , and I thought if you could get hold of that sound and make a feature of it , and if it were not just two guitars but as many as you needed to make a proper arrangement , the possibilities would be endless . |
| 20 | Oh I thought , I thought and they let him go and I thought if you said that , you know bit unbelievable . |
| 21 | I mean a , I 've been throwing mine away now we ca n't get them at the other farm , I mean and I said if we do , we 'd better keep |
| 22 | Last week if you remember I was talking about the primary concern of the state , a concern er which is paramount is a concern for its security and I said if you remember that there was an approach er toward the study of international politics called realism which stressed the importance of what has been termed the power security hypothesis . |
| 23 | and years ago Doctor said to me if you start to lose weight and y and y and I said if you 're you 're a plump girl so he said if you start to lose weight and you ca n't understand why try to put some on he said |
| 24 | and I tore this paper and I said if you 're gon na have a wee wee then do it wee on me , so I said , up your |
| 25 | We saw , we saw one or two others that were involved , that were involved in it , and er I were talking to the , one of the young producers that were there and er and I said if you 're short of some ac actors I said me and my mate will be actors you know , oh she said you 're dressed just right I 'll tell ya |
| 26 | When he told me that he had inherited the cardinal 's robes of his predecessor , Cardinal Heenan , and I asked if they fitted , he said , ‘ No . |
| 27 | Yes , when they was fitting them on the H M S Gothic they sent , they Birkenhead and I asked if they , so I stopped work , all Saturday and this , this er big er were it ? |
| 28 | We needed a Gofer to drive ‘ MiniMag ’ around the country and I asked if anyone could drive articulated lorries . |
| 29 | Sandy was going to the US and I asked if I could carry for him the next year , but everybody was asking so I did n't get very far . |
| 30 | Some weeks later my brother and I were passing through London , and I asked if I might bring him to see her . |