Example sentences of "[adj] if i [verb] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 It would perhaps have been entirely adequate if I had received it in any normal circumstances .
2 And , ’ obscurely , ‘ my behaviour ’ , as you call it , might have been very different if I 'd known Hugh was a thing of the past . ’
3 M.J. talked a lot , and Donald said I encouraged her too much , and that I.C.B. was on the point of being more personal and interesting if I had let her — but I was rather shy of it .
4 I 'm considered expendable , naturally , and it would please Artai if I failed to return . ’
5 And it would be rather pointless if I started trying to ape him .
6 Appeals chief Dorothy Roberts said : ‘ I am upset if I have offended anyone , but the care of the patients must come first . ’
7 So the the crux of the job is right if I 've picked all right .
8 Sorry if I 've kept you waiting , General , ’ he said as he got in .
9 ‘ Look , ’ she heard him say , ‘ I 'm sorry if I 've made you unhappy , but I 'm not for you . ’
10 Deliberately ignoring the girl 's last comment , Beth replied in a more serious voice , ‘ I 'm sorry if I 've made you anxious , Peggy .
11 Robert said , ‘ I 'm sorry if I 've made you change any plans you had for today . ’
12 ‘ I 'm sorry if I 've bruised your ego , if you 're angry … ’
13 I 'm sorry if I 've upset you , old thing . ’
14 I 'm sorry if I 've upset you .
15 I am sorry if I appeared to spring the letter on you and I fully understand your desire to get it right .
16 I 'd feel guilty if I started looking on myself as a victim . ’
17 She is a lovely person , it would be hard to feel jealous of her , but I do feel a little envious if I stop to think about it .
18 I 'd be lucky if I 've taken 500-pounds .
19 With a wry smile , Ellie admitted , ‘ It would n't have been so hard if I 'd known what he was talking about . ’
20 No , cos it 's quick if I have to keep your attention
21 It might have sounded embarrassing if I had said it , ’ I smiled .
22 I 'm not sure if I 've done the right thing . ’
23 but it 's also linked , I mean the other thing that I 've got at the back of my mind , is a kind of nightmare , is that when we were talking about the Festival around about March that you know , we spoke to Ingy er you know as a group and then that was all fine and we kept er going along and then , and then there was that sort of dreadful phone call I had from Linda along the lines as I 'm not sure if I 've got any describers
24 The artist was — I 'm not sure if I 've got this right — I think it was — oh , it was Chinese or something — Ho Riet Minh .
25 Paintings erm have the power to take you back in time , I can look at a painting and remember something that 's happened yesterday or years and years ago and as a small child , looking at this painting I remembered as a small child seeing for the first time erm the sea dipping into er , sorry the sun dipping into , into the sea and being horrified I was convinced that the heat of the sun would boil the oceans and the world dry and it reminded me for an awful lot of my childhood and I 'm sure if I 'd seen this painting years ago it would of persuaded me otherwise , erm this is called In A Days Work Satisfaction in a days work , chosen not given , eating the laxed food , face turned to steer a sun , making cloth into a gown and giving colour to the side of a boat
26 He had a good knowledge of Scotland , particularly the bagpipes , and I am sure if I had offered to go along to Brigade HQ to fetch my bagpipes he would have had me marching up and down the orchard playing his favourite tunes , much to the consternation of the other Commandos , and possibly the annoyance of the Germans just a short distance away .
27 I still was n't quite sure if I had got it quite right .
28 Now that I could be a gentleman , as I had always wished , I was not sure if I wanted to leave my home , which was full of happy memories .
29 pricey If I wanted to come you see , I 'd have to pay again !
30 Ah well you do it Charlotte you 've got to match the letters up , not much good if I 've got to stop to keep helping you is it ?
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