Example sentences of "if i were [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My mother does n't cook very much food , and if I were to cook my own she would see that as greed and put a stop to it . |
| 2 | If I were given my head , which I never am or will be ( for I am impotent . |
| 3 | This is done to allow them time to come back gradually to a state of full alertness without any sense of shock — but it would be just as effective if I were to snap my fingers or even simply to tell them to ‘ wake up ’ . |
| 4 | I mean , if I were to sell my house now supposing somebody came galloping in along before Christmas ooh ooh I want the house on the first of Feb and they 'd come and they 'd see the house and they say yes I want it , want it , want it and it was plain that they were going to want it and we started to talk money , as soon as we 'd got the solid block of money I want one O two you er estate agent tells me I can get ninety seven between ninety five and ninety seven say they offer me ninety six |
| 5 | It would be quite wrong if I were to base my view solely on submissions from members of the public who have been unduly influenced by misleading information from other quarters . |
| 6 | If I were to approach my sixth criterion I needed to find someone who knew their way round an oscilloscope , and it was n't until the mid-1980s that a bright , if somewhat cranky , scuba-diving enthusiast arrived on campus to do a PhD . |
| 7 | If I were to make my decision obviously |
| 8 | I got up feeling bilious and with a burning headache , wobbling from the previous day 's struggle , as if I were finding my legs after a long illness . |
| 9 | Then , walking back to the car , I started rehearsing what I 'd say to them , almost as if I were concocting my story . |
| 10 | There was no more time for sight-seeing if I were to catch my train , but the helpful Matthews told me of martyr Sir Oliver Plunkett 's head , preserved in a church at Drogheda . |
| 11 | No doubt some will defend the right to march on grounds of civil liberties for they will swiftly perceive that if I were to get my way , all kinds of trade union demonstrations to say nothing of peace marches would fall under the ban . |
| 12 | However , perhaps if I were to concentrate my efforts on finding an emergent path for your good self , I would be successful . |
| 13 | If I were to question its authority , and find a nurse to look after me , I would no longer be doing anything on my own responsibility , and problems of valuation would in any case no longer concern me . |