Example sentences of "if [pron] [vb past] [pron] [art] " in BNC.

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1 well any way look , if I made you a thin bit of steel straight across the centre like that
2 I soon realized that if I made it a bit spicy , I 'd get more than threepence for it , so I used to make up limericks , things like ,
3 I know my father would raise a terrific stink if I told him the Headmistress had grabbed me by the hair and slung me over the playground fence . ’
4 ‘ Tell me , ’ he complained , ‘ what would be your reaction if I told you the moon just fell out of the sky ? ’
5 As I believe that you both did , when you were my age — if you can remember so far back — but I knew you would prevent me from doing so if I told you the truth . ’
6 Well if I knew who the hell Dawn 's brother was !
7 If I got him a chop I 'd have a sausage or an egg with the bairns .
8 as if I had them every day — I 'd had one !
9 As it stood , it consisted of a multi-volume jumble of vers libre , written over many years , some in the form of letters , especially to her mother — ‘ if I sent her a letter she sent me some money — so I kept on writing ’ — listing the men she 'd known .
10 ‘ You would n't come out here if I sent you the money for the air ticket , would you ? ’
11 If I offered you a glass of Sancerre would you bring the wrath of God down on me ? ’
12 Well I suppose I 'm sure Adrian wo n't mind if I paid him the day after or a week after or something .
13 ( ‘ Would you believe me if I called myself a Puritan ?
14 Here ref , what would you do if I called you a plonker ?
15 If I gave her a pencil she 'd chuck it back at you .
16 If I was outside , she said she could telephone me every day for nothing , if I gave her the number of a phone box and arranged to be there for a certain time …
17 Do you think if I , do you think if I gave him a fright , s see the , time he says he 's going off to his granny 's and I say away you go , and my mam says she 's not taking him .
18 All he wants to do is to get his hand inside my blouse or up my skirt , but if I gave him the chance to do anything more he 'd be so scared he 'd wet his pants . ’
19 He said of course he 'd do it if I gave him the phone number of the hospital .
20 At Oxford I discovered that most people were only too willing to be friendly if I gave them a chance .
21 If I gave them an order to couple up a full line of maybe ten coaches , I would n't take it for granted that they 'd done it , I 'd walk up the coach , one walk up one side , down the other side and I would n't If there were a heating valve not open , if they forgot that you see , I would n't do it for them , I would go back and I 'd say , that S K third from the back end , the heating valve is not pulled down , you 've missed it , you 'd better When you 're up that way , just pull it down you see .
22 I 'm sorry if I gave you a fright .
23 Erm If I gave you a problem about sort of prices of apples and pears
24 And I said , Oh well there we are take it If I gave you a pound
25 It would n't look very good if I gave you a great big rambling piece of paper now to tell you about communications
26 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
27 So the gradient gives you a mea If I gave you the gradient , if I said the gradient is one , what would the angle be ?
28 What would you do if I gave you the jade ?
29 I 'm not comfortable but I suppose if I gave it a go I would get used to it .
30 Yes erm I do n't know if I mentioned you a question properly er right there were young lads in there they be young lads in that lodge do this and they jump up and they make a decision quickly .
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