Example sentences of "if i [verb] rightly " in BNC.
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| 1 | At least the European Communities Act , if I remember rightly , had been the subject of a debate or two . |
| 2 | If I remember rightly , you pointed out forcibly that no man would look the side she was on ever again because cheap women had no hope of anything in the future but of being used . |
| 3 | If I remember rightly it was called ‘ My Kitchen Window ’ and I liked it for its succinct simplicity and the fact that it rang true . |
| 4 | My respected landladies , who are the double-distilled quintessence of considerateness and island hospitality , would think all good would leave their abodes if a dweller beneath their roof left fasting , so , in spite of all my entreaties to the contrary , a cup of tea was prepared to forestall my start ; and as I walked by the river-side and reached a road that skirts a number of very massive peat-stacks , and displays on the landward side an interminable host of peat-pits , the geniality of the sunshine was felt , and I would gladly have slackened my pace were it not that by so doing my good friends at Gress ( some eight miles from Stornoway , where I was due at eight o'clock , if I remember rightly ) , might have waited breakfast for me . |
| 5 | ‘ Three o'clock in the afternoon , if I remember rightly . |
| 6 | The difference , if I remember rightly , was that Bach made his trip before he 'd become famous — indeed , took his agent 's Congratulations ! |
| 7 | And , if I remember rightly , Father was not only going to continue that allowance but had bought a house for you , had n't he ? |
| 8 | But after a moment 's silence he said , as if casually , ‘ She 's a scamper , that one ; into every hole and corner , if I remember rightly , so she 's likely stayed out late and is frightened to go home — if old man Walton had a load on she 'd be introduced to the buckle end of his belt . |
| 9 | And nice houses , if I remember rightly . |
| 10 | ‘ When we played MCC at Lord 's they had 10 county captains , if I remember rightly , and one player , J.W. Hearne , came out of the players ' gate , and the rest came out through the main entrance . |
| 11 | As a matter o' fact we sat on this very seat , an' if I remember rightly , I stole a kiss . |
| 12 | If I remember rightly the cheap seats were wooden ones wiv backrests . |
| 13 | " If I remember rightly there 's a way into the Sir Francis Level and I think that a lot of the old machinery is still down there . |
| 14 | His remarks start , " If I remember rightly , " and finish , " Ah yes ! |
| 15 | Tony and I reckon that when Matt goes to heaven he 'll have his nose in an Ordnance Survey Map and he 'll be saying , " If I remember rightly there should be an old bloke around here with long grey hair and a grey beard and a long white nightie on . |
| 16 | Tony and Matt are both experienced cavers , they have the right equipment , have had a guide to the mines produced by the Northern Association of Caving Clubs , and , more importantly , Matt at least has done this sort of thing before , or as he said , If I remember rightly … " |
| 17 | " If I remember rightly , " said Matt , " there 's a tearoom in Gunnerside that sells strawberry scones about this time of the year . " |
| 18 | Old " If I remember rightly " had been right again . |
| 19 | just by way of comparison for rough guidance that there is a regulation or or something like that which says , if I remember rightly , that erm er payments must not be made for either services or goods not supplied above a figure of two thousand pounds without er being taken to committee first . |
| 20 | I think that you might call Duff Hart-Davis a travel writer too , at least by osmosis , since his godfather was if I remember rightly Peter Fleming , who might well have had a stern word or two to say about Mrs Izzard 's book . |
| 21 | ‘ Except , if I remember rightly , she never gives interviews . ’ |
| 22 | We thought you 'd like this one , taken in Sliema , beside a pub , if I remember rightly . |
| 23 | And if I remember rightly , you 're not too good at using even simple electrical gadgets . ’ |
| 24 | Rowse began his pamphlet , if I remember rightly , with the words : ‘ What is there to do with the House of Lords except to abolish it ? ’ whereas I had followed J. S. Mill in regarding its most salutary function as that of ‘ a check on precipitancy ’ . |
| 25 | In fact , the next paper I sent him was called , if I remember rightly , ‘ The Poet — the Public — the Faith ’ , and I had dispatched it to a review called The Green Quarterly , the only recollection of which I have is that it was quarterly and that it was green . |
| 26 | ‘ I think we must agree that Keble was not at his most inspired when he wrote the hymn which we sang at Candlemas not so long ago — beginning , if I remember rightly , |
| 27 | If I remember rightly |
| 28 | Now I think , if I remember rightly , they had a sort of two year sort of training pattern , |
| 29 | And some aero aero aeroplane erm g er er what er I think they were If I remember rightly , they were the er Oh dear . |
| 30 | There will be a widespread welcome for the Secretary of State 's announcement about sewerage , if only because up to now , if I remember rightly , the water charge has not been included in the rebate scheme . |